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Q & A About My Raw Food Kitchen, Ep187

admin — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 02:36:21 +0000

Today I answer some questions about my raw food kitchen & lifestyle, like how often do I grocery shop, do I eat only organic, what food do I stalk up on in my kitchen, etc.. http://www.rawradianthealth.com

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Duration : 0:9:49

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Gardening Rhythms: Josiah Cain/Composting using a Black Soldier Fly

admin — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:37:19 +0000

Compost yard and kitchen scraps using the Black Soldier Fly. The fly never appears. It’s first eaten before it flies.

Duration : 0:3:25

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Kitchen Composting— E A S Y — Q U I C K — CLEAN & CONTAMINATION FREE

admin — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 13:33:41 +0000

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Duration : 0:0:7

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How to Make a Worm Compost Bin – Cheap and Easy

admin — Wed, 20 May 2009 19:12:04 +0000

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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.

Duration : 0:4:2

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Composting with worms: Troubleshooting guide.

admin — Tue, 19 May 2009 16:50:05 +0000

http://compostinstructions.com There are a lot of questions related to worms and composting. However, there are differences between traditional composting and worm composting. This video explains the difference and when or when not to use worms.

Duration : 0:1:30

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In Depth Guide to Home Composting (Part 3 of 3)

admin — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:22:06 +0000

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Duration : 0:4:10

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In Depth Guide to Home Composting (Part 1 of 3)

admin — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:56:02 +0000

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Duration : 0:7:39

In Depth Guide to Home Composting (Part 2 of 3)

admin — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:28:04 +0000

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HoW tO mAkE A wOrM BiN

admin — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:04:16 +0000

andrew millison of prescott's eco-hood demonstrates how to make a worm bin for composting food scraps in your kitchen …

Duration : 0:3:58

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How to build a compost bin

admin — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 02:14:14 +0000

Building a composter supervised by Hobbs the cat! Hobbs shows how to build a compost tumbler that recycles kitchen and garden waste. Visit http://compostwizzard.co.uk …

Duration : 0:8:10

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