I love our worm compost bins. Last winter when we decided to try vermiculture, we called all the local garden centers and bait shops in town but it was the wrong season for red wiggler worms. Who knew worms had a season? So our generous friend Suzanne (http://suzannemireles.blogspot.com/) gave us a sock filled with worms! It was a great present. We used an old wooden nightstand from a thrift store and drilled about 10 holes in the bottom. Then we put strips of brown packing paper we had saved, fruit scraps and a few hand fulls of dirt in the top drawer. After a few months when the worms multiplied, we expanded to the bottom drawer too. Now we pull out worms as treats for the chickens. We would be willing to pay it forward and pass on a sock full of worms to anyone else wanting to start their own worm composting operation. Its hours of entertainment for my daughter to stir the dirt looking for worms. She's a weird kid. We've cleaned out the bin once and used all the castings for our potted plants and house plants first. We still had some left over so we gave worm compost treats to my other favorite plants outside.
Hot tip: Worms love watermelon rinds more than life itself.
Our kids love our worms too! I am a horribly neglectful worm farmer, however. I haven't figured out a great worm to food ratio yet. I threw in too many handfuls a week or so ago and they are still trying to process it. I love your little side table set-up! Cute, cute :)
ReplyDeleteThis is so cute! I am all into shabby chic and worms - what a great combo! : ) I can't wait to do the same so DD and I can dig them out!
ReplyDeleteDon't use J's sock if you want to give worms to someone... surely they will die!
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad your worms are doing well! We finally put our bin in the ground (halfway), and it's doing great.
ReplyDeleteMy worms really love cantaloupe rinds and the inside of eggshells.
Plus, if you put an avocado seed in there, buried in the castings, it will sprout. Much easier than the toothpick way of sprouting it.
Dangit. It seems I forgot to talk about gardening this Saturday when I saw you. I know T has been wanting worms big time for the garden. If you come to town sometime soon and feel like toting a sock full of worms with you, we will glad take some. I am sure we can find some around here for cheap too...i love the nightstand idea by the way, i might have to copy that!
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