Today we turned the compost. I put the 2 smaller bins in to a big one and made sure it was watered down well. Even though it had been raining for a while, it was still quite dry inside the pile. Also notice that I left the bottom part of the compost pile on the … Continue reading Turning the pile…
Today, among other things, we harvested some vermi-compost from the bucket bins. Harvesting the FT is going to be a bit different. First off gotta make a sieve. There are a great many ways to go about doing this, but for this time I just built a frame out of 1x2's and stapled 1/4 inch … Continue reading Vermi-compost Bucket Bin Harvesting
I was reading an article today on using vermi-composting to process waste from the palm oil industry in to a valuable product. Check it out HERE. What an opportunity this opens up for many industries! With a bit of extra effort there is an endless opportunity to turn waste in to a resource quickly and … Continue reading Waste = Resource (Closing the Loop)
Today I made boxes to go under the Flow Through (FT) bin. A small amount of materials were leaking out of the bottom of the large wooden FT bin, along with a few worms, on to the floor. In order to give the worms a better chance, I made boxes to fit under the bin … Continue reading Worm Bin 1 Upgrade
The worms seemed to be getting a bit skittish so I shredded paper like crazy in order to get them more bedding. Sorry about the devil dog, lol! If you notice in the box is shredded paper (put through a cross cut paper shredder) and in the bucket is paper that has been wadded in … Continue reading Bedding (for worms)
We got some Eisenia fetida on Friday! 5 pounds! They have settled in well and seem to be doing OK. I started prepping the compost materials several weeks in advance and built the bin a few days ago. I added about 3 pounds of worms to a 3.6 ft2 FT bin. And the rest of … Continue reading Worm arrival!
I spent a few days building the vermi-composting, wooden flow thru (FT) type bin that is going in the basement. I had certain dimensions I had to work with in order to get it to fit in to the space we wanted it in, so the bin ended up being 4 feet x 16 inches … Continue reading Wooden Fow Thru Worm Composting Bin
For my first post I couldn't help myself, but to go back to the beginning. So this is where food starts... Or ends... Not exactly sure... I spent today turning compost. These particular piles are made up of mostly leaves in a simple circular bin made with 4 foot chicken wire. I like these type … Continue reading The closed loop cycle…
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