Worm Composting on a larger scale with Earthway Experience

[daswada9]

what do you put on the down side so the worms don't escape ?

[earthwayexperience]

@daswada9 Most of the worms in my composter came because of the abundance of food available plus good conditions. So having side B full or almost full when they are done with side A will ensure they just migrating across.

An empty bathtub though would also be a great worm compost system as you can capture their worm "tea" out the drain.

[daswada9]

@earthwayexperience Ok,but you can make worm "tea" from the compost when its done :)

[earthwayexperience]

@daswada9 After they are done eating from one side....the worms move to the next side. All the worm casing and "stuff" in side A can now be spread over the garden. A very high quality - nutrient rich additive to the garden.

If one can also capture the worm tea...this is an additional high quality nutrient.

I will be trying to find a bathtub for this summer...to capture the tea as well as the casings.

[matchbook69]

Worms love cardboard. I tried composting. Now I put together a system to boil compost with solar heating. The water extracted, put on the plants made them grow fast and produce vegetables out the wazoo.

[rsd615]

colored paper is no good in composting it has heavy metals in it ... ads toxins to the soil

[paulgem123]

I have something like that that I made out of wood. It works great but it is quite a chore to harvest. I will be moving soon and when i redo the box I will elevate it and put a 1/8 screen on the bottom to try to be able to harvest out of the bottom. Thanks for sharing!

[2bornot2b1984]

The thing that sucks about horse manure is it fills your garden beds full of nettles that need to be weeded.

[earthwayexperience]

@2bornot2b1984 Yea you are right...I also am picking nettles from the topsoil I imported this summer as well

[Teddybearcop48]

I enjoyed your composting video very much. I watch everything I can on composting and warms. I have found the taller the compost pile the faster the composting. I've been told it must be higher than 36 inches to even start good. And this is what I have found to be true. Thanks very much for your video. Keep up the good work.

[earthwayexperience]

@Teddybearcop48 :-)

[mschdk]

Good stuff Kevin!

I've been having similar problems here in Finland. The composting is just too way damned slow.

I'm contemplating a compost tumbler for food scraps and grass cuttings, so I can make compost in a matter of months. But as for branches and bigger matter I need to figure something out. Maybe worms ;-)