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Worm Composting Feeding Tips (video)

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBqwfm4sU6U I just found this web channel called Big Tex Worms, and she has some great videos to check out on the topic of vermicomposting. You'll see that my website gets really worm-centric in the colder months as the outdoor methods slow down to a crawl here in the northeast. This video shows some pretty standard methods for preparing worm feed, but when it gets to Step 4, I was definitely surprised. I've never seen anyone make worm food into balls first, and I wonder what the point is. I guess they're handy and represent a fixed amount of material for your worms to digest. If they don't start eating it within a few days, that means they might not like it and it's acidic...so I guess it's a good…

Guide to Composting in the Winter (article)

Have you ever checked out the website earth911.com? I've checked it out plenty when it comes to finding recycling avenues for anything imaginable...but I never thought to see if they had any material on composting. It turns out that they do, and I've been asked a lot about starting a compost pile in the winter. While composting isn't easy in the wintertime, it is doable. Let's see what earth911 has to say about it in the article below... Just as you started to get into a solid groove with your compost pile this past summer and fall, churning over plentiful amounts of that beautiful garden gold, BAM! Winter hits. But don’t throw in the shovel just because a white blanket of snow or a hardened sheet of ice now sits…

Worm Inn Season is Approaching!

I can't believe it... over the last few months I've practically ignored my Worm Inn system entirely. It even got to the point where I was afraid to open it up and find that my worms had disappeared (died). Looks like dumping water on it once or twice a week was enough, and that they indeed ate all the bedding I put in there although I'm sure that was their last priority. I opened up the Inn, and under the top layer of paper waste was nothing but beautiful castings and tons of tiny worms...so awesome. Now it's time to see what they're made of as I get ready to start giving them heaps of stuff instead of throwing it in the tumbler outside. Worms surviving and thriving, leaves falling…