Now you make me wanting to buy more, LOL! 😆

Dean

Added some more scraps this morning, and the bucket is full!
No sign of 3 doz worms at work.
My worms might be on a diet! 😆

Now what?
Barb

Barb,
I don't know. I didn't see mine for several days so two days ago I dug for them. They were healthy as could be working away I guess. I added some moistened shredded paper/composted manure that day and today I noticed one munching on it.

Dean

Maybe I should add another couple of dozen (that'd make it...yup five doz) 😀
Barb

I'm thinking of buying red wigglers/ red worms.
8)
Dean

I think you have a record going here , 2 people three pages of conversation and no one butted in.......except for now. What ya'll planning on doing with your worms? seems to me that worm keeping in the wintertime in your basement could get a little messy. just my thoughts. good luck.

Yes, two people w/ three pages of conversation. 😆 I'm planning on using the castings for fertilizer.

I live in Texas so we don't have basements. I'll use the garage instead. 🙂

Thanks,
Dean

Hi Kent, I'll use the "soil" for mixing into my palm and cycad soil when I repot.

But it just occurred to me that I'll have to get all the worms out...(eeeeewwwww 😐 )
Maybe people just dump them out on the concrete and grab 'em for a new bucket.

You're right, got a tad stinky pretty quickly.
It was too wet, so I added more shredded newspaper to soak up the extra goo.
Doesn't stink now unless I take the cover off.

Dean, got 2 more dozen today.
Sixty worms ought to be bumping into one another in that pail.
Hope they're hungry!

Barb
PS--dumb question but why no basements in Texas? high water table?

Barb,

Wow, you have a lot of worms now. I want to order a pound or two off the internet.

I don't know why we don't have basements. I guess because it dosen't get that cold here.

Dean

Are they cheaper on the internet?
Are the red ones better than the nightcrawlers?

I paid $3.30 approx for a dozen.
A small bag of worm compost costs $7.00

So for $15.00 these guys will pay their way in no time.
Wonder how long they live... 😆 😆

Basements are for cold?
There are some bungalows here (built on a slab), a pricey way to build.
So where do you put all your junk? 😐
Barb

Barb,

The only place I can find the red worms that I want is on the internet. The red ones are suppose to reproduce quickly and are more often used for their castings.

Yes, when I bought my nightcrawlers they were like $3 something a dozen too. A worm (red wiggler for sure) can live for seven years in idea conditions.

Basements are for cold is what I always understood (?). I put all my junk in the garage or various closets around the house.

Dean

I tried to buy some worms today and they said they were out because some guy in central texas and some gal in Vernon BC bought all the worms. 😆 How long do you thionk it will take to make worm compost. Wonder if you could use shredded paper (like an office shredder) to throw in the worm composter. I have a bunch of shredded paper. I'd like ot use it in my compost bin but not sure what the ink on the paper would do in my vegetable garden. I'd hate for poisonous ink to leach into the ground and make me glow at night.

I think there are no basements in Texas because the ground maybe to solid / rocky / sandy to dig a basement. Just a guess.

Kent,

LOL!!! 😆 No worms, huh! I don't know how long it takes to make worm compost. I have heard that a pound of red worms can eat about a 1/2 lbs a day in food. I am using shredded junk mail. Don't use any glossy inserts those are likely to have poisnous inks. I know alot of inks are soy bean based so. I do use paper in my compost bins too along w/ coffee grounds, leaves and chicken manure.

Maybe, no basements due to rock. I think I'll have to google it. 😆

Dean

Kent, you're a hoot 😆

Dean's right: no colored or shiny paper. Just regular old daily newspaper shredded or torn,
and dampened not dripping wet.
I asked somebody years ago about newspaper ink; heard it's vegetable-based ink now.

Kent you can put everything EXCEPT meat/fat/bones/dog cat poop into a composter.

I read another vermiculture site today...they recommend 1,200 (yup, twelve hundred) worms in one box ! 😯
Dean you're right, the red ones are better.
Nightcrawlers are OK if they're European...this is getting bloody complicated 😕

Apparently worms eat when "things" are starting to spoil, i.e. fuzzy stuff, fungus is working on decomp already.
That's probably why there's not even one worm in the top part of my pail which is fresh stuff.

Basements? it's a place to keep your worms. 😆
Barb

"this is getting bloody complicated" 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆

I bought a pound of the red worms today, Barb.

Dean