First Wormsday
Worms on Wednesday? I don’t know, this is a post about worms. Just wanted to make that clear, in case anyone might me eating or not like worms. People, I listen.
The worms are moving. As you may recall I have a three bin system. The middle bin holds the worms, the top up until now has been housing extra material for composting. The bottom is where the liquid by product goes. Well, this morning, when I went to add more material. I decided to move the worms. The material is getting so fine that it is falling to the bottom bin and clogging up the spigot. So, I moved the middle, worm bin, to the top. Shredded the former top bin, placed it in the middle and added the new material there. I then dumped the worms that were hanging in the very bottom bin, the the new bin, with the new material, which I had soaked with worm tea. So, the worms that are in the top bin, should migrate to the middle bin and in a couple of weeks we’ll have fully composted compost. Woot!
Now, for pictures. And good news for you non-Kindle readers. This one is just for you. The pictures look horrible on the Kindle.
Compost Before
8 Weeks Later
One of many worm parties
But look at that dirt. Doesn’t it look great? No, it doesn’t stink, and I’m going to be leaving it in the bin til it dries out a bit, hopefully avoiding the early earthiness in the new bin.
So, the worms that are in the top bin, will be able to migrate to the middle bin in search of food. When they are all gone, I will pick out the bigger pieces of material that they didn’t go through. Egg shells don’t disappear, but there were lots of reproduction going on in the shells, so we’ll add those in to the mix still. For some reason, potatoes did not fare well, Neither cooked nor raw. If I mixed the potatoes with other vegetable scraps and let them decompose to the point of liquid then added it it was fine, but I don’t know if I want a vegetable soup brewing all the time. Anyway, fun times, and I cannot wait until I get to use the dirt.
