Vermicomposting (Worm Bin) - Tips & How To's, Feeding the Worms, BABY WORMIES!
Here is my outdoor worm bin! It's really fun and easy to make one and take care of the worms! Excellent fertilizer and uses up your kitchen vegetable and fruit scraps! You can supplement your chicken's diet with worms! Note: The composting worm is also called the red wiggler. These worms will chow down on manure, as well as fruit and vegetable scraps. Buy worms: http://unclejimswormfarm.com/ Information on Vermicomposting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmXgPXafoPo Why Compost?: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dwot5IzRpq0 Anything you've always wanted to learn about chickens! Please send me your questions and please subscribe! Thank you! _________________________ Skip to: Preparing for the Worms' Arrival! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6Gz9greMJM&t=17m37s Important Information for Making Your Worm Bin! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6Gz9greMJM&t=14m19s Making the Bin! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6Gz9greMJM&t=0m22s Why keep a vermicomposting bin? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6Gz9greMJM&t=1m40s Feeding the Worms! Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6Gz9greMJM&t=7m16s Feeding the Worms! Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6Gz9greMJM&t=12m44s Baby Wormie! 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6Gz9greMJM&t=8m49s Baby Wormie! 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6Gz9greMJM&t=9m37s Baby Wormie! 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6Gz9greMJM&t=19m36s Feed Your Worms to Chickens! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6Gz9greMJM&t=13m37s Vermicompost Tea! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6Gz9greMJM&t=16m19s
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I am pretty sure you may find good solution on woodprix website :)
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Not a red wiggles
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Do you bring them indoors if it's freezing out? Is it safe to keep them in a cool indoor shed?
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Great video! Thanks for sharing. Loved the "whenever I want to show the baby worms " line 😀
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I love my worms! I call them pinkie winky! just awesome workers
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how long do you think it will take to get a tub of worms u got there, to about 20 tubs. stupid question, but i am very curious... thanks
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Hi I'm a worm and chicken lady too but I only have 4 hens because of city code. That's enough eggs for my husband and me. I've been raising worms for about 4 or 5 years but this year I moved them outdoors. They multiplied so much that I actually bought two small stock tanks for my backyard and am going large scale for my food forest I'm installing in the spring.
I noticed you call them your little babies, I call mine my little boogers. Isn't it strange how attached to them you can become? I'm protective over mine, I don't let fishermen or those type near them! My husband threatens to sneak them to "his girls" (the hens) and I tell him just don't get caught! I thought peat moss would raise the acidity in the bin so I never use it. When my bin has become acidic I use water from boiled cabbage or just throw some cabbage in it, will help neutralize it, baking soda or wood ash from the wood stove. I've learned to keep my bins aerated so they don't go anaerobic by just reaching down and turning it over with my hands. If they're too wet they will become anaerobic quickly.
I've got the tanks lined on the inside with cardboard, filled with straw halfway up then a piece of cardboard, a bag of garden soil, then the worms in their old bedding and all that topped with leaves. Then I have the tops covered with burlap and an old rug and I also have a vent tube in them and an opening on the bottom for air. I'm trying to find an effective method for keeping the bins from freezing in the winter if you have any ideas. These are two 2'x2'x4' galvanized stock tanks they're in. -
Do I just sprinkle cornmeal on top of work bed also, like sand...ty
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You are adorable! Plus your video was one of the most informative that I have seen as I just ordered worms from Uncle Jim's as well and they should be here next week and hopefully I am as successful as you are! Well done LTC!
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What is the quantity that can be converted earthworm. On day
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peals and apple core Etc Etc can i suggest you use your Blender to PUREE it and they can not break it down fast enough so they just ignore it till it rots down
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Thank you for all of the informative tips! I'll be mindful to avoid overfeeding my red wigglers when I get them and will apply what I learned from your vid :)
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very nice video:). just to make sure with viewers that some vegetables release a lot of moisture so drainage at the bottom is very important otherwise the worms will come to the top or try to escape and any worms at the bottom may die from drowning. any sign of rotting smell means there is no air or its too moist. balance the worm feed with brown material as well as rotting greens will help avoid the smell and adsorb any excess moisture. for garlic, onions and acidic food scraps i'm trying out by soaking them in water solution of baking soda in the hope to neutralize the acid in them so worms won't have a problem with them.
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Great video! Thanks for the tips
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hi i am othman . if i dont hav red worms or any kaind of worms how in gat worms on tims i did evry think in the contenr but i get waith worms is thet good sory aboot my langoag plaes ansr to my soon
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Awesome worms and video! We feed ours rotten bananas along with potato peels, ground up cauliflower stems, carrots, etc. But bananas are their favorite. We remove the peel from the mushy insides, and when we lift up the peel we see tons of worms under there. The baby worms seem to love the mushy parts.
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Wow! That is surprising. I was curious about potato peels, myself. Good to know! Thank you for sharing!
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Thanks! What great advice. With the cold weather, all the other bugs seem to have vanished, must be they are chomping on food scraps elsewhere!
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Mostly some of the things I feed are veggies, fruit, melon rinds, and corn meal. But lately I started giving them left over potato peels chopped up small, wasnt sure if they would go for this. But I notice the worms are congregating where I put the potato leavings, great ! A big surprise.
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Excellent! I hear lots of people pulverize food scraps, too, so they will compost more quickly. I enjoy adding some shells as well. Thank you for sharing!
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