I started realizing how much I miss composting outside as we’ve had a lot of frigid, crappy weather over the last week or two. The worms have really become friends of mine… I like to put my ear right up to the surface and listen to them wriggle around and munch.
I also noticed that being a household of one, I still feel like I can overwhelm my worm bin at times…so what should I do? Order a Worm Inn and another pound of red wigglers, that’s what. I heard about the Worm Inn from Bentley Christie of course, and I was instantly curious:
Check out Bentley’s Worm Inn overfeeding video series starting here… I was sold! Yes, he’s being deliberately obnoxious with the amount of material he’s putting in, but nonetheless they gobble through it with no issues.
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There’s plenty of advantages to using the Worm Inn that I’ve observed…I’m not a worm bin hater by any means, but it’s pretty obvious that they don’t get the proper aeration that a cordura sack does. What’s cool about these, is that they also retain moisture and let worm castings drop out of the bottom…in a worm bin, you’re digging around and the results are a bit soggy.
Again, bins are great too…I just built a few as gifts for people to try out. However, I need to step my game up as I’d like to use the castings and also be able to process more material.
I will definitely have a (nerdy) product review of the Inn to share with you as soon as I get it (CLICK HERE for review). Other videos in the pipeline include observing how the worms felt about eating condoms, creating a compost sieve, adding dog food to your compost, and a series of digging through other people’s trash looking for compostable opportunities.
Until next time, keep it dirty! And stay warm.