Compost Worm Bin / Grow Box Planter part 3 -Free Range Worms!
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- Опубліковано 5 сер 2024
- This video covers the whole 2015 season of worm care in my outdoor worm box planter. My red wigglers survived yet another brutal winter (outdoors), because of being low to the ground. Also they had a bedding of leaves, cardboard and garden waste which insulated them a little.
I'll show you how I separate my old scraps from my fresh ones so that I can easily harvest the worm castings. The castings are easy to sift with just a basic screen, which you will see.
With this technique you just make a basic raised bed which nicely integrates into your garden landscape. Building planters into the box allows plants to tap into those RICH castings. But be careful! The plants tend to get huge! Look at that parsley. ;)
I call these "Free Range" worms because they have lots of space to spread out. In fact, the box has no bottom, but my worms still stick around.
Like I say in the video, treated lumber didn't phase any of these worms. But there's no reason you can't use cedar wood or other materials if you dislike the idea of chemicals.
Here is a link to a Galvanized Mesh Garden Sieve:
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Read more about vermi-composting at my site:
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This box has been working really well! Be sure to watch the update videos:
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,i,m going to experiment with something very similar as i work away a lot and don't fancy leaving worms in a trapped container, thanks for uploading appreciated
I'm a newbie at vermicomposting and want to use treated lumber. It's been a lot of years since arsenic was used for treatment. I felt that the copper would not be a problem. Thanks for sharing.
Love your videos! Thanks for trying something different and thanks for taking the time and trouble to post.
Thanks Ron! I appreciate you taking time to watch. xD
I think you made an excellent point, regarding the treated lumber, when you spoke on the lumber being treated with copper. The point was that we should each learn what chemical, etc., are in the materials we use and make our own decisions. Thank you.
Also thanks for the idea of free-range worms. I have had a bin of worms die due to wrong feeding (yes I feel very bad about that).
Good series of worm videos!
Great video :) All my worm bins are outside. I don't think our winters are as cold as yours but the temps still drop considerably and the worms have always been fine. They do slow down tho so don't process as much as in the spring/summer months but the populations I have still continue to grow.
Love the box design.
Thanks for sharing :)
Thanks for watching & sharing your experiences as well! :-D
Worm.slavery...havent laughed so hard in a.long time. I use my compost bin as the same thing..
@ Harry de Vokone: Thanks! I'm actually on my 2nd week of an LED grow light test using Kratky's method of hydroponics! Hopefully it will work out & I'll have some cool data to share. ;-)
+AlboPepper Awesome i can't wait! :]
My whole interest for free range worming is to not have to empty the bin. I was hoping the worms would come and go and disburse castings throughout my yard...
viva la worm, free worm country indeed
Free worm country :D Awesome video thanks!
Are you thinking of doing hydroponics some time?
Thanks for sharing. Was thinking of making a similar box right into the middle of my garden. Is the bottom completely cleared and connected to the ground or do you have a similar bottom as the front side wall? The white plastic side where the worms can come in and out. Do you have this white plastic placed at the bottom also to close off for moles or other hungry animals?
Thanks
What zone are you putting your worms outside As I what to build a worm tower in my Raise bed garden? I'm in zoning 6 but I'm scared for them to die.
Mr. Pepper, where did you get your sieve? You are an excellent teacher, and I will definitely use your ideas! Thanks!
+Mary Smith - Amazon sells it: bit.ly/1KtWxyH I find that it has come in handy several times. Thanks for the feedback & for watching my video! xD
Do you think you have all your worms in spring or do you think you start each spring with way fewer worms (many die from cold) and then whatever hatches from the cocoons once it thaws?
I know that at least had survived as fully grown worms. I can't say what percentage though.
Where are you at if you don't mind my asking? I'm in Iowa and our winters can be pretty harsh. When I was a kid we kept night crawlers in a big tub in our root cellar year round and fed them coffee grounds. Thanks for your excellent video.
+Marie Richmond - Hi Marie. A tub o' worms!!! That sound pretty cool. xD
I'm in Western PA which is Zone 6. Thanks for watching my video!
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Hi i like your YT style. I was wondering how cold did it get in the winter?
Hi! Thank-you very much. :) My worms have survived an overnight low that reached -10 degrees F. They we covered very well of course.
How do you build it?
"Free worm country"?? I like that and totally agree :)
Does your bin attract Ants?? If so what do you do for that??
Good question! Last year I noticed a point when there were ants in the bin. It was a moisture issue. The bin was too dry. So I watered it. Then I added a little peat moss and began adding some moist plant materials. I also placed a plastic tote lid on top of the scraps. This held in moisture & it helped out. :-)
I tried to make a worm bin like yours, outside on the soil, but with locally found earthworms(I even don't know which worms). The worms are in there but I often find their castings dropped like a pile on the top. The bin is not performing well due to lack of enough worms. :(
Last day we collected at least 10Kgs of earthworm poop from the top soil. What you make in an year we get in a day LOL. Of course my earthworms are not fed with good materials but we can at least have a sigh of relief that those castings are plant ready if not rich in nutrients right?? And we get those with zero effort.
I think I have to test those castings before making my own vermicomposting with "red wigglers". Or I just have to somehow collect just earthworms and feed them some nice food and get their castings. What do you think??
Experiment: I have successfully planted lots of corianders in just plain castings alone. :)
No matter what I do, I never want to harm any earthworms !!
That's really cool that you're getting good results with this setup! If plants such as coriander are growing in the castings, then it seems that they are balanced and ready to go. :D
I try to use multiple food sources for my worms. Dried up autumn leaves, coffee grounds, damp torn up cardboard, shredded newspaper, watermelon rinds, and other kitchen scraps and plant waste.
I hope you continue to have success!!!
Thanks Mr Al, hope U and Ur worms are happy :)
Also you said that you have been rearing these worms for 2 years. So my question is that don't they overpopulate over time? What measures do you take to keep their population under control??
I would love to do that but in Alaska it's impossible.
doh! :-(
Did you get any regular earth worms and regular night crawlers come into this free food bin from the outside?
Hi Ron, I'm not sure. Primarily, I just had large clusters of red worms. Other worms might have visited from time to time, but I never really notice them. Recently, my primary concern is that something is tunneling underneath and kicking up dirt in the front planter. Maybe a vole or something similar? If I ever refurbish the box, I might line the bottom with galvanized wire.
Free range worms😆
Don't fence me in by Willie Nelson is playing....not really.
xD nice!
darn! now i feel bad about having an indoor worn bin....lol jk
+flirt1diva :D I'm sure you provide them a nice benefits package, right? heheh
+AlboPepper lol..right
My worms survive winter (down to -8 C overnight) in a semi-sheltered area. They will migrate to whatever is the warmest spot they can get to in your worm bin or wherever. If you have some decomposing food mixed with plenty of carbon (shredded cardboard is good) it will generate heat.
Any exoduses I've had are in summer during the really warm days, so I try not to give them too much food (food + heat = more heat) and keep them covered and watered.
I've never had castings dry enough to sift like that though. Could be the enclosed worm bin I use where the scraps (complete with the "juices") always go in on top.
Great description and tips! Thanks!