What is Premium Worm Food?

November 30, 2009

I guess I can get away with it because I don’t have tons of worms yet, but I feed my worms only premium worm food?  What is premium worm food?  That is food that will easily decompose in the bin.  Premium worm food is small in size, the smaller the better .  It is also [...]

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How to Build a Worm Bin

November 28, 2009

Red Worm Composting, a site I highly recommend, has a new video on how to build a worm bin with a companion manual.  Bentley calls this one the Bait-o-matic 6000.  The video is at the bottom of the page and is hillarious.  The manual is quite thorough and is a great way to get started [...]

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Harvesting Worm Compost with a Potato Bag

August 30, 2009

I’ve got a bin about 1/4 full of excellent vermicompost.  I’ve tried harvesting using the light method, and it’s just too labor intensive for me.  I’ve tried moving the compost over and feeding only in 1 corner.  But, there are still worms all over the bin.
This bag method seems to hold the most promise.  I [...]

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Apartment Worm Composting Video Review

August 19, 2009

I found a pretty cool video on You Tube on worm composting in an apartment.

In it, 2 ladies go through the basics of setting up a worm bin.  They use the same type of plastic worm bin that I do.
If you’re wondering how many holes and what size,  see the video on my worm composting [...]

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What Do I Feed My Composting Worms?

July 29, 2009

What do worms eat?
Technically, worms eat bacteria and fungi.  They do not eat the food you give them.  Composting worms eat the microorganisms that break down the food you give them.
So, what’s the best food to put in the worm bin?
The same rules that apply to a traditional compost pile apply to worm composting.  Vegetative [...]

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Worm Towers at Work

July 19, 2009

I posted an update on my garden at You Tube.  In the video I show the worm towers and even take one out so you can see it.
In my opinion, the worm towers are doing their job of delivering nutrients right to my plants in the form of worm castings.   But, I don’t have [...]

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What is an RSS feed?

July 17, 2009

What is that orange button on the right for?
I decided to do a post about subscribing to my blog’s feed or any internet page feed.
The orange button to the right is the RSS feed.  If you click on it, it will take you to a page of all the feeds from this blog.  You can [...]

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Why do composting worms climb to the top of the bin?

July 16, 2009

Here are some reasons your worms may be climbing to the top of the bin:

Fresh worms are restless.  Did you just receive your worms in the mail?  It could take a week or 2 for them to settle down and stay down.
Strong foods.  Did you add lots of fresh food that might irritate your composting [...]

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Harvesting Worm Compost Part II

July 12, 2009

I fished out another 2 gallons of compost from the worm bin.  I used the light harvesting method again.  Works like a charm, just a little tedious.
I moved what’s left of the compost all the way to the right of the bin.  I’ll get to that last bit of compost another time.
Then I added more [...]

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First Worm Compost Harvest

June 28, 2009

The big day has arrived and I started harvesting the worm compost from the worm bin.  There was 3 1/2″ of compost and worms in the bin.
I started harvesting using the light harvest method.  It worked very well.  The only problem is the baby worms, which don’t seem to migrate down as well as the [...]

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