“Dear Kenny, I need your advice on the following: I have been keeping a few (unsealed) gunny sacks of dry vermicast for some months now. It doesn’t give bad odour. Is the stuff still good? Will spraying with 1:40 EM-water solution help reactivate/refresh the worm cast? Can vermicast combine with EM-treated animal dung and become [...]
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EM (Effective Microorganisms) & Vermicomposting
Posted June 23rd, 2010 by Admin. Comment (0).
Feeding Bokashi Waste To A Worm Farm…
Posted June 20th, 2010 by Admin. Comment (0).
“Can one place Bokashi into the worm farm straight from the Bokashi bucket, or should one wait a while for the pH to come up first? When adding my Bokashi to my worm farm, it normally takes about 5 – 7 days for them to move into it. Will too low a pH – around [...]
Why Raised Beds?
Posted July 8th, 2009 by Admin. Comment (0).
By Cassandra Truax Three Ways Raised Bed Gardening Makes Life Easier Why garden with a raised bed? Let me answer that question with another question. Why not? I started my first raised bed garden out of desperation. I live on the Mogollon rim in Northeaster Arizona. Translate: Mogollon rim to rock cliff. When I first [...]
Compost Can – a good way to collect materials for your composter!
Posted July 5th, 2009 by Admin. Comment (0).
Perhaps you’re already composting all of your yard waste and garden waste. If so, great work! But are you throwing away kitchen scraps that you could turn into rich, finished compost instead? Don’t throw away those scraps — collect them with a compost can in your kitchen! You can use your own sealed container if [...]
Vegetable Waste In A Worm Farm
Posted July 4th, 2009 by Admin. Comment (0).
“I have a family of 4 and a lot of veggie scraps and not so many worms. Will that cause a problem in my worm bin. Also I’m new at worming and all I put in my worm bin is vegetables is that alright. Thank you.” ~ Chris Vialpando Hi Chris, Vegetable waste is perfect [...]
Winter Composting 2010
Posted July 3rd, 2009 by Admin. Comment (0).
This year’s winter worm composting windrow Those who have followed this blog at one time or another, or at least toured around the site, will likely know that I get a kick out of setting up winter composting systems every year to see if I can keep them fully active throughout the winter. I’ve jokingly [...]
Behavior Of Worms Within A Stackable Worm System
Posted July 1st, 2009 by Admin. Comment (0).
“Hello, I do have a couple of questions: We have a couple of tubs where a few worms are escaping out of the bottom holes. We have never had that problem before and wonder if its too cold or warm, wet or what might be the problem. Also We would like to start raising wax [...]
Compost Crock: 5 Models That Look Nice In the Kitchen
Posted June 28th, 2009 by Admin. Comment (0).
Once you begin composting at home, you quickly realize that your kitchen is a great source of materials to throw in your compost bin or compost pile. But who wants to make a trip back and forth to the yard every time you make a meal at home? That’s where a compost crock comes in [...]
Wooden Compost Bins: Buy or Build Your Own?
Posted June 24th, 2009 by Admin. Comment (0).
Some people prefer the natural look of a wooden compost bin. Although most of the commercial compost bins you see these days are plastic, you do see some wooden compost bins now that are already made. Here are two wooden composters that I like that you can buy. This cedar bin has two large sections [...]
Growing Big Fat Composting Worms
Posted June 21st, 2009 by Admin. Comment (0).
“Dear Team, What is the correct way / diet for feeding dendrobena worms for commercial growing. At present we are feeding spent brewers grains mixed with soaked shredded corrugated cardboard. the worms eat this feed and grow to about 1gm, then stop growing. Do we need to change the diet to enable the worms to [...]