Comments on: I’ve got worms. Actual worms. http://www.wormspit.com/blog/2010/03/10/ive-got-worms-actual-worms/ A blog about silkworms, silkmoths, and silk Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:46:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Phiala http://www.wormspit.com/blog/2010/03/10/ive-got-worms-actual-worms/comment-page-1/#comment-6753 Phiala Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:13:56 +0000 http://www.wormspit.com/blog/?p=816#comment-6753 I had worms for several years - they're a lot of fun. I learned about the onions the hard way - mass worm exodus! Oooops. The new house doesn't have a good place to keep a bin that is out of the way and won't freeze, so I went to just a regular compost pile for a while. And now my town is being all progressive and trying out curbside organic waste collection - I'm in the pilot program. They gave us an indoor bin for food scraps and a larger bin for curbside. It means don't get to compost myself, but I support what they're doing so I will participate. Yard waste still goes in my compost bin. I had worms for several years – they’re a lot of fun. I learned about the onions the hard way – mass worm exodus! Oooops. The new house doesn’t have a good place to keep a bin that is out of the way and won’t freeze, so I went to just a regular compost pile for a while. And now my town is being all progressive and trying out curbside organic waste collection – I’m in the pilot program. They gave us an indoor bin for food scraps and a larger bin for curbside. It means don’t get to compost myself, but I support what they’re doing so I will participate. Yard waste still goes in my compost bin.

]]> By: Ayse http://www.wormspit.com/blog/2010/03/10/ive-got-worms-actual-worms/comment-page-1/#comment-6742 Ayse Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:43:41 +0000 http://www.wormspit.com/blog/?p=816#comment-6742 We've had our worm bin for several years. We have lots and lots of other organisms. Mostly little roly-poly bugs, but also some small flying thing like fruit flies (but a bit larger) that get out into the kitchen and have to be caught on fly tape, and a smaller black bug. They mostly stay in the bin, and the ones that do get out are easily caught. I'm sure there's lots more in there that I don't even see. They're pretty fun, and very low-impact as a "pet"; we can leave the bin untended for weeks at a time while traveling. And you get not just worm castings but worm "juice" that drains down through the bins. That stuff kicks a compost pile into high gear. We drain it off monthly and pour it over our outside compost; it's too much to put it directly on plants (though I sometimes pour it around the base of the fruit trees and that's done no harm). We’ve had our worm bin for several years. We have lots and lots of other organisms. Mostly little roly-poly bugs, but also some small flying thing like fruit flies (but a bit larger) that get out into the kitchen and have to be caught on fly tape, and a smaller black bug. They mostly stay in the bin, and the ones that do get out are easily caught. I’m sure there’s lots more in there that I don’t even see.

They’re pretty fun, and very low-impact as a “pet”; we can leave the bin untended for weeks at a time while traveling. And you get not just worm castings but worm “juice” that drains down through the bins. That stuff kicks a compost pile into high gear. We drain it off monthly and pour it over our outside compost; it’s too much to put it directly on plants (though I sometimes pour it around the base of the fruit trees and that’s done no harm).

]]>