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In this video, Dan from www.plantabunda... shares with you a newly completed Soldier Fly Larvae Bin built from recycled materials for the urban backyard food forest.
I built the bin using all recycled materials from items that were either free-sourced locally or left over from previous projects. Because I didn't have the exact dimensions of wood that I needed I went ahead and made some custom cuts. After doing some research and viewing several types of bins I decided to go ahead and purchase the DIY plans and the larvae from www.northwestredworms.com. From start to finish it was a smooth rapid transaction with clear-cut instructions and I'd recommend others to do business with them. I'd also recommend that you check out their channel for further instruction and to see what else they have going on. I've also built a redworm bin out of cinder-blocks using a design concept they put out there. So thanks again to www.northwestredworms.com for all your doing and coming from a guy with limited woodworking experience and very basic tools I just want to say that this project was easy to complete. It took me less than a day with me taking my time, and I just want to encourage anyone else who's thinking about it to give it a shot. After the bin is built all that's left to do is to add some compost and some kitchen scraps then introduce the larvae to their new home. I quickly give you guys the walk around and show you how this is going to work. I bought a couple plastic bins at the dollar store and the larvae bin side panels just lift up and that's where you're gonna collect your larvae as they self harvest themselves going up the ramp and falling through the hole. I started layering with what I had on hand, some wood chips and wood shavings to keep the larvae from burying themselves through the drainage holes there in the bottom. I then start layering up their food supply with some kitchen scraps, chicken manure and worm castings with some redworms from my worm bin. I then just gave it a nice soak to get everything nice and moist and I also just wanted to make sure that everything was draining appropriately underneath and everything looked good. After that I headed back into the kitchen and gathered a few more scraps. I got some bread, banana peels, a little rice. The larvae order I received took just a couple business days to arrive, I was very happy with that.The larvae was very much alive and ready to go to work. The last step is to add the spacer underneath the lid so the fly's can come in and out and lay their eggs.
Links:
www.northwestre... (For Bin Plans & Larvae)
/ @nwredworms (northwestredworms on KZbin)