Archive for November, 2009
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The Worms are Moving Into the New Worm Tray
I can see that at least a few worms are moving into the new worm tray that I added two days ago in my Worm Factory 360. Out of curiosity, I lifted the tray up and saw quite a few Red Wigglers at the top of the lower tray, where I never saw them before. [...]
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Adding a Worm Tray to My Worm Factory 360
Today I am adding a worm tray to my Worm Factory 360. The first tray (now the bottom tray) is quite full with a mix of worm castings, food and paper waste and of course Red Wigglers. I’m not so sure I did the layering quite right on the first tray, but despite my inexperience, [...]
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More Frogs in My Worm Bins
Remember a few weeks ago when I had a couple of little frogs in my worm bins? Well, I thought they were long gone, but yesterday, I decided to lift the bottom Worm Factory tray off to see if there was some reason that I haven’t gotten any leachate (worm tea) out of the spigot. [...]
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Worm Factory 360 – Time for Another Tray?
As the worm tray in my Worm Factory 360 has really filled up, I’m starting to wonder when it will be time for another tray. I would guess that 1/3 to 1/2 of what is in the tray is worm castings and the rest is a combination of food waste and shredded paper… Lots of [...]
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Composter Reviews
You can learn a lot from reading composter reviews. I probably learned 1/4 of what I know about composting from the reviews I read when researching which composter to buy. Today I was looking at a review of the old model Worm Factory and read that someone gets a quart of leachate out of it [...]
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Compost Aerator
The only gadget that I learned about at the home composting workshop I attended was the compost aerator. If you have a compost bin rather than a worm bin, you can use it to turn the compost. You stick it straight in like a spear and when you start to pull it out, it’s wings [...]
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Composphere Compost Tumbler review
This is just an unofficial Composphere Compost Tumbler review. I saw one of these at my composting class and decided to give try rolling it, which is what you’re supposed to do to aerate the contents. First of all, it wasn’t easy to roll even though there wasn’t supposed to be that much in it. [...]
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A Look at the Envirocycle Backyard Compost Tumbler
One of the composters that I got to see during the Home Composting Workshop was the Envirocycle Backyard Compost Tumbler. It made me laugh when I realized my perception of its shape had been distorted by my wide-screen monitor which makes everything look wide. Other than that, it was as I expected – small enough to [...]
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Compost Bucket
I mentioned that in the Home Composting Workshop that I attended yesterday, they were using a compost bucket in their break room. I asked the instructor if they had any problems with odors or fruit flies and she said they did not. The compost bucket they were using has a filter in the top and [...]
