How to Make a Worm Composting Bin, Quick, Simple and Inexpensive Gardening
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
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I use the same bins (from walmart) I drill the holes the very same way. I put mine right in the ground and let the worm juice fertilize my lawn. I also have a bin in every raised bed, its a great center piece that distributes worm juice to everyone. When the worm food is all used up they go into the garden bed. I never added worms I just baited them into my bins with coffee grounds. I have so many bins on my property now that my entire quarter acre is now a worm bin. All varieties of worms go into my bins but red wigglers end up dominating the bin as the other worms tend to dominate the the garden beds eating the protozoa that leech out into the garden bed. Every Time it rains my plants get a nice compost tea feeding. I do leave the lid off but if rains get too heavy I have to put a lid on the bin. In summer if plants in the raised bed are not tall enough to shade the worm bin then I shade it with good air flow between the bin and shade device. When that is not an option I just remove it and place it in the shade until fall. I discovered that trapping worms in a bin does not benefit the worms, the castings or the gardener, integrate it into soil or a garden on elevated ground (so it do not sit in standing water) and your entire property will turn into a worm bin. City folks who patio or balcony garden are the only people who need a set up like you showed although your set up is far superior to not vermicomposting at all.
Interesting. I am trying to decide the best approach. In ground has a lot of appeal. I am in central Virginia with hot summers (90’s) and winters with typical lows in 20’s but sometimes short dips at night into low teens. Will red wrigglers survive and thrive in those conditions? I have mostly no dig beds. The other catch is that I am not always there in the winter. Ideas. Thoughts. Suggestions.
Yours and Migardeners videos are the most meaningful and soul touching videos. Thank you.
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Randal Marshik yes, both are good. My gardening guru is Mark from I am organic gardening.
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What about me? Im learning but I think Im compassionate
"Soul touching"? Okay...
Can we get a heart for tuck running around back there!?
Thanks James! Could you keep us updated through Fall/Winter with the progress of the worm bin? Enjoy!
There's just something wrong with how excited this guy is when he says "worm juice"! Love it!
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I picked up on that too 😂
My roller compost bin for turning the chook manure with woodchips, to age it for my garden, have worms in clusters in there. I have chicken crumble. I can add to feed them. I need an old fridge. I can add a tap that can just drip into a bucket. The fridge guts will be good insulation to keep them warm and cool. I've tried your version of a farm, but I have more things to do than hyper-focus on worm bins. My chooks would find a way to get into small worm farms.😂
Folks don't throw your old freezer out, they are the best. No layering, just feed and collect.
Thank you for all your wonderful advice. You suggested looking into local service that may provide free mulch, I did that. In fact they were on the next street over. For $100, I got delivered about 10 to 12 cubic Yards of wood chips with some green leaf material. So I am currently getting about a foot of mulch down in the back. I am so excited to watch my clay soil transform as moisture is better retained and my worms infiltrate the area. I maintain about 3-5 worm bins. I have used designated spots in my yard to place green and brown waste. I found that the worms will infiltrate the area. As I water that area the casting produce tea ( in ground) and the whole area benefits from this source. My whole back yard has truly transformed in 8 months. It was 10 months ago I started vermicompositing. Adding outside , in ground worm bins will draw in worms for easy collection into containers for compositing. I buried cheap plastic contains that have a weaved pattern with holes, put the food in it and the worms are better collected, although they like living right beneath the bin. I never had to buy worms and I have 10s of thousands at this point. Thanks for your channel. “Let’s Go!!”
I just came across the method you are talking about. However, do you have to worry about territorial night crawlers getting in your underground bin? Thank you in advance for your advice! 😊
What great energy you bring- how could I not be enthused after watching that video?! Informative, concise and thorough. Thanks for such quality content.
James, you're the best! You even make worm farms sound fun and exciting! You and Tuck keep up the good work!
The most complete guide on UA-cam so far, thx.
Your verbals and diction have improved dramatically. I’m extremely impressed.
I have really been wanting to start a worm bin and you just made the process so easy. I’m not intimidated at all now. Thank you!
Just set up my worm bin.. got 1000 red wigglers. They are all babies . So my question is does using the lid on the bottom keep them from escaping ???
I would add two blocks in the bottom to lift the compost bin that way the liquid is not touching the bin. Is the way I have done mine and it works great. I have mine for over 1 year. Awesome job!!
Ive had mine for a yr now in basement, theyve never gotten out and I have a lose lid a air filter from furnuse on it in buckets never gotten too wet many holes in bottom, and I feed some scraps every two weeks veggies fruits only whole they eat it, yes i have bucket in bucket with wood blocks between , the other one a bucket on a large bowl for drippings, some say they dont like tomatoes, mine love em and coffee grounds and cardboard, shredded paper,,
I bought a $5 cup of nightcrawlers 45ea per cup, BUT I got like 50 in them. after a years I had hundreds of worms. If was so fun to count them and clean their home. I didn't even have a garden.
My Dad had a worm garden. It consisted of an old fridge sunk flat in the ground. He would open the fridge door to access the worms for fishing. Good memories. I have my own natural worm farm on a side driveway by the garage. Oak leaves fall on the concret and compost with 0 help from me. In the spring the area is teeming with worms. I generally transfer them to my plants. I plan to try the bin idea. Tks 💝💝💝
I didn’t know to blend the food. I can def do that !
You can add a small computer fan in the lid too.
Hey JP, you may want to put some screening on the bottom of your bin so the worms don't go out the bottom holes and drown or escape. In spite of all the info out there, red wigglers do some deep diving. They also lay their cocoons real deep. I have the 4 bin worm factory. Just harvested the bottom tray. Even with feeding the worms in the top tray and having nothing but bedding (shredded paper) in the middle tray I found so many hatchlings and cocoons in the bottom tray I had to dump that tray into a bin, add some food on the top in hope of coaxing them to the top so I can transfer them back into the farm. Don't forget the grit for their gullet.
Cocoons? Do you mean "eggs"? I don't think worms make cocoons...
@@judeirwin2222 yes Jude, they have several babies in 1 cocoon. Eggs have only 1 of, say, a chicken.
This is cool, thank you. Morag from Permaculture gardening has a video about digging a hole right in the garden, putting a pvc pipe with holes in it, vertically right into the hole, leaving about 6" or so above ground, then throwing scraps into it and recapping it, so the worms like to hang out there.
Thank you Very much
Your videos are the most useful and meaningful
Saw a video the other day where a woman put a half banana into her worm bin a week before she wanted to harvest. Amazing. The worms about the size or larger of a soft ball were are gathered and ready to be placed where she wanted them.
Thank you for making this. I will start a worm bin today. You are an awesome person James.
Hey Tuck, good to see you again. Thank you for all the great information.
I love watching and learning from you
Just ordered 500 red wigglers...would love to see an update on your worm bin
hey great vid. i have heard that you should not touch red wiggler worms with your bare hands. The oils from our skin is not good from them. i have had the same worm bin for about ten years now. they spend the winter in my basement but the rest of year outside or in the garage. tuck is great.
I started my worm bin indoors but quickly moved it outdoors to my compost pile where they seem much happier!
I had to keep my worm bin indoors due to the excessive heat outside where I live, so I chose not to add holes to the bottom or sides. Instead I cover the bin with an old sheet. It let's the air get in easily and the worms don't like climbing on the fabric so they only climb on the sides. It's also easier to remember to check them for moisture and they've (so far) never gotten too wet. I have about half and half red wigglers and European night crawlers.
I've just been given a 3 tier home made worm farm. What I am unsure of is how to maintain it. What to check, look for monitor etc. How to harvest the castings and so on. By the way, congratulations, it seems you have influenced other channels and the gardeners appear to all be trying to include a doggy in their garden vids. Also I noticed someone using your signature opening line, "What's going on growers.." So funny and sad in a way but I would take it as a compliment, they obviously all watch you. Great channel, thanks.
Thank you
I heard about a worm farmer down in Texas who bought a really big ice chest for his worms. It kept them cool in the summer and warm in the winter. Seemed to work well for him.
James, we miss you. Yes, with thousands of garden specific UA-camr’s, you and Tucks (Tux?) are unique. I hope all is well. Sending positive thoughts from Central Alabama, sincerely and with gratitude, Lynn
Great idea to blend the scraps to add to the compost
I want to gab some worms from my garden and make a bin smaller than this so and I will feed them so they can reproduce faster. This is mostly so that I can have more worms in my garden and to areate the soil more soil we bought has a good amount of clay and is compacted.
Thank you for pointing out the issue about citrus (orange, lemons, limes, etc.).
Could you speak to how to possibly mitigate any ways to mitigate that, if not for worm composting then for “regular,” wormless composting? For instance, would mixing wood ash or something else with things like citrus peels or rinds neutralize and mitigate the high acidity of citrus scraps?
Good morning James i'll learened a lot God bless
Thanks!
I love it!
where I live in Upstate NY, my gas station has a vending machine that sells red wigglers...
I really enjoy composting with worms. I raise red wigglers and European Nightcrawlers. 😎🐛
I like how short your. Videos are. They are helpful more succinct thank you !
You know, I started watching your videos because I just wanted to learn to grow cabbage, cucumbers, tomatoes...now, I've been watching your vids to learn about composting! I never grew a garden before, but with COVID; it forced me to reevaluate my life--and gardening gives me peace of mind. Thanks for the vids!
that has be one of the only good things about Covid. I've been gardening and wanting to homestead for a few years now but covid gave it a violent shove into high gear. good for you to start a garden.
You are not alone and your consciousness is evolving. All the best to you on your journey!
Right? I wanted to raise a garden, and here i'm obsessed with worms....
@@trashcatlinol lol that's awesome as the worms are a major part of the machine which makes nutrient dense, mineral rich produce to consume; unlike the crap that we are offered at the store which is double the price and half the nutrition. All the best to you!
I can't blame a Rona virus on the reason why I started growing my own food, but I was a disease process. You are so right about the peace of mind. 😊
Hi James, This worm bin video was great!!! You made this really easy, lots of good details and information. Love watching Tuck! Thank you!
Great video, thank you, hope to start my own worm casting bin, as soon as I find a bin
Lol a smoothie for worms!
Your videos are sooooo informative!!!! I save them for my future area and I enjoy learning more. I dealt with the worm juice and had no idea that was what the smell was 😳. Also didn’t know might crawlers were territorial (nice to know). Before my last move I had containers gardens in totes like the one you used (larger ones too). I have PTSD and the garden was soooooo therapeutic - once I get to my next location, I’m hoping to aim for a forest too. 🎉
You just saved me about $130 I was going to spend on a fancy worm bin. Thanks!
Good info. Good ideas. Thanks.
Awesome video ty for sharing I'm going to make one
Ty
You are the best.
Yo dude!!! Loving the videos! Getting my work non started next week thanks to you
hello james thanks fo ideas
Love Tuck the Boss
Thanks for the video! I'd love an update. I have a 3-tiered bin which makes harvesting the worm tea really easy. But I don't know how to harvest the castings.
A good bin doesn't have the bad juice.
A closed box !!! That's most normal and less work😉
Do you have a video update on your worm composting bin?
I want to visit your forest. I need to see or get your advice about creating my gardens
Super idea! I was going to make my own, but... What about fruitfly's in the garage with all those drilled holes above for air? They will invade, surely with my diet! Is there a solution to prevent an invasion? Thank you
I am starting a bin in my kindergarten class.
James, what is and what do you do with the "worm juice" you mentioned that goes to the bottom lid?
Do you recommend giving them shredded paper?
And do you recommend adding compost worms to a near finished compost pile?
Thank you! I am really loving your teaching and videos! ☺️
Thanks for the good info. Hi to Tuck. Blessings.
Where did you go James? Hoping you are well.
Such great information!! You ROCK James!
I’m making a business we’re i grow plants and sell them.so far i have made 4000 dollars,because of you i learned how to use fertile soil and now my plants grow quicker and taste better.once again,Thank You.
You should make Tuck Stuff, My wife loves your little guy and would wear them for sure. Think bout it. Keep up the great work guys.
Love your vegetarian dog !
All right! So stop cooking my rice with salt a and coconut oil, then give the worms the extra.... got it!
Thank you so much for the tips and ideas 💚🌿
How about an update on your worm bin.
How do you distinguish the castings from the compost? How do you know the castings are ready? Some people say 1 month and others say 3 months. Does it effect the impact of the casting?
I live in Maine... COLD in winter, so should I bring them into the house in their bin for the Winter?
can you use an old suitcase?
I may haveta try it since we cant ghet that size bin in ecuador!
So if they need 50-70 degrees F what do you do with the bins and the worms in the winter time when it's really cold?
This may be a dumb question but would the worms wiggle out of the bottom holes? I'm pre-planning for bringing it in for the winter
Wow, most informative video out there, starting mine right now!
i literally made worm jars for no reason as a child😩😂my poor mother was like there is something wrong with this child 👍🏽bouta use all my knowledge to grow bomb plants 😜thanks for the video
This brother started talking with his hands before he had hands. 😂love the channel
I don't have any home made compost, but I do have some commercial organic compost. Would it be ok if I used that? Also, what percentage of garden soil should I use in relation to the amount of compost I'm using? I'll probably only get 500 worms to start because I want to make sure I have enough kitchen waste, weight wise (I'm an 80 year old widow, living alone and probably will have to work hard getting 1.75 lbs of waste once a week for them unless I can buy, beg or get some extra from my grocery store.) Thanks for the great video. I've ordered the bag composter but they won't have new ones till July, so I'm going to make one like you're showing.) I live in S. Oregon, so it looks like most of the time I'll keep this in a spare bathroom in my house. Our summers are too hot to keep them outside and the winters are too cold so I'm assuming it's best for me to just keep them in the house, since I don't have a basement. Where do you keep yours? 💕💕👍💕💕
Hi James - Do you leave them outdoors during the winter -or put them in a shed ???
We where cutting down a lot of trees lately, and asked the tree guys for a couple bags of wood chips. Do you think these can be used in the bin, or will the fresh wood chips not be good for this use.
That's my question too. My chips are a little older, but I'm going to try them all the same.
Needs to be mostly composted, not new chips. The initial acidity can be a problem. Also think about where works live...below wood chips not in them
pyropan What do you mean by mostly composted. Should add them to the bin after it has developed.
John A you’re not going to use fresh wood chips. Look at how broken down his stuff is even in this video. I personally wouldn’t use wood chips or mulch at all unless they’re 90% broken down already.
pyropan Thanks for the info. Do you break down the wood chips on your own or buy them broken down
Tuck!!!
Now how do you harvest the soil?
Inspiring
Let’s Gooo!!
Thanks James... But my worms crawl out of the holes??. Why?. Any time I add cardboard and new dirt and new coconut coir the worms seem to hate that and try to crawl out... Whenever I ass banana or cucumber they love that. Please help
They may be trying to escape high moisture, but that doesn't explain the cardboard issue. I use shredded office paper, which seems to work well. I also keep my worms in flat wooden boxes, mostly in the shade, outside. This controls the moisture level really well with minimal fuss. I make the boxes out of repurposed pallets. I don't drill holes in the boxes, but they could probably find a way out if they really wanted to. I still add some paper when I remember, but it never seems to get too damp, as long as the depth of the worm bed is around 6 inches or so. I've tried deeper boxes and it gets too damp at the bottom.
That compost heap....did you just pile up leaves, and stuff out in the open, in a heap and left it? or do you need to build a box and pile it high in the box? I'm having trouble with my leaves from last year. they look the same still. the pile is 1 foot high, spread over 8x8 foot area. they haven't changed one bit in one year.
Another great video!!!!
My compost bin was full of worms, Thanks
In how much time did you start distributing to other bins
How big are the holes you drilled? I'm worried if I drill mine too big they might be able to escape through them
Do you keep the farm inside?
Would using some bagged top soil be ok to start a bin?
How do you collect the worm juice for compost tea? Also, do the worms escape out the the bottom holes?
Can this bin be left outside all through the winter, I wouldn’t want the worms to freeze a die. I’m in Canada so this is important. Or do I need to bring these heavy buns inside during really cold months. Thank you 🙏🏼💜🇨🇦
Does it smell? Also what exactly is worn juice?
What’s going on JP, Tuck, and Camera person!
thanks for the video. any advice on what to do with the liquid .
The liquid that drains off called lecheate can be used to water the garden. Doesn't have much more benefit than that. The worm tea however is very beneficial.
Can u just leave the top open? Like we find them in nature? I want to use a 45 gal tree tub that one of my trees came in
Will the worms escape the holes you made?