Various Stages Of Vermicomposting

Follow me on http://www.twitter.com/ChristyRuffner VermiCulture Northwest looks at the various stages of vermicomposting

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Posted on February 16th, 2010 by admin and filed under vermicompost | 5 Comments »

Squash Vermicomposting

Fun experiment to see how long it would take my composting worms to turn fresh butternut squash (and cardboard) into compost.

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Posted on February 14th, 2010 by admin and filed under vermicompost | 9 Comments »

Various Stages Of Vermicomposting – Pt2

http://www.vermiculturenorthwest.com We look at the various stages of vermicomposting. For a high quality view of this video pls go to my website.

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Posted on February 12th, 2010 by admin and filed under vermicompost | 4 Comments »

White Ceramic Compost Pail

http://www.cleanairgardening.com/ceramic-compost-crock.html

This white ceramic compost pail holds one gallon of material and features a charcoal filter that helps eliminate any smell. Like most compost pails, it serves the function of dropping off your kitchen scraps and then taking them to your compost pile or compost bin every few days or so. If you’re a little klutzy, you might want to consider a stainless steel or bamboo compost pail instead. Overall though, this is an excellent compost pail for your kitchen, and a wonderful addition to home composting.

For more information on this compost pail, please click the link at the top of this video description. Thank you.

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Posted on November 12th, 2009 by admin and filed under kitchen compost | No Comments »

Garden permaculture Aussi Urban living

Take a “walkabout” my garden with tips and tricks on keeping snails, slugs and birds out of the Vege patch. See my glass house made from recycled material. Thanks for watching!!!!!dirtybootzdownunder

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Posted on June 3rd, 2009 by admin and filed under kitchen compost | 9 Comments »

Worm Bin set up

Step by step instructions on how to start a Vermicompost farm.

Goal: Not to possess a grey or green bin from the City Trash department.

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Posted on May 30th, 2009 by admin and filed under worm compost bin | 6 Comments »

Big Round Composter product video

Learn about the Big Round Compost Bin, available from cleanairgardening.com

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Posted on May 30th, 2009 by admin and filed under garden composter | 2 Comments »

Vermicomposting: Born Again Worm Bin

We were saddened by the death of our first worm bin because of some imbalance of moisture, acidity or bad paper products. We’re super determined to continue the worm composting process with a homemade bin. We took the tray from our old bin (a big kitty litter pan) and gathered some scrap wood from our communal backyard at the San Mateo Eco-Village and got the process going again. The basic set up for a healthy, homemade bin is plenty of ventilation, damp paper bedding, food scraps, green plant stuffs, red wiggler worms and some shredded dry paper topping. We’ll keep monitoring our bin to see how it’s going and hopefully, cross your fingers, our worms survive and make us rich worm castings for our plants. If you make your own bin, let us know how it’s going and what your secrets are!

Music: Santigo (Stuttering Breaks Mix) by DJ Rkod

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Posted on May 22nd, 2009 by admin and filed under compost worms | 7 Comments »

How to Make a Worm Compost Bin – Cheap and Easy

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Obtain a worm bin.

* These can be purchased from many online vendors or your local gardening or farm supply store.
* You can build your own. Use rubber storage totes, galvanized tubs, wood, or plastic.

Material: Rubber is cheap, easy to use and durable. Galvanized tubs are somewhat costly but will last forever. Wood will eventually be eaten, and plastic cracks easily, but either will do in a pinch.

Drilling holes to ventilate a rubber tub.

Ventilation: Your bin should be well-ventilated, with several 1/8 inch (3mm) holes 4 inches (100mm) from the bottom (otherwise the worms will stay at the bottom of the bin and you may drown your worms). For example, you can build a worm bin out of a large plastic tub with several dozen small holes drilled out on the bottom and sides.
o Size: The larger you make the container, the more worms it can sustain. Estimate 1 pound (0.45kg) of worms (1,200) for every square foot of surface area. The maximum productive depth for your bin is 24 inches (61cm) deep because composting worms will not go further down than that.
o Cover: The bin should have a cover to prevent light from getting in and to prevent the compost from drying out. Choose or make a lid that can be removed if your compost is too wet. Use a canvas tarp, doubled over and bungee-corded on, or kept in place with wood. Burlap sacks also work well, and can be watered directly.

* Use 4 old car tires: To make a four-tire wormery, create a base from old bricks or flagstones (must be flat and with as few cracks as possible). Place a layer of heavy newspaper on top of the bricks. Stuff four old tires with newspapers. Pile the tires on top of each other, with the first tire on the Sunday newspaper. Put some scrunched up paper or cardboard in the bottom to soak up any excess liquid. Fill the tire wormery with organic material (semi-composted is best). Add the composting worms (tiger or brandling species are best). Use a piece of board weighed down with bricks as a lid. The lid must be big enough to stop rain getting in. Harvest a tire’s worth of fertilizer roughly every 8 weeks (during warm months).

Shredded newspaper for worm bedding.
Prepare the box for worms. Fill your bin with thin strips of unbleached corrugated cardboard or shredded newspaper, straw, dry grass, or some similar material. This provides a source of fiber to the worms and keeps the bin well-ventilated. Sprinkle a handful of dirt on top, and thoroughly moisten. Allow the water to soak in for at least a day before adding worms. You can also use Canadian peat moss, which is more expensive but yields a loamier vermicompost.

Worms arrive.

Get worms. There are several varieties of worms that that are bred and sold commercially for vermicomposting; just digging up earthworms from your backyard is not recommended. The Internet or local gardening club is your best bet for finding a worm vendor near you. The worms most often used, Eisenia foetida (Red Wigglers), are about 4 inches long, mainly red along the body with a yellow tail. Another variety to consider are Eisenia hortensis, known as “European Night crawlers.” They do not reproduce quite as fast as the red wigglers, but grow to be larger, eat courser paper and cardboard better, and seem to be heartier. They are also better fishing worms when they do reach full size. However, with any non-native species, it is important not to allow them to reach the wild. Their voracious appetites and reproductive rates (especially among the red wigglers) have been known to upset the delicate balance of the hardwood forests by consuming the leaf litter too quickly. This event leaves too little leaf letter to slowly incubate the hard shelled nuts and leads to excessive erosion as well as negatively affecting the pH of the soil. So, do your best to keep them confined!

Feed your worms fruit and vegetable scraps and refresh the bedding as necessary.

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Posted on May 20th, 2009 by admin and filed under compost worms | 3 Comments »

G Word – Worm Bin

G Word correspondent Troy Casey explores DIY worm composting using a worm bin and scrap foods.

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Posted on May 13th, 2009 by admin and filed under worm compost | 2 Comments »