@@321homewrecker we don’t move them. Just remove bedding/castings as needed. This is set up for worms more than castings.

@grantestrade8062 ok, you don't ever have to put in fresh bedding? Also how much a set up like that bring in profit for a week?

@@321homewrecker we’re adding new bedding in correlation to when we pull out worms. As for as financials, I’m happy to discuss those things when I’m hired to consult/coach. I charge an avg of $80 per hour. I will say that most folks pushing vermicomposting as a business broadly over-generalize and make it sound like easy money.

@grantestrade8062 strade8062 I'm not needing coaching lessons, I been worming for 20 years. I'm just asking a simple question brother and if anyone was to ask me, I would tell them and even show them. It's Collaboration over Competition over here bro. I never said it was easy, I run continuous flow through and motor trays. It pays all my bills and I also run a bee apiary, I got into it back during 215 when I was working in the cannabis industry during the 90s. It's easy for me because it's my passion... I got tons and tons of casting and use most of it but sell worms and cocoons, I raise 5 different species.

@@321homewrecker good deal

@@WetDorritos445 most of what we’re chopping is invasive so we’re good;)

Thanks! We’re looking good with current Hurricane Helene about to hit FL & GA. Prayers for them. This video was from the recent Hurricane Francine. Except for a few tree a down we did well.

@@ausfoodgarden that’s cool you’re getting so much coffee. I’d use the composted coffee as 1/3 of a bedding mix. The other 2/3 can be an aged carbon with a desirable pH. Here we use aged pine/conifer bark. And yes, the chaff is hydrophobic and needs time for moisture to soak in. Once saturated it will quickly start composting. Honestly it’s a pain to deal with but if you’re receiving it, I’d use it for sure.

@@NanasWorms thanks!

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Appreciate it!

Yup, perennials like crab apples and native persimmon are great for deer..

Thanks! Will do. Trying to get areas seeded asap. Our goal with deer food plots is that if they don’t yield a successful hunt all the effort still improves the pasture areas for our livestock.

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@@lesliegrayson1722 if you want to own a commercial hog cafo you do you. Have fun with it…

Composting increases biology which is where the worms get a lot of their nutrients. It’s also physically easier for them to process. As far as temp I’d say in the 70’s F range. Just feed in increments where in won’t cycle back into getting hot

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@@Robert-dh3xg www.laughingbuddhanursery.com/on-farm-sales

@@dnawormcastings thanks!

@@ianm6309 yes, holes in bottom. No screen, etc. It’s deep enough where worms really don’t got down to the bottom

@@grantestrade8062 thank you

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@@dnawormcastings yup, there getting after it. I’m really curious how they’ll deal with the container material..

@@vegomatic100 you’ll see an evident change in texture

@@grantestrade8062 Thanks for sharing. What do you use for your carbon component? Also, I meant coffee composted BEFORE the worms get to live in it.

@@vegomatic100 oh, gotcha. We use with pine bark or hardwood mulch as carbon, 10% by volume to 90% coffee grounds. Coffee has almost a perfect c/n ratio as is. We compost coffee for 1 heat cycle/typically 1 month

@@grantestrade8062 Oh I see!

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@@BlackBeltBiomechanics thanks!

@@Brennor21 hey. Thanks! We work with a local crab processing facility and compost the crab shell through separate composting process.

Thanks! I’ll keep posting updates every few days

@@joannthompson765 about 1 month / 1 heat cycle

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I’ve found that 10% by volume of woody carbon with 90% coffee works well. If using paper based carbon like cardboard I suspect you’ll need to add more bc paper breaks down so much faster. I’ve both pre-composted with the added carbon as well as added in carbon along with aged/composted coffee grounds at time of feeding. Both work well; it’s more of a labor factor that fits your context

@@grantestrade8062 how much do you start the barrel with? 1/4 of the way or half way, a few inches?

@@MemesWorms about 1/2 to 3/4 full when starting. I use a hardwood based compost so it drains well

@@grantestrade8062 thank you

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@@rickjay4639 that works

@@bretthogan5805 yup, that works as well. A bit at a time is a great way to feed worms

@@ctang212 yes, I’ll put that on my punch list of videos. Generally I mix it with 10% by volume fluffy carbon and let it go through 1 major heat cycle. Time wise it takes a few weeks or so.

@@grantestrade8062 so you could just add shredded cardboard to coffee grounds to pre compost? interesting way to worm farm

@@JohnJohn-bc4nh yes you can. You’ll need to tinker with percentage of cardboard used. I would guess you’ll want it use around 20% shredded cardboard

@@JohnJohn-bc4nh yup. Coffee ground already have a good C:N ratio but are dense and compact. Adding the extra carbon gives it some needed fluff

@@norseman9367 thank you

@@happyman9612 nice

Paper filters easily compost with coffee grounds. The coffee grounds we get do not come in with filters but in the past when we did get filters it was no factor and we didn’t have to do anything special. Recommend adding 5-10% by volume some fluffy carbon like hardwood mulch/cardboard

@@lauragreece1872 yup!

@@dnawormcastings thanks!

It’s actually a fruit

Nice job! You get bonus points for having a turtle shaped worm bin..;)

Thanks!

@@NonniMcMac thanks! Much appreciated!!

@@shawncarr8699 no issues with it getting putrid, etc. Just as anaerobic as any other plastic, etc planter. Worms stay within top 12”+- and that’s all that I need. If we neglect the worms because other things are going on at the farm they have all of this material to go further into for moisture, and it makes the vertical barrels more ergonomic (no bending over)