“Garbage Bag Harvesting Method”– Not sure why it took me so long to post this one. Better late than never, I guess! Anyway, this one outlines my passive method for moving worms to a new system, while harvesting vermicompost in the process. If the new system is set up ahead of time...
Can you use red worms from a bait shop for the worm compost? Reply Sherri says October 22, 2017 at 4:52 pm What do yo do with the worm bens in the winter. I live in Colorado. Do the worms reproduce during the winter months? If you are able to keep the bens over the winter ...
Hi Jody – it sounds to me like you have the ‘ultimate’ system to add worms to. For starters, size of system is a very important consideration. BIG worm beds are able to provide a lot more buffer zone where the worms can hide-out should things get nasty with the food waste (unlike...
It is better not to buy random worms from fishing and bait shops or even garden centres and garden suppliers as they may not be the right sort of heavy duty consumers required to process kitchen waste fast and furiously. However, vermicomposting worms can be purchased from specialist suppliers...