Vermicomposting 101: How to Create & Maintain a Simple Worm Bin
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- Vermicomposting, or composting with worms, is easy, fun, and sustainable! Create amazing "black gold" organic fertilizer for your garden by setting up a simple worm bin! Watch along to learn how to create and maintain a simple worm bin at home. For more details, photos, and information on supplies, check out the related blog post:
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For a follow-up, here is a video on how we harvest and screen finished worm castings from the worm bin:
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And here is how we turn worm castings into actively aerated compost tea to water the garden with!
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I had never heard of worm bins until like 10 minutes ago, but now I really want one
next thing you know you'll be naming them and bringing them snacks. haaaaaa
I just watched 459 bajillion vids on all aspects of worm composting. You really are the only one that actually looks like you’ve done this in real life, and not just to generate clicks. Thank you VERY much !
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Agree 100%
YEP !!!! She rocks New Subscriber here....Love homesteading you should Talk to Justin Rhodes and perhaps make some vids on Abundance +
Also always wonder why people add castings into a new bin to inoculate it. The worms will start eating and pooping weather or not worm castings are added.
Totally agree! The best vid out of sooo many. Question: if you have a fair sized garden will one container produce enough castings?
Thank you so much! This is far and away the most superior video on the subject out of all that I’ve watched in the past few days. You provide a highly articulate, clear, and comprehensive explanation of the entire process, to the point that I have no questions to ask! I know exactly what to do now. ❤️❤️❤️
I was looking up tier bins on Alibaba...with bottom taps, etc. More costly. Then I saw your video and those tote bins (from China) can be so cheap. Just a few dollars since I will be ordering by the hundreds for Tunisia, where I want to loan out the boxes, supply everything to home gardeners, to let them cultivate this nice hobby.
I've now ordered 500 worms from Uncle Jim's. Thank you for the excellent explanation! We got into composting last year but I feel like the results have been fairly slow so far.
Glad there are human beings like you
For first time worm bin owners I would suggest covering the air holes with a mesh screen or shining a light over the bin for around 24 hours. A lot of money is invested in the starter population, and it sucks when a bunch of them escape during the initial acclimatization faze where the worms want to explore.
Ohhhhh okay
Thanks for idea. I can cover the holes with a mesh type cloth. Just tape them to the box. Yes, the worms can be great explorers and climbers.
Can also use cut reusable shopping bags. Like the papery kind.
Just binge watched 20 videos on this topic, and now have 20 different ways to do this.
You started yet🤔
@@SWRV262 several times. All failures.
Taking too much and showing nothing.
My pet turtle loves worms I might just do this so i'll always have them.
This seems like a fantastic idea if you have pet lizards or birds or fish or, in your case, turtles! Good, fresh, healthy live foods on tap.
Love your system. I watched a lot of other videos and decided to go with your single bin method. Got worms from a neighbour and filled the bin with cardboard, newspaper, a little soil and compost. Been feeding them smoothies once a week :) . They really like the wet newspaper at the top - some laid their cocoons there, so I am going to keep moist newspaper at the top. The baby worms are so cute and delicate looking!
Haven't harvested any castings yet. But it's going so well that I am starting a second bin! Thank you so much for this great video and simple technique!
That's great to hear you are having so much success with your worms! Red wrigglers typically are most active in the top most layer so having moist newspaper on top is a good idea.
Excellent, but no need to un-ball the worms. That just risks tearing them. They will crawl apart on their own.
I think she knows what she's doing after 12 years🤔
No drainage holes lol I love how succinctly she put down the leaky juice as a feed.
Yes, this is an excellent worm bin tutorial with well balanced knowledge about the worm and their living conditions. This sharing can only come from years of living with worms and working with harvesting their castings. Thank you for sharing this invaluable knowledge which will help others to keep things simple and reap the fruit of their labour.
I started with a pound of worm aprox 4 years ago, i now have 5 bins and i have introduced them into by garden beds which is great for the beds, i also do a composting pile to were i just put what ever extra materials i have in the outdoor compost not worrying about ratios of brown and greens just let nature and the worms work the pile. It is a fun hobby and i get the best castings possible my worms eat quality materials full of minerals nutrients, besides food scraps like fruits and vegetables I like to give them egg shells ground up for grit i also give them things like rock dust, alfalfa, diatomaceous earth, kelp, from time to time all these things make a super charged castings, important to note not all castings are equal quality, the castings are only as rich as the food the worms consumes and break down to a immediately plant avaliable form.
I usually don’t retain information well, but three days later I remember everything as I’m writing it down in my notebook after watching your video! It goes to show you learn so easily if it’s something that you find interesting. I can’t wait to try this. Also, I LOVE your garden and aspire to have something similar in the coming years. I’d love to see more videos too.
Fantastic delivery of information !
This is the best vermicomposting tutorial I have seen. You have made it so simple and easy to do. I’ve always been put off by other people and worm farm companies making it look complicated and expensive! I’ll definitely give it a go now. My bokashi bin looks so boring in comparison now! Can’t wait for the follow up videos. Will you be doing one on growing cannabis? The blog post was really good. Keeping it simple :)
Hey there! I didn't make a video but yes I just added a How to Grow Cannabis post to the blog a few days ago! You can check it out at homesteadandchill.com/how-to-grow-cannabis-organically/
Thank you I enjoyed!
Fantastic turorial ! thanks so much ! I can t believe you hold them in your hands without gloves 😂😂😂 i m gonna have to breathe deeply and try it without gloves 😂💪🏻🙏🏻
@@erikajosa21 Don't be squeamish! I've always taught my kids (and anyone who'll listen) that "worms are the gardener's friend." Also, there are soil microbes that are actually beneficial to you.
Totally agree!
I've seen folks use egg shells instead of soil for grit. Clean the shell of any yolk, dry it out, crush it, then mix it up with water and freeze it. You can them treat your worms to an egg shell ice treat every now and then - by using ice you are less likely to stress your worms because it slowly releases the water as it melts instead of just being a flood.
As a teenager I had my own worm farm and I kept it inside underneath the kitchen sink. I'm looking to start one up again to compost things and also to feed our pet turtles worms.
I learned a lot and am ready to get started! I tried and failed years ago, but you have inspired me to try again. :)
You can do it! It really is quite simple to get going and maintain using this method, good luck!
"Welcome, worms!" 💕 Sooo sweet. I think this may be the best worm composting video on TH-cam. Everything you need quickly and clearly. No fluff. Excellent! Thank you! And, hello, Ginger!
Thanks For this great tutorial. Very informative and logically laid out. Great Not having music drown out they info as well. Looking forward to watching your other videos!
We followed your directions and our worm bin is working out great! I’ve tagged you in so many posts for people wanting to start a worm bin. 👍👍👍
That's amazing! Glad to hear you are having such success!
Last spring I remove 18 inches of clay in my backyard. And build some soil yes 4‘ x 10‘ 18 inches deep. I did a perk test to get Excellent drainage mixing on my soil and next cornmeal and some really good compost also I’ve planted some flowers last year that needed really good drainage. At the end of the year I covered with leaves and straw and added worms probably two hundred i’m covered with chicken wire. Came back from Florida and removed what I covered Put The shoveling and could not believe how many worms over the winter is loaded with castings I used lots of cornmeal non GMO I can’t wait to see what is going to do in a couple of months. But this soil is fantastic. Producing lots of castings
Wow, congratulations on the hard work!
So I’ve expressed wanting to compost for a while to my father, without really having any idea how to start. But today he bought me a small container of worms, because I called him so excited about a few worms I found while repotting a plant. And I’m so glad you had made this video so I know how to start. Thank you so much! I’m so excited!
How is it going up to now?
very informative video! TY
My daughter and I have been composting for a long time and while I've been digging and tilling our garden beds this year, she's been the "worm spotter" and any time one ends up uncovered, she picks up our "worm friend" and puts it in our compost bin. XD Turns out we've been vermicomposting and didn't even know it. 😂😂😂
Not all worms are the same when it comes to vermiposting. Those are earth worms that you are finding in your garden. You want to use “red wigglers” for vermiposting because they are the ones that will actually eat all the garbage.
@@TandCocoProductions For a passive outdoors cold compost, I've found local earthworms work more than well enough to help the compost. If local life works well enough there's no need to introduce a new species to your garden imo. Obviously red wigglers would process the compost faster, but they're by no means the only ones which work.
Seems odd to displace the worms from your beds to put them in your compost. Isn't that counter-productive. I usually move the worms from my compost to my garden beds, instead
I currently have a 2 bin experiment going. One with purchased red wigglers, the other with random brand of earthworms found in a huge pile of decomposing chipped wood on our property. So far, the native ones have FAR outdone the purchased reds. They are long and FAT, multiply quicker, and eat more. I don’t have a way to assess nutrient content to see if one is better than the other; both look “beautiful.” But by my standards, the free natives win so far.
@@dormetheus well in nature food isn't ideal. Neither is mating amd more luck to find a buddy. Albeit no everyone's goal is to put worms to soil although any that get through are fine... Just like some people give compost to their worm vermocompost to eat, other put it direct to soil. Plants can be grown indoor with optimal conditions for better results and less left up to chance outdoors.. I like to make sure my worms have isolated food to mingle and reproduce faster to get more worm gold. My 0.02. 🖖
Awesome video- 👍
This is one of the most well done instructional videos I have seen ever on youtube. Thank you for all the extremely useful information on worm bedding. My grandparents let me run the worm bed 30 years ago. I now live in a heavy red clay area, the southeast, and Im slowly amending the soil for my garden. I really wanted to add a ton of worm castings, and I was just about to throw out about 10 big totes. Now I know what to do with them. I've built a "well house" because we are on well water, and I insulated the holy crap out of it. So there will be a bunch of totes in there from now on lol. Thank you for your video!!!!
Well done! Thanks for the informative video
I started my worm vermicomposting back in March, after doing a lot of research. Research included watching this video and your harvesting worm compost video. I am so happy to report that I harvested my black gold a couple of weeks ago! The black gold was absolutely amazing! I had both red wigglers and nightcrawlers. I fed them coffee grounds. I now will have six worm bins feeding them blended fruits, greens, coffee grounds, and worm chow. Thank you so much for your videos!!!! You are the real deal and your approach absolutely works! Thank you again!!!
What would you estimate was the length of time from when you set-up or started your vermicomposting bin until you harvested your first batch of “Black Gold” worm castings?
I see that as of this reply your comment is two years old. Are you still at it, and if so, how is it going?
Thanks in advance!
@@inkyguy very important question !
You put both together or separate
Layers from bottom to top:
- Hydrated coco coir
- shredded paper, cardboard, dry leaves
- soil w/sand for grit
- food scraps
- worms (bury)
- cover with newspaper and dampen
Hydrated Coco coir, shredded paper n cardboard , dry leaves soil, kitchen waste like onion peel garlic peel poteto peel carrot peel banana dried peel other dry veggie peels or stems (no big chunks of anything ( no food at all ) tea leaves dried only ..do it in sequence as I have written for you..tried n eating for my vermicompst ..make holes on side of bin ..put the bin in partial sunlight n shade for 2 months
Coco has some sand in it. I was cleaning bucket out and had a handful
Y’all are ADHD heroes!!
@@cutiebrowngirllmao
Hey, great video. Though, from my experience, I would like to make a few comments:
1. Completely agreed, vermicomposting leachate is not the same as worm tea. Totally disagree that leachate is harmful or neutral. It is somewhat alkaline, so, if you use it on your garden, bonsai trees, hydroponics, etc, you should dilute it in a ratio 10 to 1 water to leachate at the very least. Also, it should not be used for foliar feeding, except maybe on ornamentals, and in that case, dilute them at least 20 to 1. Google "vermicomposting leachate" and you'll find a bunch of peer reviewed literature on the topic, from researchers all over the world.
2. I think I heard you say you are in Southern California. Moisture control on such a rather dry climate might be easier, as evaporation helps a bit. But for people who live in very humid climates, trying to do so that way is a lot of work, and a recipe for disaster. Believe me, been there, done that, I have lost entire bins trying to do so. I live in the mountains in Costa Rica, where the humidity might be similar to that of most of the US South (think Baton Rouge in mid to late fall), and it is f-ing hard to keep it with the right humidity if there is no drainage. What I do is to drill holes in the bottom with the thinnest drill bit I can find. 1/16 is not optimal, but could do the job. Any drill bit below that works wonderfully. Sure, a few works do escape, but most of them go to the second container where I collect the leachate, and I just scoop them out and put them back in the bin. And besides, it is maybe two or three a week.
3. You can vermicompost on containers much smaller than 15 gal. I started on 4 gal. containers quite a few years ago, as that was what I had on hand. I still use those, and except for two accidents (one a tropical storm, and one a very bad idea on my part), they have worked wonders. I am transitioning to continuous flow systems, mostly for the ease of harvesting.
4. When I started, I heard the old tale that the red wigglers eat their own way on food every day, but I have found that not to be true, and that they eat actually from a third to a fifth of their weight a day. Then, someone I know did a lab experiment, and concluded something similar. This is important, as overfeeding might increase humidity and provoke rotting on your compost.
5. This is not related to anything you said, but I think people might find it useful. If you do have drainage on your container, and collect the leachate, you should put it away at lest twice a month, and it might give you a good idea of the health of the ecosystem. If the leachate is black or very dark brown, and it smell earthy but not displeasing, then everything is find. If it is any other color, it is very likely that you have a problem. For example: greenish color and rotten-cabbage-like smell, then probably you are overfeeding them.
Thx
Super helpful. I’m in Florida and keep needing to add paper or dry coconut coir to keep it from being too wet. I’ll try some small holes at the bottom! Thanks
I live in Australia, but this is incredibly helpful! You should make your own video!
Best comment I have seen on one of these videos. My experience is similar to yours. I also got a few ideas from what you mentioned. Thanks.
@@gabrielpelegrina5007 Do you have enough ventilation holes around the top and on the lid? At least 3 dozen total 3/8- 1/2" holes.
How can you control moisture again without drainage holes in the bottom?
I'm not sure that people new to this know what "coco coir" is. I'd never heard of it before.
Coir, or coconut fibre, is a natural fibre extracted from the outer husk of coconut. Coir is the fibrous material found between the hard, internal shell and the outer coat of a coconut.
Source: Wikipedia
Fiber type: Cellulose fiber
You can get it at pet stores as reptile bedding. Comes in a brick and you have to rehydrate it.
I can’t wait to start vermicomposting and growing mushrooms. Those are the main things I really want to “farm” because it’s so environmentally beneficial. I hope to expand up to root veggies and greens using the castings. Also, love Ginger giving her commentary, very informative lol
Ginger doesn’t seem to excited about the vermicomposting HAHA loved the video! i’m starting to compost with worms and i absolutely love it, never thought reducing kitchen waste could be so easy and exciting! This video is so great for begginers thank you😊
Thank you so much for sharing! This is hands down the most simple and easy to follow process Ive seen for composting! I no longer feel so intimidated about composting! Thank you!
Love worms. It’s my third year composting with worms.
A worm has 10 hearts
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If you keep a worm bin in your apartment, you will develop a fruit fly problem. But she's right, it doesn't stink.
So why no manure? I've seen horse and cow manure stalls absolutely full of red worms?!?!
Yes! Cow manure and wood chips are what I use in my vermicompost bins
Cow poop and dog poop are not the same
Thanks for the interesting video, but I must admit- I found the comments almost more interesting than the video itself. Why are some of these people coming for you with such intensity over a worm composting video 🤣🤣 anyways, learned a lot!
Most people have really good things to say but there are always people on the other end as well (although not as many, they just make more noise). It is the internet after all 🤷🏼♀️...
THIS IS AMAZING. ESPECIALLY THE PART HOW TO HARVEST WITHOUT HASSLE AND EXPENSIVE EQUIPEMENTS!!!
We do everything big in Texas. Our worm bin is just 4x8 ft unused raised bed. Cover with tarp to keep it moist and add kitchen scraps daily. We just shovel the soil inside, and replace with Texas clay soil.
Very interesting video, I learned a LOT! Thank you. You talk really fast, I've read through all the comments and saw you were upset by someone saying this to you - though it was implied that you might be 'on something' so I can see why that would feel insulting. You didn't garble your words, I could understand everything you said but it made me so breathless as my breathing speeded up to match you. By the end I was gasping! ha ha. If it's the way you normally speak then there is nothing you can do to change that, nor should we expect you to, and you certainly gave excellent advice and it was as clear as a bell. New subscriber here, I will just have to do my yoga breathing as I'm watching - save me trying to keep pace ;) Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us. Looking forward to going through your other vids.
Pegs Barton you can change the playback speed to slow her down 😊
Thanks Elizabeth for the tip but my computer skills are zip! I can turn it on and off, I don't mess with anything on the settings as I end up way off piste with it all.
I use a closed compost bin and tiger worms, feeding them kitchen scraps and cardboard/eggcartons/paper and ground eggshells for grit. I end up with rich and solid worm castings but they are highly alkaline. I cannot figure out where I am going wrong. Any ideas, anyone?
This was really helpful! I've been doing a lot of research on how to best fit a small vermicompost setup in our new apartment, and this is 100% how I'm going to make it happen. Big recommend, can't wait to check out the rest of Homestead and Chill's stuff!
I agree with Tom. This is just wonderful - to clear and easy to follow. I've had a couple of worm farms for 5 years now and never really been able to work out exactly how to use it - harvesting etc. They are the bins with the water outlet, which I thought was valuable worm tea and realise now is leacheate. I will watch some more of your videos - thank you so much. I love my worms and know now they are going to thrive!!!!
Thank you so much for putting together this tutorial. This has been the most helpful and informative video I've seen on the topic. You have encouraged me to start my own bin today.
Worms Eat My Garbage
By Mary Appelhof
This is a book I've been using since the early '80s and taught a lot of people about worm composting. I made a lot of different worm bins and they are great. They don't smell mine is in my kitchen and nobody even knows what it is until I tell them.
Great video on worm composting. Been studying a bezillion of videos on this subject and have come to the conclusion, after trying various methods, this is the way to go. Simple. Inexpensive. Successful. My first try at this a few years ago, I made the mistake of drilling holes on the bottom to allow leachate to drip out. It just invited other things to crawl in and allowed for some worms to escape. So, now will redo this method without holes on the bottom and see how it goes. Thanks!
Love your video. But I only want to raise red wigglers for fishing. Do the same principles/procedures apply. Please reply before this 2020 fishing season ends. ThanX!
I think it’s important to discuss the potential invasiveness of composting worms. They should never be released and should avoid letting them escape your compost.
Invasive how?
@@dustinrustan4559 most worms in North America are not native. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasive_earthworms_of_North_America
I always thought they couldn't be outside in my climate, and I didn't think my housemates would be cool with a bin. Not because "ew worms", but literally because I already have so many pet bugs and it would be taking up more room. Haha. I have a hot compost pile outside, but I would love to have multiple options. I'm totally going to make a bin and get some now! I can definitely manage to insulate them when necessary.
I don't know if you still read the comments on this but I was wondering if you have advice on size to "starter worm pack" ratio? Like if I use a 15 gallon tote how many worms should I get, versus a 30 gallon? And do they ever need to be upgraded to a larger bin or have the population controlled by splitting (or giving some worms to the neighbor or something), or can you maintain them in the same size bin forever?
This video was amazing! I was starting to loss my motivation in starting a worm bin from all of the complex and quite confusing other videos. Your video however restored my motivation to dive into doing a worm bin. Your video is very simple and easy to understand. Best of all, very easy to start one myself, which is one of my "first time" projects this spring and summer. Thank you very much for this video and easy set up.
Thank you for the feedback and kind words! (I just typed "kind worms" haha!) Happy composting!
Love the video but have a question.
As you're taking out the castings, do you ever have to replenish the bedding?
Thanks
With adding shredded paper, shredded cardboard, or dried leaves when you feed the worms food scraps, you are essentially replenishing their bedding with each feeding. You can also add aged compost which will act as bedding as well. When we harvest the castings, we always leave some of the material behind so it is never empty.
great info, getting right into the heart of the matter, well done.
I just heard Rhonda Sherman on a pod cast, talking about Vermicompost, so I have been watching a ton of videos before I start. She is quiet admit that worms do NOT eat their weight in food, but otherwise this was a great video for a beginner like me to get an actual idea of what's involved
My wife and I are enjoying your videos and are about to try our first worm bin. We live in deep South Texas where it can get over 85F in the shade. Any ideas beyond the buried frozen water bottle to keep them at a comfortable temperature and do you suggest sprinkling a little water every week or so to keep it moist? We're going to use coconut coir. Thanks!
Just a quick question. Between starting your new bin and harvesting, do you recommend stirring and aerating the contents from time to time to keep it from compacting and creating anaerobic pockets? I have mine started. The worms seem happy.
Just read your blog where answers this question. I will stir and fluff!! Thanks so much for all this info!
@@annsalty5615 Congrats on starting your worm bin and thanks for checking out the article on our site, there is only so much we can cover in a video compared to our articles which are a bit more in-depth.
So excited I came across your videos. I’ve been going down your list list and taking notes. LOL. Noob to gardening alright, but feeling more confident with your tutorials. Your yards and houseplants are #goals. I’m especially inspired by your elephant ear plant 🌱🥰 I’m ordering all the supplies for worry composting now so I’ll be ready in a couple months! 👏🏻🙌🏻
Coolest vid
Someone finally knowledgeable with correct information, especially about the leachate. Great job on this video. Good luck.
Agree with all, but especially the leachate. First clear picture I’ve had of that aspect.
Hello, thank you for your video.
I just would like to ask you.
I live in Germany, what can I do for the worms in winter, especially when the temperature is lower than 0, in order to keep the worms working normally.
And I just have a free place in the celler.
Thank you in advance
I’d just like to let you know that I used your video to start my first vermicompost bin! You made it look so easy and affordable. I was so intimidated by the fancy worm bins and all the various instructions other people gave. I thought I’d spend a fortune and maybe not be that into it. But it’s been 4 weeks since I followed your video and set up my bin!
Thank you so much for spreading such wonderful knowledge! My worms and healthy and growing!
Oh that is so great to hear! Thank you for the kind words and feedback, and congrats on the new additions! 👍🏼❤🐛
amazing!
This is the best video I've ever watched on composting. I feel like I can actually do it now. So simple. Thank you!
So glad you found it so helpful, vermicomposting is actually quite simple and a lot of fun, good luck!
Hi. I am new to vermicompost. I've been following your method. Recently I've seen a bit of fruit flies in my bin. Any suggesting of hour to get rid of them? Thank you.
Try and completely bury your food waste and be sure the bin isn't overly wet. I like to leave whole sheets of newspaper or burlap over the top of the bedding/worm compost and it seems to keep the top most layer not as accessible to other insects.
"look at that nice little ball of worms" made me smile, haha !!
Great Video, I disagree when it comes to animal waste, We get fresh cow manure off the farm and turn it weekly for 6 weeks or so then top feed with it. Also top feed with Mazuri worm feed. We raise our's in 2x4 cattle troughs. This is one of the best how to video's . A++
Thanks for the tips!! I just received my worms and excited to go. Thanks for the tip about them crawling out - better get to the basement and cover it up with newspaper!!
I, too, have watch many many vermicomposting videos and have wondered about the two layer systems vs the one box. A couple days ago, I watched a vermibag video and that gentleman said he'd never have drainage for the same reason you said it. So, I thought, that's decided - and it makes sense. You went through a lot of info in that 25 minutes - thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge!
Thank you so much for the kind words and we are glad to hear you found the video helpful!
Thanks so much for this tutorial! I use a bit of vermicast in my cactus soil mix and making my own would save me a lot of money.
Love your video have subscribed. Word of caution reduce the amount if paper and cardboard waste unless you have used boiled filtered water to pulp it and sparge it twice at least to remove the chemicals present in the paper and cardboard. Much of what we use today with papers and cardboard is recycled and has higher levels of bleaching agents waxes resins and a host of other chemicals in. Some paper and card producers can give you this info too. I use different composters about 6 types currently. When I add food I typically add some more Cora or good organic compost with the feed weekly and only cardboard paper waste that's been stripped of chemicals. Hope this helps to keep your souls clean and healthy :)
I compost in 5 gallon buckets.
Ayyy ur still alive!
What happens in winter? What about a year later? Do you have to change dirt or start over? Or will one bin serve me for 5 yrs? I don't need dirt; just trying to be more environmental.
@@kimdoanwcu depends how much waste you produce i have 4 5 gallon buckets because of the waste 4 people produce also one of them work at an office job so we get plenty of paper
@@kimdoanwcu turn off your A/C
Why your not uploading minecraft video?.
This is great and super helpful. Do you need to keep adding the coconut coir and shredded paper too, or just the food scraps? If so, how often for those?
You should add bedding with the food scraps to keep the correct moisture level in the bin. We typically only use shredded newspaper to go along with food scraps after initially setting up the bin.
Deanna! Had no idea you had a TH-cam. I love your Instagram! I'm gonna have to try this out this coming year.
Thanks for video I new someone gave me a worm farm stackable one with trays.(i a fisherman and gardener) I live in MA. I interested in blog on how to keep them in winter, I have shed can put them in..You mentioned a blog on that when lived in RI . were do I find your blog???
Very informative💯 Thanks for sharing!
Did you purchase the worms in the green bag or did I miss something?
Great video, this deserves way more views than it has.
Oh! Thank you for that! 💚👍🏼
I cannot agree more! :D
Another thing I did that was a huge mistake is I out shredded envelopes in the bin without removing the plastic windows. Ugh! What a pain to get out. Don't do this anyone!
I did that in my big compost heap outside. Yes, what a pain!
Hi, Just loved your video on setting up and maintaining a worm bin. I have set up a similar one to this in my garden now. Thanks for clearing up exactly what worm tea is. I have watched your other 2 videos on worm tea and harvesting your work castings which were great. My last attempt at a worm bin created to much run off liquid, which was hopeless as a fertilizer, and was obviously a long term failure. Lesson learnt and this time it will work. Many thanks.
So my questions...i want a worm community...my yard is so full worms ...i find them under things after i move them cleaning up my yard...can i just put them in a designated space in my yard without having to put them in a bin.
I use the "Worm tea" for my vegetables, and I consistently get huge plants with beautiful vegetables. It immensely outperforms Miracle Grow. Thumbs up video.
You shouldn’t use the leeching for edible plants but absolutely in decorative trees and flowers
George’s Garden no, leachate is naturally anaerobic which carries bad bacteria hence not putting it on edible plants. Great for flowers though.
George’s Garden I am literally talking about the runoff from the bin itself. How did you miss that?
George’s Garden worm tea = good for edibles. Leachate = bad for edibles. You just wrote a novel effectively proving the point I already made
George’s Garden I’m not going to rewatch this video but I believe the creator referred to the leachate as ‘worm tea’ and as a result this commenter referred to the ‘worm tea’. I was informing him that it is incorrect
any thoughts about Vermicomposting in the hot Arizona desert?
oops -- just got to the weather comment and Chico Calif. -- thanks
This video is a lifesaver. my neighbor just gave me some of her worms and I needed this video to help me set up their new home.
Never eat ramen while watching this. Doesn’t go well together. Personal experience 😅
Had a massive, horrific die-off a few years ago, but the pandemic gives me the courage to try again. Glad I found you!
Any insight into what caused it?
Worms make the best worm castings. Thanks for sharing.
Well what other than worms can make the best WORM castings😂😂😂
@@ijazaziz8531 I meant to say fertilizer. That is funny for a comment that I made 2 years ago. 😄
@@AJsGreenTopics lol. Facts tho. Purely organic
Can the holes be drilled on the top to the bin instead of around the bin itself? The bin will be kept inside sono concerns about rain.
That should work out just fine since you will be storing your bin indoors. Good luck!
This is such an informative and helpful video. I’ve always wanted to start a worm bin but never looked hard enough. Thanks so much.
Thank you so much! Happy to help
The shredded paper.. where do you get that 😅 maybe a dumb question, I have a layered system from earth easy & coconut coir! I want to buy everything b4 I get my worms but I’m overthinking and so many people use so many different things. I’m dragging my feet cause I’m nervous about the perfect bedding. Thank you for any help :)
We have a local free alternative newspaper which is printed weekly and placed in various places such as outside coffee shops, grocery stores etc. that we use. If you don't have something similar, you can always use cardboard but it is best to shred it before adding it to your worm bin. You can also just continue to add more coco coir to your bin as well.
Thank you for this great video!! I'm ordering worms in a couple of weeks and will be using your tips to give them a good, happy home and get lots of good castings! I noticed y'all haven't made videos in quite a few months and hope you're able to make more soon - your knowledge has been invaluable to a beginner gardener like me! 💕
Hi there! Most of our focus is on our website - homesteadandchill.com - I share new how-to articles there every week. The few videos we have done here are to accompany written blog articles. We hope to do more videos in the future, but it's really hard to find time (we both work 2 full time jobs) so I hope you can come enjoy the blog in the meantime! Thanks for tuning in!
Could I do this in an apartment and just keep on adding once a week ?? I’m scared I would fill up and there would be little castings??
Need to check the harvest one cuz this one is harder to harvest I guess
This seems really easy. I can't wait for you to show how to harvest the casting. Thanks for sharing and great information.
She did tell you how to do that though....
Are you not worried about newspaper ink chemical being put in/added to your soil? What do you think?
Newspaper links are usually soy based and nontoxic, unlike office ink or bleached office paper. We mostly use it just to get a bin up and running, or when we have no other browns, but typically add leaves instead when we can 😊
Homestead and Chill oh no! I’ve added office paper. Are they gonna die😭😱?
@@katerynakanibolotska7653 No they'll be okay! It is just our preference to keep things as natural and healthy in the garden as possible 💚
Great video - I've been researching and looking at many (and loved seeing the SLO New Times - I'm in Los Osos!). I really appreciate the idea of using only one bin.
Morro Bay here! I noticed the newsprint too. Hello neighbors!
Thank you for the video. I find your remarks on the leachate quite interesting and they encouraged me to do some research into the subject. I've searched high and low to find the negatives effects of vermicompost leachate in the academic literature, but I couldn't find any. All papers I've found seem to praise the effects of the liquid. Could you guide me to information regarding the adverse effects?
I think you’re my new favorite youtuber! so much detailed but clear information !