That would work excellent ! If ya want to make it really easy , once ya have a worm bin going take those huge piles that you can rake up like the ones you jumped into as a kid and throw a handful Of worms into the piles or bin them in a fence pin and use that as your worm source For castings keep them watered if ya can
Coffee yes they like coffee like everthing just keep things in moderation … the grounds are a good N source so you can use those to thermal compost as well , Iv brought home 5 gallon bucket of grounds from coffee shops and ( salted the layers of greens and browns with them your native species will get in there and work it as well!
Ideal man use what nature gave ya couple years ago I put an add out call for leaves in the fall … so many hits I ended up getting like close to 40 bags Their all composted down and used in worm bins now though
Well the aphids are starting to make their appearance again out comes the JWA/spearmint spray noticed the plant next to the patio was getting a good amount of honeydew sap ,a good indication of aphid feasting!
@corey looks like I’m late to the party but yes, your worms ate everything they would & left babies in their wake. The baby worms are like an eyelash at birth & take 6 months to get mature & mating.
One lazy way to draw them out is to put a new container on top with fresh food & they’ll leave the lower container after some days-week. There’ll be stragglers too.
Cantaloupe or any melon works excellent for this. Also squash…especially pumpkins. They love pumpkins. Pumpkins cause a South American soccer riot in my worm bin.
At first I was worried about sorting all my worms out (still new to this but I’m getting the hang of it).
So I run mine through a 1/2in screen, all the worms get thru besides what I grab w my hands when screening. Then I let that bin sit w something moist on top of it like newspaper or just a wet fabric pot. Under that I’ll stick avocados or some fruit or other things as a trap, but make sure it doesnt mix in w the good castings. I’ll check that 2-3 times over a week, pull whatever clumps of worms out and put them back in w the actual worm bin.
But a lot still make it thru- which is ok for me. I now have 2, 20 gal pots I’m using for no til and they are TEEMING. w worms. And my leaves I raked up from last fall got a handful of worms and thats loaded too! So my initial bin is now like 4 separate smaller bins. With my original bin being the innoculator of many more!
I just have to hook up the valve at the valve on the bottom to drain the wonderful “juices”. I used 1/2" vinyl coated cloth on the trays and put a piece of screen material on the basin, so that nothing but liquid gets through (I hope).
Will be asking a whole bunch of questions later, but figured I would get your opinions on the setup.
I’m no expert, and i have one of those square, plastic, pre-made ones I use for now. I would trade ya!
It looks pretty solid to me. The only issue I forsee is having to replace the wood at some point. It definitely will hold plenty of juices. I wouldn’t let it get too full. Remember, the best part is the aerated tea, not the leachate. I use. My leachate on plants around the house, and give my babies the good stuff.
I originally wanted to build the trays out of cedar or redwood fence pickets, so they would last a lot longer, but it is impossible to find any around here and I ran out on another project. The boards are 8" shiplap which is readily available from the Despot (though I thought the same about the pickets) so I plan to build more trays as time goes on.
I wanted a smaller basin, but this was the smallest I could find. I don’t plan on keeping too much liquid in there.
That was my thought. I was going to ask for suggestions on that and which worm is the best.
Yes, I have 2 trays made now and will start with the first and add the second to the top and make a few more. The more the merrier, I guess. I figure that by the time I add the third, the first will be ready.
I feel like I read somewhere that worms don’t like cedar. I am using information I read from a person on Grasscity like 5 years ago…so…you might want to verify my information. @WMoon518 it might be good you ran out of money. It looks awesome.
but yes, your worms ate everything they would & left babies in their wake. The baby worms are like an eyelash at birth & take 6 months to get mature & mating.
