A Brief Look at Different Vermicomposts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdnniNps178 My vermicompost never looks as good as his does! I tend to have stuff resembling the middle bin, but not even that fine.  I don't tend to let mine cure...until now. Now that we're going into the winter (worm season), I'm going to really focus on coming up with some great stuff by the time spring comes around. Bentley makes it look easy, doesn't it?  If you ever have any questions on vermicomposting, be sure to check out redwormcomposting.com .  This dude lives it!

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When is Your Compost Ready to Use? (video)

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0Hf_IcS_5U When is your compost ready to use? Some questions to ask yourself include: How does it look? Can you recognize any of the material? How does it smell? Is the material warm? Here I have a few different samples of compost...vermicompost, tumbler compost, commercial compost, and trench compost. What do you think of these samples?  I feel like my tumbler compost and vermicastings could both go even longer before using them, but that they're still OK if I were to use them now.  In fact, I'm going to use these samples for my next "Clash of The Composts!" experiment coming soon... stay tuned!

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