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Post by sszvein on Mar 17, 2006 14:56:54 GMT -5
Hello everyone, I've been around for a while since Mabudon got me to join but I've never found anything to post yet.
While looking at plants books to choose an indoor plant for one of my friend, I found this nice booklet "worms eat my garbage"...basically, about how you can make compost with worms at home. Now that sounds interesting, has any of you tried doing so?
Cath
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Post by tom on Mar 17, 2006 15:14:42 GMT -5
Hi,
I have been worm-composting for now 2 years in my apprtment, and I quite glad of the result. It will be helpful for my plants (non-cp) this summer, and I don't throw to trash useful organic matter.
Only 2 problems can occurs:
-If there is something wrong in the bin (wrong pH, too wet, etc), the worms can try to escape, but dont worry they can't invaded your house, unless you put them in a very humid room, they usually dry out 3-4 inches from the bin...
-If you are giving too much food at once, especially 'juicy' ones (ex: tomato, old grains from brewing process, etc), some compost juice can leache at the bottom of your bin. You need to put some hole at the bottom to get it out (its a normal process after all) but i you dont or your holes got filled obstructed, then you'll get anaerobic conditions which will give your bin a very bad small, a little like pretty very horse and cow manure... But as i said, you can easily avoid that thing
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Post by Syble on Mar 17, 2006 15:30:59 GMT -5
We used to bin compost at school when I was younger (it worked very well!), at home we have always had a compost pile, in the city it was 4 upright pallets, now it's an actual pile by the burn pit about 8 feet tall Sib
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Post by cchang on Apr 10, 2006 15:16:08 GMT -5
You don't have to put worms in do you? We keep a large rubbermaid container and we only put in unused veggie stalks and bits, egg shells, fruit pieces and skins, melon rinds, dead plants... etc. Nothing protein based...
Seems to work ok, and there's no odor.
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