Peak Moment 58: Watch a worm birth from a cocoon. See compost produced from food scraps, horse manure, and lots of worms. See the machine that separates castings (worm poop)from compost. The Worm G...
Peak Moment 58: Watch a worm birth from a cocoon. See compost produced from food scraps, horse manure, and lots of worms. See the machine that separates castings (worm poop)from compost. The Worm Guy, Mark Yelken, says that worms are "the intestines of the Earth", fertilizing and activating microbial activity. Stick around to learn about the "Worm Wigwam" and "Worm Tea". [www.thewormguy.org]
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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!
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.
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.
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.
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:-)
"MMM THIS SMELLS SO GOOD!"
lol
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!
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!
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.
- worm power!