Adding A Worm Tower To Our Garden!

[@juneramirez8580]

Love the cat with the white wiskers! What a beautiful tuxedo kitty! Sorry, I am just a cat person! Lol

[@BareMtnFarm]

Hi, that is Carrots! Her sister Peas and her came to us looking to be rescued and fed. Lots of people dumped pregnant cats out in the country during the pandemic and we have fed and fixed so many of them . The two girls are the sweetest and loving kitties here on the farm. Peas is all black. Thanks for following along with us.

[@chrisblack5795]

I have 5 of these already...just put all my veggie waste in them and used the vermacast this year with my planting...used what worms were naturally in the soil in my raised garden beds...stuff freezes in winter but worms live here despite cold temps. It's my way of using all my veggie waste and closing the circle of food...I will make another one soon. I will add dry leaves and other things as you teach now I have seen what you are doing. I recycle lots of cardboard...just not this way. I use leaves I collect from fall leaf drop. Great video!

[@BareMtnFarm]

Thanks @Chris Black You are blessed to have such a great supply of leaves. Unfortunately our property here lacks an abundance. However, we always seem to have an egg carton or two that works super. Thanks for your great comments!

[@erbauungstutztaufgnade1875]

Nice 👍🏻🙏🏼

[@BareMtnFarm]

Thank you 🙌

[@garthwunsch]

I’ve done this by burying the pail right to the lip, then using the well as a place to deposit kitchen scraps. With large holes in the sides, worms seemed to find their way in and it decomposed pretty quickly. I’m wondering about depositing a 5 gallon bucket of bokashi to the hole, leaving it over winter, then pull the pail in the spring and move on to another spot. I live in the land of the FrozenChosen, but once snow covers the land, the garden thaws and worms are still a bit active, as is the biology…. Your thoughts please… (I did a worm count on one cubic foot of soil this fall and got 64 worms… 2,500,000 per acre).wellllll, i just heard you mention bokashi LOLOLOL

[@BareMtnFarm]

I think your spot on with the bokashi idea. The only thing I would do is add a little grit in the form of ground egg shell. The Calcium from the eggshell will help reduce acidity. Plus add more carbon like cardboard etc.

[@chrisblack5795]

My raised garden beds already have sand I added when I made them...I don't feel a need to add more to the garden towers as they move in and out of the pails and can access it when they desire...flooding them create more worm activity I have noticed.

[@BareMtnFarm]

True, there are times when additional moisture is needed or additional carbon to provide pore space is useful too.

[@guidogrant2097]

Woodchip for the paths. Bracks down solely to compost.

[@chrishall8128]

How long does it take to produce enough castings for a 5 gallon container.

[@BareMtnFarm]

It somewhat depends on ambient temps. In this winter we anticipate it to take about 3-4 months, but I think in the warmer temps of summer it will be maybe half that time

[@georgiapeach9840]

Can I just drill holes in the bottom of the bucket or is it necessary to remove the bottom of the bucket?

[@BareMtnFarm]

You don't have to remove the bottom, you can drill enough holes in it to allow good moisture transfer so liquids don't build up and it becomes anaerobic.

[@garthwunsch]

If you remove the bottom of the bucket, then it’s pretty easy to remove later on, and leave the processed contents in the soil. Removing the bottom is pretty easy with a jig saw, hacksaw, or as I am able to do, with a band saw.

[@jamestriplett790]

white dutch clover in pathways.

[@georgiapeach9840]

When do you plant your white Dutch clover in the pathways? I thought about frost seeding it this winter. My pathways have wood chips currently and wondering if I should leave that in place or remove it before sowing clover seeds. Any thoughts?

[@jamestriplett790]

@@georgiapeach9840 plant in spring. If wood chips are new and thick layer, be best to remove a portion of them. the rest can decompose and seed through it.

[@BareMtnFarm]

Like the idea of the clover. I do have a concern about spreading though as in our climate the clover reseeds really well. In fact a large amount of white dutch clover is grown in the Willamette Valley here for the seed industry.

[@chips1972]

Whats vochochi?

[@BareMtnFarm]

Hi thanks for your comment. I think I was referring to bokashi, which is an alternative way of preparing food waste for composting. We did several videos on that as well.

[@enareaveschannel6002]

Has anyone ever had an ant problem? I have a lot of ants in my yard.

[@BareMtnFarm]

Occasionally we have had ants. We deal with them using ground up egg shells, or diatomaceous earth or rock dust. They don't seem to like that. Thank you for your question.