Can you tell that we’re into our worm bin? As you saw in our last worm bin update, our bin had been getting a little sludgy and unproductive. Jay went online and found a source to buy red wigglers for cheap so we could bump up the composting production of our bin. Keeping an eye (and nose) on your bin will help you get a feel for how things are going in your worms’ world.
Since our first vermicompost video with Barb Finnin, we’ve been getting lots of feedback from old friends and new about how they’re making their bins happen! Like Rachel from Chicago, who sent us this picture of her new bin. Thanks Rachel! Keep up the composting!
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Good worm progress, you guys. Jay went from having to cover himself in plastic to being able to touch it because it’s like dirt now. Way to go! Looks like this is a good outlet for Jay’s obsession with bugs and crawly things, too.
Like some of my favorite things, this both facinates and disgusts me!:)
This makes me yearn for one of those patented Dedman Insect Close-up vids I love so much!
Also, glad its not overflowing. Wouldn’t want to see that happen. ewww!
This excites me more than you can imagine! brian comes upstate Saturday night and First thing Sunday we’re headed to Home Depot to buy me a bin!
(I was hoping to just use the bin we already have but no dice. He’s got THE most perfect Blue Rubbermaid lidded storage container and I’ve been asking him for it, but it houses all his old junior high school stuff, like Star Wars cards, KISS comics, and Madonna posters…I’m not allowed to touch it!)
i bought my worms from here:
http://www.planetnatural.com/site/red-wiggler-worms.html
I encourage you to price compare, but this place was $30 for 1000 worms that came in a cloth sack.
A great resource for more information about learning to do vermicomposting can be found at http://www.recycleworks.org/compost/wormcomp.html
They tell you all the steps and give you several places to buy worms. Prices seem to really vary.
If you are lucky enough to have a friend who is already doing feeding worms and producing black gold, their worms will be multiplying rapidly and they may be able to pass on an extra 1000 or so.
I really enjoyed watching Jay feel his way through the critters and food remains. I have always been a person who is sqeamish about bugs….but have been doing alright with soil. Then I took the Master Composter course trough RecycleWorks and looked at good quality soil/compost through a microscope…and it was full of bugs I could not even see. Oh, well.
Sanda is absolutely correct. If you can, go online and see if someone local is already using worms i their composting. It’s very common for people to give you free worms to start your own bin. That’s what Barb did for our first video.
But, we also wanted to try buying worms online to show that you can do worm composting no matter where you live or regardless of your connections.
as Sanda metioned, you can take workshops to learn to do this stuff and just reaching out to your local community will give you all the support you’ll need.
Ryan, you were right, I am just like Jay in that I dig through the box, feeling the worms and breaking up stuff to “help” them.
Love your video worm updates.
I got my pound of worms for $30 + $8 shipping from
http://www.happydranch.com
yay for composting!
There are no bait shops in SF? Seems like worms would be cheaper at a bait shop.