Composting worms

frogvalley

Vermifurniture. I love it @Hassena ! Thank you so much for the picture. I bet you could sell those.

Two more questions: 1) Did you make it from scratch or did it have a prior life; 2) Is that a tray that slides from bin to bin?

Thank you @LaurieLovesLearning for asking great questions and thank you @hassena for answering them.

Hassena

Hi @frogvalley

Thank you for your interest. We have sold some...it is was a process to mail it. Haha.

The tray does slide. Thanks for noticing. :) We keep tools there digging in the bin.

Some materials were new, like the 1x6. The back rest was made from pallets. We do repurpose a lot of wood. Sometimes it's nice to have straight boards. Yah know ? 😁

Hassena

Hi Laurie, @LaurieLovesLearning

There is a small stand for the base. It's made out of 2x4 ripped in half, screwed together to make a rectangle. The bench sits on top.

If a worm bin has excessive drainage, then it's being over watered. The spout on many worm bins seems to encourage over watering. So we never over water. The bin should moist like a rung out rag.

The different worm bins are for horizontal migration. Instead of vertically moving through the bin. They move sideways. It makes harvesting vermicompost easier since it'll have have less worms.

We are creating two classes for the grow network. The first class is about basic Verma composting. The second class is about building a bin. there is a worm bin that will fit any size space. I do believe it. 💚

Thank you for your interest

LaurieLovesLearning

@Hassena I am looking forward to it!

Tave

I'm looking forward to that class. I would love to make a worm bin that doubles as seating.

annflancan

https://community.thegrownetwork.com/discussion/comment/884762#Comment_884762

https://unclejimswormfarm.com/order-stuff/composting-worms/?gclid=Cj0KCQiA3NX_BRDQARIsALA3fIKZ1pqjI6pAILaFleSMbQMP_GTumr7ObvbKegKX4tqfsTcKelrKFk4aArXzEALw_wcB

This is where I get my worms and have been very happy with them.

DurwardPless

I have a friend who makes a good income from the sale of worms for fishing. Everywhere I go in the state I see his signs. They are very large and active, just what a fish would want.

Owl

I discovered an article last summer that said freezing the worm food beforehand kills the fruit fly larvae. It WORKS! I’m so excited because we had a bazillion little uninvited guests but the freezing and always placing the brown on top of green has wiped the little boogers out.if your bin tends to be on the warm end of your worm’s optimal range, they also recommended using the food still frozen to help them cool off.

I am really enjoying my urbanwormcompany.com bin and they have a page on their site for finding local sources for your worms. I have no affiliation with them but I love my worm bag and the very helpful articles and emails.

nicksamanda11

I keep getting white fuzzy mold in my worm bin- but the worms look happy so I'm not overly concerned.

Hassena

Hi @Tave both classes could be up in a couple of months, I've got until the end of the month to finish. :)

@Owl be freezing the compost, you are also speeding up it's decomposing. The water stored in the produce scraps burst the cells when frozen. We occasionally make smoothie for our worms. They love it!

@nicksamanda11 their might be too much water or not enough airflow. Can you attach a picture?

frogvalley

@Hassena I look forward to taking both classes and am hoping to do better at worm farming this time around.

Hassena

Thank you @frogvalley I feel very grateful for this opportunity to share a love of worms and composting. =)

Tave

@Hassena, I just finished your vermicomposting class. It is so good. Thank you.

VermontCathy

I keep thinking about creating a worm bin, but have never gotten around to it. In winter, I wonder if I would need to bring a small number of worms into a smaller bin in the house and let the rest go as it freezes, then let the small indoor group breed outside in the next warm season.

Suburban Pioneer

I buried a gray Sterilite tub up to the handles in our chicken coop, put down a layer of shredded used paper grocery bags, added a little native soil and a couple of buckets of kitchen scraps, sprinkled some red wigglers purchased form the local bait shop, and let them go at it! i dump the spent flowers from our living room vase and the contents of the kitchen compost bucket in whenever they need to be disposed of, and turn the mixture once in a while during the warmer weather. Every so often I loosen up the muck and pitch some onto the coop soil and the birds enjoy hunting for some extra protein. It' a way to help feed the birds for no cost while reducing our trash burden. This spring I'll take some of the rich compost, with the worms, and spread it out around the new fruit trees.

Hassena

Thank you! @Tave

@VermontCathy does your worm bin have access to the earth?

Worms produce thier own antifreeze. They can withstand some freezing. If they can burrow into a deep bedding of the earth.

That's a great process @Suburban Pioneer

VermontCathy

@Hassena I don't currently have a worm bin. Someday...