The Worm Guy

[paulgem123]

Best video ever on this topic

[DerekMc525]

Great Video, I got a lot my info on Worms, and Vermicomposting over at HomesteadearthDOTcom, Chris did a great write up on Vermicomposting. Then Googled my fingers off. (that's how i go here)

[cianoy]

@TheWormGuy

Can you write a bit about your bucket system? In the shed, I saw lots of buckets atop each other. How exactly does that work?

What's your pre-composting process like?

I'm interested in adopting your method since it seems to be space efficient.

Thanks!

[TheWebock]

Is there a link to see the mechanics of your compost bin/machine? I've never seen such a thing. Great video.

[THEworldisbutaDREAM]

peak moment 59?

[tempss]

Great info thanks for the vid

[starsuelady]

Good for you. Very interesting.

[usefulmusic]

Is there a reason —besides cultural resistance to the idea—of feeding human poop from neighbours (perhaps processed first) to your worms? That would add hugely to the island's self-sufficiency and return the leached minerals to the soil.

[OlivarezEmpire]

how do you get rid of meal worms in your composting pile?

[xZsoltiiex]

set the pile on fire :)

[wblackledg]

too much hippie politics, not enough about worms.

[ChenStyleJohn]

Love it!!

:-)

[Pomegranat3]

that lady has a worm casting fetish

"MMM THIS SMELLS SO GOOD!"

lol

[peakmoment]

I wanted to know whether it was (bad) smelly, and was really a surprise. When I was a kid visiting the redwood forest, I liked the clean earthy smell of the soil on the forest floor. The worm castings had that same kind of smell.

Now I have my own worm bucket, and I don't pick up any fragrance at all. Those worms do a good job turning food scraps into...clean poop!

[edbogus]

I really like this video! The worm guy ROCKS!

[keithallenlaw]

I have a friend of mine who has a worm farm as well and a lot of your ideas are the same. I have about 2000 worns myself that I use to breakdown my families table scraps. Very rewarding and my garden thrives. I would like to make one suggestion My friend who has the commercial operation uses an old snow cone machine he found to grind up the scraps into real fine pieces. That will really cut the time in the total process. Thanks for sharing and doing what you do!

[MrMENRIQUE2]

Can yuo tell me where your friend has the comercial farm, or if he has web site? thanks.

[WoundedEgo]

Very informative and inspiring video.

I wonder if Worm Guy shouldn't put a wagon (homemade to the size of the opening) under the grates so he won't have to kneel and rake. Also, if you always want the bottom eight inches, you could put a shut off grate eight inches above the bottom, then just dump the bottom eight inches. Then, shut off the bottom grate and reopen the top grate.

[vladdi]

i like worms

[kyle76016]

she realy likes to smell worm booboo - worm power!

[peakmoment]

Gotta say, Kyle, that worm poo smells like good clean forest soil! And as The Worm Guy said, worm poo is packed FULL of terrific nutrients for plants.

[PhenixRising1171]

He is entirely too hard on himself. He's made a great system but it is just too labor intensive. I understand why he's talking about having to shut down the program.

[YouAdamNazzkl0wn]

wow! Fantastic video!!

Turns out I already had some of his excellent worm castings in my garage!! Let's hope they can help my avocado trees.

KEEP ON ROCKING WORM GUY!!!!

You're making the world a better place.

[YouAdamNazzkl0wn]

wow!! fantastic episode...This is the first video of this series that I've seen.. I have to ay I'm impressed.

Turns out I already had a bag of his worm castings in my garage!!! Just top dressed my stressed out avocado tree, I hope it helps.

Keep on rocking worm guy!!!! you're making the world a better place.

[jaymeez]

Where can I get similar equipment, I am purchasing a farm & would use this system for self sufficiency for my crops. Any info would be appreciated.

[crock703]

Anyone know if there is an easy way to get red worms for free (or the cost of shipping)?

[macballa13]

no they run about 30.00 a pound

[sfoanna]

Check out the book, "Worms Eat My Garbage". The author says if you can sometimes find redworms in horse manure patties. If you can find someone locally who has a bin, they would very likely share some for free with you. Worm people are like that.

[mikesantos2001]

Very cool... love it....cool guy as well.

[1ebric]

I have acarus, or mites, in my worm bin.

They don´t hurt the worms, I think, but they eat the food.

Do I have to get rid of them? How?

[WoodyF16]

In my bins the seeds sprout up and grow like crazy! It shows how good the castings are for growing plants. I'm having the same problem with moisture also.

[PLSS]

ITTY BITTY WORMS!!

[myscraper]

The one problem with non carnivore manure is that they get wormed sometimes. The medicene can stay in their system for a few days, pass through in the manure and end up killing the entire colony of worms.

[myscraper]

It is not good to use carnivore feces in compost that will be directly applied to crops. If you're feeding it to worms and then composting it is not a problem.

[Azathoth43]

Hey, don't pick on the worm guy, he's cool.

[elliemay1229]

This is kind of confusing to me... Does he put the food in the big bin and then sorts it into the small buckets?

I love my worms, but don't want to put that much effort into keeping worms.

[peakmoment]

He puts the compost into the big bin. What goes in the small buckets, I think, are the worm castings. Of course, his is a large-scale operation, much more work-intensive than I think you'd need to do.

[paulgem123]

@peakmoment There were worms in the buckets though when he dumped in out. But yeah I think your right when the castings fell from the big machine there were worms in there. I wish he actually had a channel this guy would be a wealth of information. I love this video.

[srdthatsme]

This video is creepy!

I love the idea of worm farming. I have a worm bin in my kitchen, have since 2003. But don't talk down to me or scare others into doing it! ( The title of the show and intro... "Peak Moment" What,, after this are we are all gonna die? Give me a break!!!!! I've heard it for years and years. The world isn't ending tomorrow!)

Red-worms are easy to keep and provide a valuable end product to anyone. Shouldn't that be the point rather then this "we all gonna die soon" stuff?

[peakmoment]

Where's the "gonna die soon" idea come from? The Peak Moment videos state that we're at a peak of human innovation, information, wealth and health as well as a peak of population and consumption, with rising temperatures and declining resources, fueled by cheap oil and gas. So that means things are changing because we're reaching limits -- and our human innovation is much needed for us to adapt to those limits.

[myscraper]

I think they are pointing out that not only can you make a good byproduct from you're garbage but you can leave a smaller footprint as well. Both good reasons to worm.

[ozziemedia]

I lovemy worms too. Been running a mini farm foryears. I freeze the scraps first and that makes it easy for the worms to digest the food scraps

[longtang1234]

uh . . . excuse me. This guy has no idea what he is talking about. The red wigglers that he uses (Eisenia Fetida) do not live well in soil. The common earth worm lives can live in the soil, but the Eisenia Fetida need to live in decaying material (like a forest floor or a worm bin). So the cacoons he talks about dropping into the soil will not live in a garden. He is ignorant.

[genericdefect]

Rather spiffy. Remember folks, don't touch your worms unless your hands are nice and grubby. Otherwise, the oils on your hands can make it hard for them to enjoy respiration.

[liposz]

cool.. and keep up the "green" work..

[videogrl123]

WOW! Great presentation.

[indiginz]

WOW. Great Job. Thanks so much for sharing this documentation with us. I am about to go our and buy our family a small eco compost bin and we're going to give it ago. Thanks very much to PEAK moment and the Worm Guy for sharing such a wonderful treat to give back to the earth. Caroline and family from New Zealand.

[onewholearth]

A part of the wholearth system. Repairing our soil is one of the best things we can do to help save our planet.

I have a thriving worm factory in my garden too.

WholEarth housing, water, food, energy, occupation.

[Lexiboo200]

ya and we like to use a verry fiberous meterial its a new product called horse manure. I lost 5 lbs just laughing. and she is playing in it

[nathan49nathan]

In addition to community and neighborhood-scale worm farm systems, it is also very easy to grow worms for one person or one household. There are books in the library about how to do this, and as the guest said, developing a feel for the moisture needs of the worms is the most critical factor for success. I once had a system under my kitchen sink that was odorless, very convenient, and produced wonderful compost.