Friendly_Grower
Well-Known Member
I see some threads here and there that mention Vermiculture and or Vermicomposting but they are mostly private conversations.
Here is a thread on composting with worms to make worm castings for Organic Soil for everyone.
Feel free to add on to this thread with your Vermi-tales!
Now there will be a direct hit on the search terms "Vermiculture" and "VermiComposting" and "Worm Castings" when searching on Roll It Up.
For my first ever VermiComposting adventure I've gone and sourced everything I read about.
Parts shredded cardboard, part soil with fresh roots from some clone in a pot, chopped up fresh clones ( not needed ) and kitchen scraps saved in a lovely "compost can" that looks like a miniature garbage can. very nice. You might want one for your kitchen. Impress your friends. Keeps the smell in with activated carbon scrubber in the lid. Also I am experimenting with corn from bird feed that I cannot use now due to bird-flu. In composting it disappears fast.
This Vermicomposting looks to be perhaps one of the lowest maintenance projects for making a soil amendment that I have experienced so far.
Oh I make compost and I recycle my organic soil used in previous season by adding the old soil to new composting. Some things like Azomite and Greensand take time to be available to plants so it is a good idea to recycle if, like me, you added these things the season before. In my mind bio-activity is king.
I suspect I should check on these, my new gardening buddies every week or so.
They have Plenty of food-stuff for them.
Things are moist and once I get the fabric screen to finish their proper Vermi-Bin I'll transfer them from this temporary bin with no drainage to a bigger bin with drainage.
I have a timetable of being ready to Grow the Winter grow come October. "To every Season Turn, Turn, Turn.."
And now some pictures. A favorite part of posting for me.
Here is a thread on composting with worms to make worm castings for Organic Soil for everyone.
Feel free to add on to this thread with your Vermi-tales!
Now there will be a direct hit on the search terms "Vermiculture" and "VermiComposting" and "Worm Castings" when searching on Roll It Up.
For my first ever VermiComposting adventure I've gone and sourced everything I read about.
Parts shredded cardboard, part soil with fresh roots from some clone in a pot, chopped up fresh clones ( not needed ) and kitchen scraps saved in a lovely "compost can" that looks like a miniature garbage can. very nice. You might want one for your kitchen. Impress your friends. Keeps the smell in with activated carbon scrubber in the lid. Also I am experimenting with corn from bird feed that I cannot use now due to bird-flu. In composting it disappears fast.
This Vermicomposting looks to be perhaps one of the lowest maintenance projects for making a soil amendment that I have experienced so far.
Oh I make compost and I recycle my organic soil used in previous season by adding the old soil to new composting. Some things like Azomite and Greensand take time to be available to plants so it is a good idea to recycle if, like me, you added these things the season before. In my mind bio-activity is king.
I suspect I should check on these, my new gardening buddies every week or so.
They have Plenty of food-stuff for them.
Things are moist and once I get the fabric screen to finish their proper Vermi-Bin I'll transfer them from this temporary bin with no drainage to a bigger bin with drainage.
I have a timetable of being ready to Grow the Winter grow come October. "To every Season Turn, Turn, Turn.."
And now some pictures. A favorite part of posting for me.
