I wont count the seeds as a loss till a year. My luck seems to be they germinate at the long end of the timeframe....

I ran out of soil, and pots when I planted my Nanus seeds. So i planted one outside. ITs by one of my bamboo, so its got a crap load of leaves on top. Who knows i might get a good suprise this year ....

Tim, its that time of year, seed starting, planning... In a few weeks I can unfurl my bamboo, and take a look around the yard. I have 4 huge rubbermaid containers full of food scraps, so my compost pile is going to take some work to do..... Spring cant come soon enough!

Red Wiggler Worms would help your composter speed up:
http://www.cathyscomposters.com/products.htm

Barb

Its my first year composting. So im not sure how active they are during the winter here. I know they can hold heat through some good cold, Im just not positive how active they are here. Im going to check it this week.

Also, I sort of know an entemologist, who sells his bugs to the local conservatory here ( big tropical greenhouse). Im sure i can get some worms off of him, not to mention some lady bugs 😈

During winter, my worm bin was in the garage, but it got too cold, so I think they're all toast (sniff).
But many people keep a waste food container in the laundry room or somewhere out of the way indoors to have worms overwinter successfully.
I moved mine outdoors because of all the little flying/crawling critters that occur from food spoilage.

Lady beetles are wonderful, indoors during winter too.
Just wish they ate soft scale and spider mite on palms (maybe they do) .
Barb