Comments on: How To Make A Vermicompost Bin

By: simplylogic

simplylogic — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 02:58:30 +0000

Killing two birds with one stone, poor things
Instead of moving the the Vermiculture and compost to my organic vegy pots, I simply planted the vegies in the worm bins. Works perfect and amazing quality and flavor of product including root crops, carrots and potato’s – worms don’t feed on living matter. A thickish,3-4in, mulch of straw, maize-husks etc, blocks out the light, retains moisture, provides adequate aeration, prevents any smell and keeps down any weeds. You must however retrain the cat.

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An Explosion of Worms . . . and Flies « Pragmatic Environmentalism — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:16:14 +0000

[...] also going to add a fly trap to the bin. We’ll make one by putting an apple core in a jar, snipping off a corner of a [...]

By: gaurangjoshi

gaurangjoshi — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:21:46 +0000

I learn how to reare the warms and you have best ideas and best future in vermi compost

By: Sophia

Sophia — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 03:05:38 +0000

I have maggots/grubs? why? I know they are okay for my compost bin, but they are really disgusting to look at. How do I get rid of them?

By: richard rowell

richard rowell — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 05:37:00 +0000

Kimmer:

Egshells are not only safe but required for my vermicompost bin. I have heard they act as a PH buffer or as PH up, not sure. All I know is if I have a bunch of worms “making a break for it” and nothing seems wrong, then I need to add eggshells again…

By: Kimmer

Kimmer — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:37:29 +0000

Would love to do this sometime, but have a few questions. Are eggshells safe for the worms? How long does it usually take for compost to be ready for “harvest?” What temperature range is ok for the worms? I’d prefer to keep them in the garage, but it can get pretty hot in the summer and pretty chilly in the winter!

By: Ashlee

Ashlee — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:14:27 +0000

Oh my word. I almost lost my breakfast. However, I very much admire your green efforts! I must find a way to do something similar without the worms.

By: Kerri

Kerri — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 01:48:12 +0000

We built an outdoor compost bin earlier this summer and have yet to use it- thanks for the inspiration and tips!

By: Joanna

Joanna — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:12:16 +0000

Um, I love your “You are loved!” pin. Just didn’t want that to go unnoticed.

Oh yeah, and thanks for the composting tips too.

By: Aisha

Aisha — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:52:57 +0000

Hi:
Kristen Pellingra forwarded me your blog. We work together. I want to start composting with worms and live in a small apartment. I don’t really have anything to do with the compost, but want to reduce waste of what to do with the byproducts? Any suggestions? Also, can you use junk mail and magazine shreds as the bedding? Not sure if worms can digest varius types of paper beyond newspaper.
Aisha