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
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
I am all about creating a closed loop system of food production.This involves several subjects that I will be posting about including food preparation, composting, gardening, land management, animal husbandry, logistics, etc. I am highly excited to be going on this adventure and I look forward to having you along... *Since recipes take me so … Continue reading WELCOME TO MY BLOG!
Here is a vid I put together on how I start new worm bins. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUlGgAXqabE&feature=youtu.be
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The babies needed to be thinned so I salvaged the strong ones for the AP system and composted the ones that weren't doing so good. Then left the strong ones in a staggered position in the planters and top-dressed with about 1/4 inch of vermi-compost. The next step is foliar feeding with compost tea. Also … Continue reading Transplanting and Thinning
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