I've soaked rock hard castings into worm tea. It takes time but they dissolve totally, and release anything that wasnt done so it can be scooped back into the bin. Had a whole worm tower tray go crunchy on me and I didnt have the patience to start over completely with it.
The wedge system looks like a great way to go. I have "DIY bins", aka standard storage bins. I don't use lids or holes in the bottom but I do use "blankets" in the form of paper grocery bags and/or cardboard. I just started using some bubble wrap (well bubble mailer) on my new blue worm bin. I harvest one half of my bin, add new material, then when the second half seems done enough to me I harvest that. I always leave a little bit of the old castings behind with the thinking they'll help inoculate the new material. I would definitely love to try the wedge method one of these days. Maybe once I get the basement better organized I can give this a shot. I love how exciting us worm farmers feel when we find a worm ball! I never do get worm balls like most of you big time farmers or people using the smaller bins. I appreciate the information about ENCs being smaller due to conditions. I started with Uncle Jim's red compost mix, a small batch of ENC, and then later some red wigglers. In September I picked 67 blue worms out and put them in their own little storage bin. I'd started to think maybe I only have reds and blues but maybe that's not so. Thanks for sharing your work and worms, they look great!!! 🙋♀
Hi Ann, here in BC, castings go muddy when they go too far, not into clumps. I worked sawdust into the entire bins when that happened over the summer. The sawdust swelled and absorbed the excess moisture, allowing me to pull the worms from the material either manually or by baiting. You can't even find the worms when they are hiding in muddy castings! ~ Sandra
I didn't realize that the Mites were in my bins until the lids got closed, darkness brought them out. Keep the lid open now. Am going to, one day, get into the wedge system like yours. Really like the way it works. Seem to generate a large amount of veggie matter and have found that when frozen, pureed...worms eat that stuff like dessert.
Your weekly videos have become a cool habit. We should really learn to work more with nature, and I wish I had an outdoor bin where the worms could be free to come and go. It would I think help understand them better and become a worm whisperer.
Looks like you have a good plan for your next years garden. I had to bring in a plant to finish ripening as well. It was good to taste fresh peppers in my meal today.
To get rid of mice . If you put some quick dry cement in a low container add 1 to 2 tablespoons of dried parmesan cheese if you don't have dry cheese you can add flour in mix well. In another low container you can cut one side if needed and add water. Place both containers beside each other in a place you know they run. There is no smell when the die just rock mice . ❤
Interesting, Ill have to try that in the garage. I'm always afraid to try anything that might hurt the cats or dogs if they find and eat the dead/dying mouse.👍🏼🪱😃🐾
I like to take the hard pellets and clumps I throw it in a 5 gallon bucket and fill with water and make I guss you call it a modified worm tea and use it to water my plants and throw the soggy worm castings into the garden. 😄
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I've soaked rock hard castings into worm tea. It takes time but they dissolve totally, and release anything that wasnt done so it can be scooped back into the bin. Had a whole worm tower tray go crunchy on me and I didnt have the patience to start over completely with it.
The wedge system looks like a great way to go. I have "DIY bins", aka standard storage bins. I don't use lids or holes in the bottom but I do use "blankets" in the form of paper grocery bags and/or cardboard. I just started using some bubble wrap (well bubble mailer) on my new blue worm bin. I harvest one half of my bin, add new material, then when the second half seems done enough to me I harvest that. I always leave a little bit of the old castings behind with the thinking they'll help inoculate the new material. I would definitely love to try the wedge method one of these days. Maybe once I get the basement better organized I can give this a shot.
I love how exciting us worm farmers feel when we find a worm ball! I never do get worm balls like most of you big time farmers or people using the smaller bins. I appreciate the information about ENCs being smaller due to conditions. I started with Uncle Jim's red compost mix, a small batch of ENC, and then later some red wigglers. In September I picked 67 blue worms out and put them in their own little storage bin. I'd started to think maybe I only have reds and blues but maybe that's not so. Thanks for sharing your work and worms, they look great!!! 🙋♀
Hi Ann, here in BC, castings go muddy when they go too far, not into clumps. I worked sawdust into the entire bins when that happened over the summer. The sawdust swelled and absorbed the excess moisture, allowing me to pull the worms from the material either manually or by baiting. You can't even find the worms when they are hiding in muddy castings!
~ Sandra
Yes sawdust is a great idea. 👍🏼🪱😃
I agree it's difficult to find worms in muddy castings.
I didn't realize that the Mites were in my bins until the lids got closed, darkness brought them out. Keep the lid open now.
Am going to, one day, get into the wedge system like yours. Really like the way it works.
Seem to generate a large amount of veggie matter and have found that when frozen, pureed...worms eat that stuff like dessert.
Yes 100% they do very well with pureed food. 😃🪱👍🏼
Your weekly videos have become a cool habit. We should really learn to work more with nature, and I wish I had an outdoor bin where the worms could be free to come and go. It would I think help understand them better and become a worm whisperer.
I have one that I have not checked in all season due to a bumble bee nest. They do just fine without me. Lol 👍🏼🪱😃
The worms are loving that pumpkin and very healthy also 🇳🇿🪱
Looks like you have a good plan for your next years garden. I had to bring in a plant to finish ripening as well. It was good to taste fresh peppers in my meal today.
Oooh, can’t wait to see the VermiWedge!
Northeast worm moved more toward making soil mixes Ann. He has a few investors and the changed the company name.
To get rid of mice . If you put some quick dry cement in a low container add 1 to 2 tablespoons of dried parmesan cheese if you don't have dry cheese you can add flour in mix well. In another low container you can cut one side if needed and add water. Place both containers beside each other in a place you know they run. There is no smell when the die just rock mice . ❤
Interesting, Ill have to try that in the garage. I'm always afraid to try anything that might hurt the cats or dogs if they find and eat the dead/dying mouse.👍🏼🪱😃🐾
Be careful with your pets
I like to take the hard pellets and clumps I throw it in a 5 gallon bucket and fill with water and make I guss you call it a modified worm tea and use it to water my plants and throw the soggy worm castings into the garden. 😄
We would love to have a worm bed but we live in a very hot summer up and over 140F we are in Australia outback.
Oh my that would need to be an inside worm bin. I can't imagine any worms living in that heat. Do you have basements there?👍🏼🪱😃
Fellow Aussie here, I'm not in the outback, but try somewhere like under your kitchen sink etc