Feeding Frenzy: 4,000 Compost Worms Devour Coffee & Food Scraps! | Vermicompost Worm Farm

[@Vermicompost]

Below are my go-to vermicomposting items featured in my videos. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases at no extra cost to you. Thanks for supporting my channel! www.youtube.com/@vermicompost?sub_confirmation=1 Worm Bins I use: Vermihut 5-Tray Worm Compost Bin amzn.to/3w15lQt Urban Worm Bag V2 amzn.to/3XE9QsT 20 Gallon Fabric Grow Pots amzn.to/3EBYhdr 3 gallon Rubbermaid Roughneck tote amzn.to/3eKDLhO Mortar Tray amzn.to/3V43KD2 Other Worm Bins: Worm Factory 360 3-Tray Version amzn.to/3AHnjqK Worm Factory 360 5-Tray Version amzn.to/3tYfWY4 Bus bins amzn.to/3fd8AvP Equipment I use: 12 Sheet Cross Cut Micro Shredder (I use it to shred cardboard) amzn.to/3xYZKYu Magic Bullet Small Blender (to pulverize egg shells) amzn.to/3gwEzb4 or amzn.to/42SQ4w9 (with extra coffee bean & nut blade) Worms Red Wiggler mixes amzn.to/3yGNhwl & amzn.to/3R5tKvD ENC's amzn.to/3OkxV51 Indoor Outdoor Wireless Thermometer for worm bin amzn.to/3wIdXbO Additional thermometer sensors 433 MHz amzn.to/41juD7v Please make sure Thermometer & sensor are the same MHz Additional thermometer sensors 915MHz amzn.to/3WTFgua Please make sure Thermometer & sensor are the same MHz Japanese Garden knife amzn.to/3VEzmiN Wrigglebrew Worm Casting Tea amzn.to/46PhV2A Food Dehydrator amzn.to/3O5Uj2H Mosquito Dunks 6 pack amzn.to/3OlCEUg granular amzn.to/42KDtM0 or 20 pack amzn.to/42Br4Kf Kitchen scale to weigh worms & food: amzn.to/3HnOQjg Blue gloves amzn.to/3XsBg5n Spray bottles to mist bedding amzn.to/3Fq23rN Digital handheld Thermometer amzn.to/3EWfC2j Compost Tea Bags amzn.to/3fCb5o1 Solar powered light amzn.to/3nOucAq Reusable Keurig Coffee K-cups amzn.to/3FNXvt6 Other useful equipment for worm farming: 5 stackable sifter with different sized mesh: amzn.to/3S2k184 Cameras & camera equipment I use: Insta 360 ace pro amzn.to/3vgdmR8 Flexible Tripod amzn.to/3CGTjcF Insta360 GO 3s camera amzn.to/3Z1CKVR Insta360 X3 360 camera amzn.to/494NOGl 4 Ocean bracelets I wear Multiple colors to chose from bracelets amzn.to/4eH5clM Books on worms & worm farming Worms Eat My Garbage amzn.to/3L4FXN2 Where to buy worms: www.TheGardenAndWormLady.com www.youtube.com/@vermicompost?sub_confirmation=1

[@peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920]

Merry Christmas to the Worms 🪱 and their Worm Mama & Papa 🪱 Keep up the great job in 2025🪱 ❤Peggy❤

[@Vermicompost]

Thank you Peggy!! Merry Christmas to you and Rick!! 2025 is gonna be a big worm year for both of us!! Thanks so much for watching & for all your support!!🪱🪱🪱

[@teetwo56]

I learn something every time I watch one of your videos. Merry Christmas and a Happy New year 🎉🪱

[@Vermicompost]

That makes me so happy!! I'm so glad you enjoy our videos!! Thanks so much for watching & for all your support over the past year!!🪱🪱🪱

[@A-V]

Yay - those avocado shell worm balls are always fun to find! Keep up the bulking - it's working well 👍🏻

[@Vermicompost]

Thank you AV!! I'm pleasantly surprised to see the worms tearing up the avocado's and putting a dent in the cardboard shreds despite our "cold" weather!! Thanks so much for taking the time to watch!!🪱🪱🪱

[@timothywood5808]

Your video makes it look so easy and fun..love it

[@Vermicompost]

Thank you Timothy!! It is absolutely both at the same time!! Thanks so much for watching & for the kind words!!🪱🪱🪱

[@timothywood5808]

Your response means the world to me thank you

[@karensterling5246]

I hope you guys had a Merry Christmas. I know you did😂. I didn’t realize that you didn’t introduce your executive producer until I heard her comment on bugs crawling about. I wish you guys the very best of the year to come. 🌸🌿🦋

[@jbc0831]

Merry Christmas to you and yours. Thank you for the Christmas Day check-in. You always inspire me to go play in my worms. I have to be very disciplined to not go disturb them!

[@Vermicompost]

Merry Christmas to you and your family as well!! 😂 It is so hard not to check on them constantly!! I found a great way to prevent from checking on worms too much...get more worm bins!! Then you can pick one a day to "play" with and if you have seven then it's just a once a week disturbance for each😁 I'm so glad we inspire you to go play with your worms!! If we release a video every 4 days your worms should be OK!!! Thanks so much for watching!!🪱🪱🪱

[@johnroufos8569]

That's a lot of coffee 😋Merry Christmas 🫂

[@Vermicompost]

Merry Christmas John!! Hopefully they eat down all that coffee I gave them these last two feedings...especially since I plan to harvest some castings next time! Thanks so much for watching!!🪱🪱🪱

[@tiffany7023]

Merry Christmas 🎄🎁☃️

[@oldman6714]

...and a happy new year!

[@Vermicompost]

Thank you Tiffany!! Merry Christmas to you and yours!! Thanks for all the support this year!!🪱🪱🪱

[@Vermicompost]

😂 Yes, and a Happy New Year to you as well!! Thanks so much for watching!!🪱🪱🪱

[@Southbaysunshine]

Merry Christmas!

[@Vermicompost]

Merry Christmas!! Thanks for stopping by to watch & for all your support this year!! We appreciate it!!🪱🪱🪱

[@throughmylens5127]

Merry Christmas worm party

[@Vermicompost]

Yes!! Total worm party!! Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!! Thanks so much for stopping by to watch!!🪱🪱🪱

[@annsalty5615]

Merry Wormy Christmas!! 🪱🪱🪱🪱🪱🍾🥂🎄

[@Vermicompost]

I hope you are having a warm wormy Christmas Ann😂 Thanks so much for all your support over the years & thanks for taking the time to watch this one!!🪱🪱🪱

[@annsalty5615]

@@Vermicompost Yes, it is a very warm season here. No freezes yet! My worms are still working away in the outside composters! So much so, I may have to start another. I was using one just for leaf mold, but it may turn back into worm composter.

[@Vermicompost]

That is fantastic!! Autumn got me a couple more 8x4 garden plots so I'm gonna be working overtime making compost and vermicompost this year!!

[@carmenortiz5294]

What a great video! learned a lot, especially why I am so lousy when it comes to composting worms. You can bet I will be checkout all others by you.

[@Vermicompost]

Thank you Carmen!! I'm so glad you've found our video helpful!! We've got 4 very different worm bins that each have a unique way of getting managed and harvested! Plenty of videos to choose from!! Thanks so much for watching & thanks for the kind words!!🪱🪱🪱

[@NanasWorms]

Merry Christmas Patrick and Autumn! I would always have melon infused water in my fridge if I had an endless supply of watermelon. When I turned a watermelon half turned up like that, the resulting worm ball looked like a human brain! ~ Sandra

[@Vermicompost]

Mellon infused water...that is a great idea!! I love watermelon on a hot day...which we have many!! I hope I get back in this bin in time to see a wormy melon brain!! Merry Christmas to you and Landon, Sandra!! Thanks so much for watching & for all your support this year!!🪱🪱🪱

[@BerylBerry]

Merry Christmas to you , thanks for making these videos love them and you have taught me so much. I have a Happy Frog but I love yours . I want to switch to yours !

[@Vermicompost]

Merry Christmas!! I'm so glad you've been enjoying our videos! I do like the look of that Frog tower, it looks very elegant in my opinion!! I always say the only thing better than one worm bin is two worm bins!! Give it a try with the VermiHut too!! Thanks so much for watching!!🪱🪱🪱

[@BerylBerry]

@@Vermicompostthanks sounds like a wonderful idea and yes the look of mine looks good my one bedroom apartment. But I can make room for two homes! And I got lots of food in the freezer too, oh by the way I give them dry leaves too but it seems like it takes longer to break down. Is that okay ?

[@Vermicompost]

Excellent!! Dry leaves do take a bit longer then shredded cardboard. The more they are crumbled and shredded the better because it creates more surface area for the microbes and worms to attack. A mixture of leaves and shredded cardboard is even better because it provides more structure, allows air, and keeps things from being matted down. You can also soak your leaves overnight to try to give them a head start. I hope this helps!!

[@PlantObsessed]

That is filling up fast. Weird that florida is dry. Happy Christmas

[@Ryan92230]

Can I ask some advice please, I did a feeding of blended food scraps a mix of a few things and eggshells mixed together and it came out a green slushy, I poured this into my bin and it went in about a week no problems all gone no smell. I did a second feeding this time of mostly sweet corn and carrot peelings. But I didn’t use eggshells this time. I just poured the mixture in this time a gross yellow slush. Anyway the worms never touched it and after a week or so it went bad and it was warm, I’m not joking the smell was so bad🤢 i removed all I could see an aerated the bedding. The worms seem fine. Think I’ll stick to whole scraps from now on no blending again. But do you know why this could have happened.?

[@Vermicompost]

I have actually experienced the same thing!! Each feeding is completely unique and has it's own microbiome inside. I had found in the past that blended feedings seemed to take longer...and then when I tested it, the worms ate the blended first: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iqqWd4Gemq95pcU So I think the corn/carrot peel slushy probably just went anaerobic and might have started fermenting, especially if you felt some heat coming off it! Slushed up corn in particular can turn to alcohol (bananas as well) so the solution is to feed less and spread it out more when you do feed it the slushy. More surface are will help so the worms can attack it better...the key is to feed an amount that the worms can eat before it goes anaerobic. Hopefully this makes sense...I hope it helps!! Thanks so much for watching Ryan!!🪱🪱🪱

[@lifegot8435]

I also raise earthworms and have a question. What effect does mold have on earthworms? There are many different types of mold, but can I feed them and can eat them? Also, is it possible to use natto bacteria, which are said to be a very strong fungus, to eliminate other bacteria and mold that grow and purify the soil?

[@meepmeep7165]

Time for a whey protein shake series?

[@Vermicompost]

😂🤣😂 Yes!! It will be in my VermiHut probably released in the 2nd week of January with a follow up to see how the worms did with it! It will be a time lapse!! Thanks so much for watching!!🪱🪱🪱

[@joesoutdoorplaces]

If worms begin to eat growing or living matter I fear our fate would be sealed.

[@Vermicompost]

It would be a scary world for sure😂🤣😂Thanks so much for watching & Merry Christmas Joe!!🪱🪱🪱

[@christopherwestern9223]

A few weeks ago i opened my hut to feed my worms, and the whole top was covered with a white fuzzy mold. And when i dug deeper, there was mold that looked and felt like popcorn. And it only affected the top most bin. I didn't do anything different from how/what i feed them. Don't know how it showed up in there. Didn't seem to bother the worms any, even seamed to have more activity than normal. So i just mixed it up, feed them as normal and let it go. Just went to check it and the food i gave them is barely eaten, but the mold is now only 25% of what it was. They must be eating the mold. Still tons of activity and no signs of ill effects or spreading. Still just in the top tray. Anyone got any idea of what happened?

[@frosty6297]

Unsure of the mould and their shape; but, I find (and you’ll probably see if you watch more of Vermicompost Learn By Doing) that many moulds are adored by worms. Helps break down whatever is in there and convert it into a worm friendly manner for them to get to work!

[@heatherba3656]

Merry Christmas 🎄🎁

[@Vermicompost]

Merry Christmas to you as well Heather!! I hope you are having a wonderful day!! Thanks so much for watching!!🪱🪱🪱