Detailed - Can-O-Worms Harvest 🪱

[@nickthegardener.1120]

Hi Peggy I just literally sat down to watch KZbin and your video came up within a second! So I'm now going to enjoy the video!💚😀👍🙏

[@peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920]

It's a long one, but I did try to thoroughly explain it. Thanks for watching my friend ❤️

[@gbltheolechurch5acrehomestead]

Mrs. Peggy does an AWESOME job with her worms, Nick!

[@peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920]

@@gbltheolechurch5acrehomestead Thanks, Garry 💕 I know you will have loads of Earthworms in your outside waisthigh planters next year. They are diving way down for warm after your snow ❄️

[@joesgardenzone8]

Enjoyed watching you work the Can of Worms.

[@peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920]

Thanks Joe, I really appreciate your time and support 👩‍🌾👍💚🪱

[@evergreengarden1M]

Well explained video

[@peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920]

Thanks Priya, for being so supportive 💖

[@flowerfolkfarm3553]

I always love to hear your soothing voice Peggy, I could listen for hours! 😅I listened while doing a load of laundry AND then planting dahlia tubers 😆🌻💝 good mix I think !! Much love my beautiful friend 💐♥️

[@peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920]

I truly appreciate having you in my life ❤️ I wish I was better at this video business. And computer business. Your videos are stunning. You have a marvelous eye for composition. Rick has been honing his skills with still photos. But my comfort zone is my worms and garden. Thanks for visiting 👩‍🌾👍❤️

[@flowerfolkfarm3553]

@@peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920 we all have our unique gifts Peggy and you do a pretty marvellous job with your worms, and can I say, your letters!! What a gift if you get a letter in the mail from Peggy, it’s just truly special! You stay true to you Peggy, you are an absolute treasure to me 💐💕💐💕💐💕 xxoo

[@peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920]

@@flowerfolkfarm3553 my heart ❤️ is happy 😊

[@rickhelbling5091]

Our favorite Saturday chore! Just kidding...this is a long job!

[@peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920]

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[@franckelatter9829]

Thanks for all your information, very helpful. You have a lot of patience picking out all the worms! Great job. I have 2 can of worms and a worm~Cafe! But mine are outside as I am in Queensland Australia, they are in the shade!

[@peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920]

Hi Frank, So nice of you to stop by! Patience is certainly an asset to any Worm Farmer 🪱...no matter how small. I'm doing this for my own garden so I keep it all small. I've got 5 other Worm bins out on my back porch, year-round. I do add ice cubes some days during our summer. Take care ❤️Peggy❤️

[@clivesconundrumgarden]

Excellent Peggy. That was a longer video but we'll worth the watch :) I see you run your bin more moist than we do, but your results are fabulous!! Those castings are as pure as you could get !! As you said it's a little more work but they are fantastic!! Stay Awesome Peggy!! Cheers J&C 🪱🌱🪱

[@peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920]

Thanks for saying that because I always wonder if I'm doing it harder than it needs to be.. I do get beautiful Castings since 2009.

[@clivesconundrumgarden]

@@peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920 just like gardening Peggy, what ever works for you. I really your castings and the way you produce them. It's hard to argue with almost 100% pure castings:))))

[@GardeningwithBarchuckin]

Neat Peggy I’ve never heard of the can o worms before. Tower looks great. I just got a tower hopefully I can have it all together for the new year. That is why I was thinking about counting some worms for it. If you have had this since 2009 it was definitely well worth the money.

[@peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920]

At the time, I paid $235 for the Can-O-Worms, 2lb. Red Wigglers, a block of Coco coir and a 1lb. bag of rock dust that was their grit. I thought I could save the world, or just my little patch.👩‍🌾👍

[@NanasWorms]

Good strategy to mix in some dry material to get those fat worms out of those clumps! Impossible to do a light migration or even tempt them out with food when they’re happy hanging out in a worm clump! The other thing you could do is work in some of your lovely, powdered dry leaves, moringa, or egg carton. Come out worms, come out, come out wherever you are! ~ Sandra

[@peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920]

Funny, I've been awake during the night and thinking about adding leaves and pulverized leaves to the bottom well to see if I could coax them out of their cozy hiding places. I'm going to finish up today so I can button up that corner of the kitchen during Christmas 🎄 Thanks for always having sound advice!

[@NanasWorms]

You’re welcome, Peggy. I’m having to deal with wetter than usual castings now too because of all the PUMPKIN I’ve been feeding!

[@peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920]

@@NanasWorms I'm thinking that your blender would work. You could mash and freeze ❄️pumpkin 🎃 pie 🥧

[@BeFree-BeFrugal]

Amazing how they get away from the light

[@peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920]

Thanks Jill, I really appreciate your support 💚

[@BeFree-BeFrugal]

@@peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920 👍🌞

[@Vermicompost]

Yay!! Can O' Worms is back!! Always love to see you rotate the trays and harvest!! I'm thinking about maybe starting one of my VermiHut trays like this and just put an empty one on top and feed it as I go without starting it off full of bedding!!🪱🪱🪱

[@peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920]

Hi Patrick, Thanks for watching and I hope you'll check out part 2 and 3. I was hoping to show you the whole routine.

[@gbltheolechurch5acrehomestead]

Good day Dear Peggy! Wow! This is cool. Agree, it is time to do a cleanup! Do you put the casting on “Juicy Fruit Island” and other places?

[@peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920]

I will use it out in the entire garden. I like to add a 💩 scoop to a sprinkling can with rain water, stir vigorously, and water as far as will go. Thanks so much for watching. I know it was long, but I was trying to show in detail.

[@frankcarew239]

I put weed mat on the bottom of the tray above the well, this allows moisture to drain without worms and castings falling thru.

[@peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920]

That's interesting, Frank! Thank you for the tip 👍🪱👍

[@radhikakibagiya7828]

बहुत ही अच्छी खाद बनी है मैं

[@peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920]

Hello Radhika, I'm glad you are making Castings for your garden. Thanks for watching and commenting ❤️

[@stevefromthegarden1135]

That is a nice multilayer bin system. You can have a big population in a bin that size. Are you up to 20 lbs of castings so far this fall?

[@peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920]

I did get 7lb from the tiny twin shoeboxes, more than that from the 3 gallon and 10lb so far. There is quite a bit still in the well. I really need to get out and start adding it to the Garden.

[@CNH_Society]

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[@peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920]

Thanks for watching and commenting 💓

[@WDWormsnGarden]

You'd probably need 3 full days to count AJ's worms.

[@peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920]

Hahaha 😆 Imagine if he drove from Indiana to Orlando with all of his worms intow!!! 🪱 🪱🪱🪱🪱🪱🚙🪱🪱🪱🪱🪱

[@TheTraderPatrick]

Hello Peggy. I just bought 2 can-o-worm systems to start my worm farming. I found this video fascinating, the worm castings are so wet ( quite different from othrr videos that have single worm bins ). Im wondering if your still using this system, do you recommend it and are there any updates? Thank you!

[@peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920]

Hi Patrick, Yes, I had my Can-O-Worms since July of 2009. I guess my casting look wet when I get down to the 2 bottom layers. I was told when I bought it to sprinkle water over the top level on a weekly basis and to use the Leachate to water my plants. In the past 15 years the rules on What's Best have changed. People add less water and Leachate is considered less desirable than Worm Tea that we brew with an Aerator. I need to clean out my Can-O-Worms soon and will do an update version. Welcome to the world of Worms 🪱 Where are you from and what got you into Vermiculture? ❤️Peggy❤️

[@TheTraderPatrick]

@@peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920 Thanks very much for your reply Peggy. I'm in Auckland, New Zealand. Not sure what got me into the idea of Vermiculture, may have been a U tube video but I'm also recently retired so no work schedule. I thought I would get some garden worms, and I did, kept them for a week ( kept thinking I will probably have them die on me ) and then let them back in the garden with an Avocado to munch on. I think I heard them yell out, " Were free " Then I found out about Red wigglers, so I bought a worm farm with worms ... But they were Indian blues! Been watching and learning from utube ever since but all the can o worm ones were just on setting up the worm farm, while yours was active. I've only had the worm farms two weeks now and am really looking forward to seeing Cocoons ;-) soon.

[@peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920]

That's so exciting, Patrick. Newly retired and a new hobby. When I got into Worms it was an oddity people looked at me like I was nuts. If you want any channels to watch, may I suggest Nana's Worms and Garden. Sandra is a PhD in Biology and has a 7 year old granddaughter. She started her channel to explain Worms 🪱 simply. I love her presentation without dumbing it down. There are several others I follow. Let me know if you need any help. I'm retired also so my time is mine 👍

[@TheTraderPatrick]

@@peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920 Thanks so much Peggy. I think it's great to be a little nuts ;-)

[@PlantObsessed]

Wow that looks like pure castings. What do you charge an hour for worm counting? Lol 😆 AJ can deduct from taxes as a business expense right?

[@peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920]

Ann, you are a Hoot. However, I do charge 1 glass of wine 🍷/hour and I count slowly! By the end of the bottle 🍾 I'm seeing double and the worms 🪱 have escaped 🤣😆🤣

[@AJsGreenTopics]

I'm glad that you had time to spend with your worms. 🪱

[@peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920]

Do you think I'm spending too much time with the worms 🪱? Is it time for me to get back to the Garden? 🤣🤣

[@AJsGreenTopics]

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