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By: Sarah Thrash

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By: Kelly

Kelly — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 04:36:51 +0000

Hi Paul,

I live in Houston, Texas and I’m ready to start composting with the ‘worms’. I would love some of your worms and would certainly be glad to send you shipping cost to get them here. I probably don’t need many to get started right? How fast to they multiply?

Thanks
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By: Matt Jabs

Matt Jabs — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:08:41 +0000

Ha ha, that’s not a dumb question Michelle… in fact I had the same question when I started. As you suspected, the worms could crawl out if they wanted to, but they stay inside because that is where the food is!

By: Michelle

Michelle — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:36:17 +0000

Here’s another question that might fall into the “dumb” category, but here goes… If you drill 1/4″ holes in the bottom of both bins for worm travel, won’t the worms just as easily crawl out through the bottom bin onto the drainage lid? Wouldn’t it be wiser to make the holes in the bottom bin the 1/16″ size?

Of course a “smart” worm would stay where it’s food is, but I don’t think all worms are that smart. Or there might be the more adventurous ones that suffer from “greener-pastures” syndrome….

Just wondering.

By: JerryB

JerryB — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:20:39 +0000

Karen Joy,

Composting in the Phoenix area is possible if you have the room. Skip the bins and just dig a pit or trench 3 foot wide by one foot deep using the dirt from the hole to make a berm another foot high. Load your pile up another foot above the rim before letting it cook. Keep it moist but not soggy wet and turn it once a week for aeration.

By: JonH

JonH — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 00:11:38 +0000

Awesome post Matt, I’m working on an old dead upright freezer for a bin, its going to be laid down like a chest freezer. Its coming prolly later in the fall, when im done i’ll post some pixs at my site. Again thanks for the great info, I poked around your site for quite a while, it looks good!

Jon
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By: Matt Jabs

Matt Jabs — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 02:06:11 +0000

No, worms eat right through the cardboard – and I actually stopped using that and now just put extra shredded paper on top (either works, just some top paper layer to keep flies out).

Both bins have holes drilled into the bottoms, so the worms can always crawl up.

You start out filling the bottom bin, and just placing the empty bin directly on top of the bottom bin (like in the last pic). Then, once your bottom bin is full of rubbish… you just leave it in there and start filling the top bin. The worms will automatically crawl up through the holes when they’re done w/the food in the bottom bin (at which time you can just remove the bottom bin, empty it in the garden, then place it – now empty – on top of the other bin).

Does that explain it?

By: Karen Joy

Karen Joy — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 01:52:17 +0000

I actually DO think there are dumb questions! I mean, questions that show no thought… Or, maybe those are lazy questions more than “dumb.” But, that’s another story altogether.

Just to clarify (again), do the worms eat through the damp cardboard before they crawl up? Or, do you have to regularly replace the damp cardboard? And if so, how do they crawl from the covered area into the top bin?

And, you empty your compost container into the bottom bin? Like, remove the top bin, remove the cardboard, dump the material to be composted, then put it all back together?

Now I’m feeling badly, because maybe I should just Google or check Wikipedia, rather than taking up your time!!
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By: Matt Jabs

Matt Jabs — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 01:37:03 +0000

Great questions as usual Karen (no questions are dumb)! Let me see…

No, the compost does not filter down – you actually use both bins for compost collection. You simply fill up the bottom bin first and cover it with an empty top bin (to cover the compost – worms like dark.) When the bottom bin is full you simply start filling the top bin w/new rubbish. When worms are done feeding on and breaking down the food in the bottom bin, they will naturally crawl up through the holes we drilled in the base of the top bin. Eventually they will all make their way up to where the food is. Once they all migrate to the top bin, the bottom bin is ready to go in your garden soil.

Per the food scraps, I leave them whole BUT some people chop and even blend them up for FASTER breakdown. I will probably start doing this in the future, but wanted to see how long it would take the worms to breakdown the whole pieces.

Hope this helps… cheers!

By: Karen Joy

Karen Joy — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:02:08 +0000

OK ~ this may be a dumb question… but does the actual compost filter down to the lower bin? Or? I’ve never seen a worm farm, so I’m unfamiliar with the process (though I am definitely aware that worms can increase the decomposition of food into soil, and help aerate soil, etc.). Also, do you chop up your food scraps pretty fine, or leave them chunky, or?? Like do you throw whole banana peels in there, or what?

This really has me thinking, because I live in the Phoenix area, and it is literally TOO HOT for outdoors compost bins, which makes me sad… Even my 12yo recently commented, as he was helping me prepare veggies for dinner, that it’s a bummer that we can’t compost! But, I think we have room in the corner of our laundry room for a reasonably sized worm farm, like you’ve illustrated.
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By: Matt Jabs

Matt Jabs — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:41:32 +0000

Hee hee! It is an excellent way to speed up the natural “composting” process and is also a great way to “be green” by recycling so much more of your waste. We don’t keep ours in the house (it’s in the garage), but a lot of people do. If they are maintained properly there is little to no smell.

By: David@DINKS Finance

David@DINKS Finance — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:42:33 +0000

I can tell you one thing – I would have never thought of doing this if you didn’t write this post. I still am not sure how much I want a “worm farm” in my house, but I suppose it’s always good to be exposed to new ideas.
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By: Matt Jabs

Matt Jabs — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 06:53:59 +0000

I’m glad you mentioned the onions; we had been putting them in but will leave them out from here forward. I wonder if we used them to cook vegetable stock, then added them to the vermicompost?

By: Paul @ FiscalGeek

Paul @ FiscalGeek — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:01:16 +0000

I built one about 2 years ago and those red wigglers can do work! Mine’s a huge plywood box that we keep outside. One of these days I’ll actually remove some of the dirt. One thing I don’t like is that the Potato bugs moved in a while back so it’s kind of gross to open the lid. One of the disadvantages of having it outside. I have been able to combat that when I’m doing some woodworking I throw some Cedar Sawdust on top of my pile and it drives out the bugs they hate it, Worms don’t seem to mind. Also don’t throw onions in there the worms hate them, and if you put pumpkins in there they won’t eat the seeds.

BTW if anyone is looking to buy some red wigglers I have 9 million.
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