Use This Formula BEFORE You ORDER WORMS

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Learn the essential formula for successful worm composting! Discover optimal ratios of worms to food scraps, container sizes, and space requirements. Optimize your vermicomposting setup for efficient, thriving composting.
Here are links to the full videos that appeared in this episode:
• VERMICOMPOSTING the EA...
• How to Stop Worms from...
00:00 Ratio of food scraps to worms per day
00:21 How many worms to order
01:13 Finding a best-sized container
02:02 Different options for containers and boxes
03:12 Sourcing free building materials
03:37 Determining the necessary container size
04:00 Ratio of food scraps to container size
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@buckaroobonsaitree7488 2 ай бұрын

Glad I found this channel, the algorithm is working. I've got 2 lbs of red wigglers coming tomorrow to process my family's food and garden waste. I'm envious of your elderberry trees😀

@differentkim 2 ай бұрын

So easy to tend. I recommend them highly. I get several gallons of berries from these two trees and, can the juice.

@Trupen 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for using normal units

@differentkim 2 ай бұрын

🤣

@MyMicrobialGarden 2 ай бұрын

Love all the inventions you make. I collect wood too and just about anything I can get my hands on that is free or cheap 😄 I am getting ready to load up my outdoor barge wagon bin soon and I love watching the worms grow. It’s so nice how worms can put such a smile on one’s face 🪱 ❤️

@differentkim 2 ай бұрын

It's satisfying that's for sure. The (+) results of the wild-worm adventure have been eye-opening. I hope you take us along with you when you are outside. I love all of the experimenting and, look forward to watching as your farm transitions.

@GoingGreenMom 2 ай бұрын

If you don't have a voucher for worms like with a worm factory or something, I can say that I found going to a bate shop and buying a container of red wrigglers was pretty successful. Probably my easiest bin was a tote that would fit under my kitchen sink. No escaping worms, but I did wind up with gnats. This year I bought a wheeled trash can on clearance for 33 dollars, and am cutting some holes in the bottom and drilling the sides. It is lined up with my recycle and trash bins under a big mulberry tree, and still gets a bunch of breeze... so will hopefully stay cool enough. It will have contact with the soil so they can go down if it is too hot or too cold, and I'm hoping I can just wheel it out of that area to dump it occasionally to sift the compost on the patio and then wheel it back pretty easily. After strawberry season of course since it is in the strawberry patch. My only concern is ants.... but at the same time, I'm noticing that I have ants invading containers, but they have been less active in the yard the last year or so. So hopefully with the new container setup this year they relocate and let the worms aerate the soil for me.

@differentkim 2 ай бұрын

I was loyal to purchasing Red Wigglers from breeders until I started this wild bin. It's changed my mind about a lot of things. I love that you are stepping out of the box and, making things work in unconventional (economical cha-ching!) ways. I've been looking at tamale steamers as a possible repurpose for a kitchen bin. lol There's no exact science to it. I get ants invading my long beds. It seems like they come in when I haven't been present enough. When I see them I know that the bed is too dry. If I open the beds at least a couple of times a week they keep it moving. Thanks for ringing in. I'd love to hear more. Curious to hear if your strawberries benefit from having a bin so close. I have the wild box beneath two elderberries. I hope it helps them make more good stuff.

@mariellebosart8829 8 күн бұрын

Hi, I’ve just found your channel, love the content! Currently I have a wormbin and a worm bucket in my vegetable garden. But I find your worm box very interesting. Especially that it is easier when you are away for a while. I was just wondering if trees or bushes around the box are not going to grow into the box?

@differentkim 8 күн бұрын

Hi! They try but, I don't mind it. Fungi particularly prefer to have roots to inhabit. So, I see it as bringing in more opportunities for diversity. As long as I tend the box the roots don't intrude at all. I've had some willow trees creep along the bottoms of my longer beds but, they are easy to work around. I used to cut them out but, when I realized that the root ends were forming aggregates I accepted it as a good thing. In a small setting they are easy to keep at bay.

@buckaroobonsaitree7488 2 ай бұрын

Ever try worm grunting? I may at some point, would love to increase the variability of species.

@differentkim 2 ай бұрын

Yes! I didn't know what I was doing at the time. My grandfather showed me how to pull nightcrawlers from the ground using a stick. I was very young but, I remember it working very well. I should try it in the compost pile.

@differentkim 2 ай бұрын

On the species tip, I've read articles and watched videos of the impacts that invasive species are having on forest floors. Much of it is coming from folks dumping fishing bait after they are done for the day. It's wreaking havoc on the forest floor. The worms are eating all of the debris and, wrecking ecosystems. It's why I started the wild worm box. So far, they are mixing well with the wigglers and, doing good work.

@roywarriner8441 Ай бұрын

Worm will consume a wooden bin. They self regulate their population. Once there are enough worms to process the amount of food they are being fed they stop breeding and maintain that population. If you are only after recycling your kitchen waste and just producing enough castings for your own use it's best to max out the population so that you get cleaner castings without wisps and cocoons. While the population is still growing it seems to take forever for the castings to finish because of all the cocoons and wisps.

@differentkim Ай бұрын

I've found that the sow bugs and fungi work on the frame of the box. But, I've used this one and two others since 2017 and, they are still going. The break down is very slow especially if the box doesn't move much. This particular box is set up as an experiment. I want to know if wild-caught worms will get the job done. Most of these plus a ton of cocoons came from making one hot compost pile.I'm pleased with the results so far but, it's early. I sell castings by the bag and the yard. There are always worms in the mix. I feel like indigenous worms would make a better transition into a garden. So far, they are going through the food at about the same pace. But, they are doing it deeper in the box. It's fun to play around.