How to Make the Ultimate DIY Indoor Worm Compost Bin

Looking to get into worm composting? This is how to build the best DIY vermicomposting bin that you can have inside your house. Other composters have giant gaps that the worms can escape out of and cockroaches can get into. This is how to fix these issues. This bin is affordable, odorless, easy to maintain, and convenient to store.
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[@computercreative7987]

This is very possibly the most informative video I have ever seen 👍

[@johnh539]

I took your advice fingers crossed. So far so good

[@Majorjabroni]

Finally a use for old n95s!

[@christiannepogie5937]

Great video ! Clear container okay with composting ?

[@mizkcreations]

THE BEST EVER. I just moved into a condo and left my precious compost pile. Every time I put lettuce etc down the disposal, I am so sad. I literally have everything I need to start. Just need worms.

[@vidaolive]

Wow 🦋 so informative. Muchas gracias!

[@nochipsnik]

How do you separate the worms from the compost material if they are mixed together? Thanks for answer

[@micro_safari]

If you are trying to harvest the compost without worms I would agitate the top of the area that you want to harvest and the worms will get scared and go down away from the area you just messed with. But to be honest, most people does bother seperating the worms from their compost and just put both together straight into their garden. I hope that answers your question. Feel free to reply if you are trying to do something specific

[@geraldblount4159]

Yeah but what if you want to use the worm castings in your house plants

[@JWHealing]

Most videos I have seen using a single bin system like this bury food on one side of the bin, then the next week bury food on the other side of the bin. Most all of the worms will migrate each week to whichever side has the food. So then if you want you can harvest from the non-food side.

[@JWHealing]

@@geraldblount4159 This is me. I want to use the castings for indoor herbs I am growing indoors in winter, and later in spring for indoor vegetable & herb & flower starts that will start indoors and then be planted outside in the garden once it's warm enough. I think with feeding on alternate sides and harvesting from the non-food side, I'll probably get a few worms or worm eggs in with the castings I harvest, but that is inevitable.

[@djay62992]

If you can get the liquid from the compost and cut it with water you won't necessarily need the castings..

[@urbanharvestdfw]

I like it if you take a second tote and set the first one inside of it ans put holes in you can get compost tea

[@AJsGreenTopics]

I use dark totes for my worms. I check on them about every week or two. Thanks for sharing. 😎

[@micro_safari]

Yeah! Glad you enjoyed. I like to put a light above the clear tote to prevent worms from pushing through the gasket but I found the Vaseline on the gasket stops them from doing this anyway. Dark totes work great too! Especially outside

[@johnlee7085]

Nice setup and description/explanation regarding the cloth. For a $5 general purpose bin + $5 of sticky back gasket, I think you can have an equivalent sealed bin. For much less. Maybe take part of the remaining $15 and buy a plastic spigot to add to the bottom to drain the excess liquid if too much builds up. Completely agree though. The greens have plenty of water in them. I’ve never added water to our vermiculture. Greater concern is to remove the excess.

[@sherrywebster1675]

Great worm bin...you can also add drain hole which is screened , same as the top air hole... And have a thin catcher beneath to make sure liquid doesn't pool on bottom. But I find my worms, i a similar container, love the extra moisture at the bottom and love to gather down there, and they seem to breed really well in wetter conditions too.

[@janicewebber5584]

Shame on you! As an amateur jewelry maker, flush cutters are only for delicate wire & pins!😂 Also, I've never seen added water to a worm box. Wet newspaper is the best way. Good to know about the melon tho. That'd be another great source of water. Still, you have to show a good method for draining the (highly prized) liquid gold out of the bottom & how to harvest the castings.

[@lizmnv]

Can you show how to remove the casts

[@Versbreizh]

Air needs to flow through, so make at least 2 holes at oposite sites of the bin. (and throw away that mask. Even a normal human can't breath through that stupid thing.

[@peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920]

Love your video and excellent tutorial. I bought a Can-O-Worms in 2009 along with 2lb. of Red Wigglers. I like the layered system and have harvested many hundreds of pounds of Castings in 12 1/2 years. I recently started a Cocoon Nursery and an Adolescent bin just to see if I could keep life interesting for me during lockdown. Most breeder say dark bins. My 2 little bins are clear shoeboxes and the babies seem just fine. Happy Vermicomposting 🪱

[@doingmybest222]

“Surprise a bunch of cockroaches” 😩😂

[@planecrazyish]

Great video ! What watch are you wearing buddy??

[@frozen1313]

Thank you, can you recommend how to maintain such a compost bin? Should I keep putting some brown every now and then?

[@micro_safari]

Yeah you will need to add browns as you go. Add some browns everytime you add food to it. I normally decide by intuition, but I know that's not helpful for someone starting out.

[@princessleiajjb]

This was very helpful! You answered all the questions I didn't think of yet! This is a really smart idea for indoor composting!

[@d.jensen5153]

Keeping the bedding from getting too wet (watermelon, squash, and pumpkin are all 80%-90% water) has required a semipermeable blanket directly over the bed, and no lid at all on the tote. There are great blanket materials (like the Windward Worm Ohana uses in their kits) but minimum orders are in excess of what I want to spend. So I used several layers of fiberglass screen door screening from stuffmart. Works like a charm!

[@ciannacoleman5125]

As someone who sews and occasionally makes jewelry seeing you cut plastic with “good” cutters pains me a little lol. Good video!

[@micro_safari]

Plastic doesn't hurt the cutters! :) Anything softer than copper is just fine and won't significantly dull the blades. Glad you have a good eye for tools!

[@susanmiller9317]

Same here from an electronics solderer. They'll never cut tiny wires the same again. Lol.

[@sunbrightsolaraz]

AWESOME video Thanks for all the info and tips.

[@stephent5411]

There is some decent information here but worm bins should never be in a clear container always dark and they really should be light proof... light actually stresses the worms and to much can harm them. When they are all over the container trying to Ecape there’s usually something off in the bin. To wet, to dry, not enough air flow, or PH is off. It is best to blend food up it’s easier for them to eat and should be a ratio of 30 to 1 brown to green at least...

[@666bruv]

I've watched quite a number of vermi vids, and so far you are the only other person that is clued into vermicomposting

[@mikecoe3254]

could you simply add dark colored paper to the outside?

[@vincentpelletier1246]

How big of a sink do you have wtf

[@micro_safari]

Shout out to utility sinks!

[@Tillettforct]

😢 wish I'd found think video about the need to add a hole at the top with a shopping 🛍 bag patch before I lost my worms 😢 to lack of oxygen and heat outside on the deck back in july 😢

[@liljestrandkarin]

Best video on this topic!

[@bethanyswiss]

Most helpful worm video I watched. Thank you!

[@Tom-up9re]

This is the BEST indoor setup!! Thank you so much for sharing!!

[@sheabrown]

Who's your worm guy?

[@micro_safari]

I usually get them from Uncle Jim's Worm Farm!

[@Paint75]

@@micro_safari oh youre paying way too much for worms man

[@eleanoraddy4683]

I only lasted 3 weeks with a stacking system, it was terrible!

[@Ashley-ez7re]

I Can not believe you are not married! You are so pleasant 😁 great video too 💚

[@greenthumb4050]

Rather use a black container the worms dont like light

[@Mracelocates]

Use a welding tool to cut the material or it can get running cracks.

[@charlesevergarden8248]

do you have to get the bedding for the worms or will dirt be fine? and if you have a compost already that is warm can you just put the worms in there?

[@charlesevergarden8248]

ofc moving the compost in a container like the video

[@RobertSolo714]

Great video 😃 Thank you🤙🏼

[@sunsunny2379]

👍👍👍👍👍👍❤❤❤❤❤❤☕☕☕☕☕☕Thanks.

[@crazysphynxcatlady3359]

Awesome video!

[@bluejay3945]

OMG I had high hopes until you totally left harvesting the compost. I guess you want to simply remove the worms and compost and start from scratch? The point is to run a sustainable bin not a run and gun operation. I am thoroughly disappointed. You are a very likable person. It’s just not appropriate content for a newbie like me😥

[@micro_safari]

Whenever you want to harvest, just rustle the top compost area a little bit and the worms will dig down to escape the rustling. Then you just pull out the compost you need by hand. You don't need to dump the whole thing out and start over. I have mine running continuously. Its important to note that the compost substrate itself is like a home to the worms, so just make sure to never take out too much of the compost at a time. At least leave 50% anytime you harvest.

[@mikecoe3254]

@@micro_safari oh cool! I was wondering about that

[@Connor6times]

Worms? Worms! Yes!

[@jamesgilmartin8485]

Is harvesting the compost easy enough in this one box system?

[@micro_safari]

Yeah I just put on a glove and scoop out what I need by hand just don't scoop out from an area that you just put food in

[@mikecoe3254]

@@micro_safari I was wondering about that too - how do you get out the new dirt/castings without also taking out the worms?