Subject: Re: Q: worm bin

From: [email-masked] (Kaycee Curr)
Date: 14 Apr 1995 05:50:38 GMT

In article <[email-masked]>, [email-masked] (Saeed Ganji) wrote:

> Well. I heard so much about it I went ahead and ordered a package of 500
> redworms from a mail order place called Gardens Alive. Then I thought to
> myself, that I don't know wha to do with them when they arrive.
> 
> Any help regarding different ways to design a worm bin will be appreciated.
> Any other suggestions, as to feeding, separating the castings from the rest
> of the goodies, including the red folks, making sure the eggs will not be
> made separated from the gang, you know, the ins and outs of the upkeeping
> would be very nice indeed. 
> 
> I'm sure this subject has been discussed in the past. If you can refer or send
> any articles to me directly or posted here, whatever.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> sg

A very insightful book is "Worms Eat My Garbage". I don't have the
author's name for you at the moment, but I've seen it available at a lot
of garden/nursery's in our area, so you might check for it where you're
at. In that book, she discusses how to build your own bin, the sorting
process, feeding, etc. EVERYTHING you ever wanted to know about worm
binning.

We got our worms and a worm bin kit (plastic crate that's ventilated on
the bottom with a thick nylon filter to keep the worms from running (?)
away from the Gardener's Supply Company. They also sell things separately
(like just the bin, or just the filter, the book, etc)  You will need a
home for those little critters so I would start looking around for your
bin now before they arrive.

This will be the second year that we've had ours, and I've gotta say that
it's easier than I thought it would be. It also doesn't smell, which I
thought it would. One point though I'd like to mention is that although
the book says you can keep in your house (like the basement) I wouldn't.
For the first year we kept mine in my art studio and some stray bugs
(gnats/fruit flies) found it. It took MONTHS to get rid of all them (the
bugs) in my studio and my house!!! A closed shed is a much better place
for them, the gnats can't find the bin in the dark, and the worms don't
seem to mind the cold (we are zone 8) in the winter.

Kaycee