httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMghYozrkCQ In Austria, it looks like vermicomposting is picking up momentum! It's strange to me though, because they use earthworms instead of red wigglers. The thermophilic compost is created from alfalfa, manure and straw before being fed to the earthworms to turn into a super fine casting. Alfred Grand appears to be a pretty stoic dude, doesn't he?
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRI69IO5y3c
Worm castings are tricky, aren't they? They can be soggy and have lots of unprocessed material encased in castings, used in containers to grow stuff, dry out and show what they're really like. I've noticed that my worm castings that I recently removed from the Worm Inn system dried out in the sun quite fast and revealed a bunch of little purple eggs. What are these things? After doing a little reading and talking to the dude Bentley over at redwormcomposting.com, I learned that they were worm cocoons. So is this a good thing or a bad thing? I don't really know. Reproduction is obviously a good thing. However, I'm learning that the cocoons may be worms laying more eggs in response to a dry or unhealthy worm system. They…