How to Build a Compost Bin | Danny Lipford
This is a nice-looking bin
Aquaponics & Vermiculture
hey all…here’s me and pete tearing up damp newspaper and cardboard for our new vermiculture bins. we ordered 2000 redworms from Uncle Jim’s Worm Farm, and they arrived in great condition! essentially what we did was take two 10 gallon rubbermaid tubs with lids, punch a lot of holes in the sides, bottom and lid, and fill the bottom with damp newspaper and cardboard.
we added a few handfuls of peat moss to give the worms grit to help them digest our food waste, and then added about a quarter pound of food to start. hopefully they’ll get into breeding and we’ll be able to feed them more…1000 worms are supposed to be able to do a pound a week. i’m a little worried about the heat; we’re keeping the worms in the shipping container where it’s nice and cool, but we’ll see how it goes.
so, there’s that! the worms seem pretty happy so far…
Well done!
Finally Composting!!
I decided that I had to give worm composting a try.
I called my sister countless times to make sure I got it all right. How many worms did you start with? What kind of bin do I need? Are my drainage holes too big? Are my worms too small? How do I know if I’m feeding them too much? I’m sure that all of the answers could have been found on the internet, but I was taking a big step and needed the kind of hand-holding that only she could provide. All the way from Boston, she talked me through what turned out to be a pretty painless process.
It was so simple, it can be pretty much wrapped up in the pics…
Starter Bin w/Ventilation and Drainage Holes
Worm-Ready Bin w/Newspaper and Soil
My Lil’ Wigglas… Awaiting Their Big Move
Welcome home boys and girls!
Hope you guys like green beans!!!
G’Night… Now go make Mama some of that Black Gold
And here’s Stella… reminding us that, as always, she helped
So I guess now all there is to do is wait… Thanks again, Meg!
xo
Well done! Looks just like the bin we have here in our office
Composting II …. worms on Flickr.
I ordered some red wigglers. Seeing that these were the best for Vermi-composting. I was really excited to get the little creatures. Some shredded papers and food scraps and a little water and that was it . Keeping it simple works.
The finished worm home!
Earlier this week we made our finished worm home! It was easier than we expected and I’m glad I got it out of the way finally. We had to borrow a drill from a friend because we didn’t have one, but that was the only roadblock. Once we drilled the holes in the box we put some newspaper bedding in
Then we just moved over the soil and food from the temp home
All done! Yay! I should have taken a picture of it oh well. The worms are happy and we’ve been keeping them on a steady diet of banana peels and cherry tomatoes that are past their prime.
Well done
Can-O-Worms!
This is the worm bin that we use. We like it because it makes it very easy to harvest the compost once the worms are done with it.
You can buy them online through AbundantEarth.com or Amazon.com.
Here is the vermicomposting bin that hilker and I made last weekend! It went together surprisingly well.
Each tray is made up of four 1x4 boards, 20 inches long, which we just nailed & screwed together.
The lid is made of six 1x4 boards, 21 inches long, held together with a 19 inch 1/2 x 1 board.
Then, just nail some 1/4” mesh along the bottom of each board, and you’re good to go!
“A living ecosystem of worms, sowbugs and bacteria are invited to this table. They are a part of the digestive system that starts with a person discarding food leftovers and shredded paper into the portal at the top. The bacteria and sowbugs begin breaking down the waste and the worms soon join in to further digest it into a rich compost that sprinkles out of the bottom of the fabric bag that hangs beneath the table. This compost is used as a fertilizer for plants, such as those at the base of the table.”
People are getting so creative with worm composting! This is very cool.
via gardenwife
Ekokook: The Kitchen of the Future That Produces, Prepares and Disposes | TreeHugger
Cross-section of the Ekokook’s verimicomposter.
Imagine a system like this becoming commonplace in American kitchens in our lifetime!
You can’t see a lot of wormies in this photo, but they’re in there! Also, some only partially decomposed leaves…
So, I finally brought some worms to live in my new office worm bin! I decided to transplant worms from my home bin rather than buy new ones; I didn’t grab a whole lot, as I don’t think it will take very many weeks for them to multiply and fill their environment.
Photo credit: Jesse
New Worm Bin!
So, following the instructions in this video, I made this new vermicomposting bin for my office! I have had a home worm bin for a year now, but when I noticed all the organic scraps my office produced that were just going into the garbage, I decided to start up a new one. My home bin is wood, so this time I decided to give plastic a try.
This is the completed bin. It is simply two Rubbermaid tubs (the bottom one collects any fluid that drains from the top one, so the worms don’t drown).
I used a 1/2 inch drill bit to drill the air holes, and a 1/8 drill bit for the drainage holes. My friend Jody gave me some leftover plastic window screen that I cut up and glued over the air holes so fruit flies can’t get in.
Then, I add cut up some corrugated cardboard strips, which makes excellent bedding.
Then some newspaper strips. Next week when I add the worms, I will wet down the bedding. The bedding will eventually get eaten by the worms, and I will have to add more in a couple months.
More photos to come next week when I transplant some worms from my other bin into their new home!
