Huge Worm Casting Harvest In My Urban Worm Bag | Vermicompost Worm Farm
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- Опубліковано 4 лип 2024
- This worm bin has outperformed all my expectations! These worm castings are amazing after just 50 days!! My 2nd harvest is a keeper & I'll be harvesting around 15 pounds every 30 days in this super productive Urban Worm Bag!! Watch as I feed, show you an easier way to harvest & separate the compost worms from the worm castings as they turn my food scraps and cardboard boxes into natural organic fertilizer for my garden in the form of vermicompost!
We'll also look through the last feeding zone where we gave an enormous feeding 32 days ago prior to being out of town for our son's wedding. I also pick up a mortar tray to fit below the Urban Worm Bag & use it to harvest in a much easier way then I did last time, show how the worms reacted to the hurricane that passed by & get a peak at our sausage dog named Mini!!
Epigeic worms or composting worms are fascinating natural composters & fertilizers that are in most homesteaders bag of tricks to make free organic fertilizer & soil amendments as well as fishing bait. If you've ever thought about vermicomposting or composting with worms to make organic fertilizer & natural soil amendments with your plant based kitchen scraps or food waste, this is the channel for you. I have 3 worm composing bins which you can watch from start to finished worm castings on the 3 playlists following each worm bin. If you haven't started yet, get started now and vermicompost with me!🪱🪱🪱 Visit my Channel at / vermicompostlearnbydoing
Happy Vermicomposting Everyone!!!🪱🪱🪱
Below are some of the items I use for vermicomposting & my channel's videos. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases at no additional cost to you if you use these links. Thank you for supporting this channel!
Worm Bins I use:
Vermihut 5-Tray Worm Compost Bin amzn.to/3Xs1eGe
Urban Worm Bag V2 amzn.to/3XE9QsT
20 Gallon Fabric Grow Pots amzn.to/3EBYhdr
3 gallon Rubbermaid Roughneck tote amzn.to/3eKDLhO
Other Worm Bins:
Worm Factory 360 3-Tray Version amzn.to/3AHnjqK
Worm Factory 360 5-Tray Version amzn.to/3tYfWY4
Bus bins amzn.to/3fd8AvP
Equipment I use:
12 Sheet Cross Cut Micro Shredder (I use it to shred cardboard) amzn.to/3xYZKYu
Magic Bullet Small Blender (to pulverize egg shells) amzn.to/3gwEzb4 or amzn.to/42SQ4w9 (with extra coffee bean & nut blade)
Indoor Outdoor Wireless Thermometer for worm bin amzn.to/3wIdXbO
Additional thermometer sensors 433 MHz amzn.to/41juD7v Please make sure Thermometer & sensor are the same MHz
Additional thermometer sensors 915MHz amzn.to/3WTFgua Please make sure Thermometer & sensor are the same MHz
Food Dehydrator amzn.to/3O5Uj2H
Mosquito Dunks 6 pack amzn.to/3Oe4Sl0 granular amzn.to/42KDtM0 or 20 pack amzn.to/42Br4Kf
Kitchen scale to weigh worms & food: amzn.to/3HnOQjg
Blue gloves amzn.to/3XsBg5n
Spray bottles to mist bedding amzn.to/3Fq23rN
Digital handheld Thermometer amzn.to/3EWfC2j
Compost Tea Bags amzn.to/3fCb5o1
Solar powered light amzn.to/3nOucAq
Reusable Keurig Coffee K-cups amzn.to/3FNXvt6
Other useful equipment for worm farming:
5 stackable sifter with different sized mesh: amzn.to/3S2k184
Cameras & camera equipment I use:
GoPro HERO11 amzn.to/3jkRpLa
Flexible Tripod amzn.to/3CGTjcF
Insta360 GO 2 camera amzn.to/3oxCc80
Insta360 One X2 camera amzn.to/3nqV6hp
iPhone 13 Max Pro amzn.to/3nq52aU
Canon EOS Rebel T8i amzn.to/3HcBuX6
4 Ocean bracelets I wear
Multiple colors to chose from bracelets amzn.to/3HMbHEx
Books on worms & worm farming
Worms Eat My Garbage amzn.to/3L4FXN2
Where to buy worms: www.TheGardenAndWormLady.com
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00:00 | Intro & recap of last feeding
00:58 | Digging in
01:25 | Mitigating mites
01:46 | Worm close up
02:03 | How they reacted in a Hurricane
03:10 | Adding unusual bedding
03:26 | Feeding to attract worms up
04:17 | Pitted olives have no seeds 😂
05:15 | Amendments
06:31 | Prepping to harvest
07:06 | My curious sausage dog!
07:18 | Harvesting
08:52 | 14.5 pounds!
09:14 | Using VermiHut tray to separate worms from castings
10:14 | Agitation method of sifting
10:45 | Storage
11:35 | Recap
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Below are some of the items I use for vermicomposting & my channel's videos. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases at no additional cost to you if you use these links. Thank you for supporting this channel!
Worm Bins I use:
Vermihut 5-Tray Worm Compost Bin amzn.to/3Xs1eGe
Urban Worm Bag V2 amzn.to/3XE9QsT
20 Gallon Fabric Grow Pots amzn.to/3EBYhdr
3 gallon Rubbermaid Roughneck tote amzn.to/3eKDLhO
Other Worm Bins:
Worm Factory 360 3-Tray Version amzn.to/3AHnjqK
Worm Factory 360 5-Tray Version amzn.to/3tYfWY4
Bus bins amzn.to/3fd8AvP
Equipment I use:
12 Sheet Cross Cut Micro Shredder (I use it to shred cardboard) amzn.to/3xYZKYu
Magic Bullet Small Blender (to pulverize egg shells) amzn.to/3gwEzb4 or amzn.to/42SQ4w9 (with extra coffee bean & nut blade)
Indoor Outdoor Wireless Thermometer for worm bin amzn.to/3wIdXbO
Additional thermometer sensors 433 MHz amzn.to/41juD7v Please make sure Thermometer & sensor are the same MHz
Additional thermometer sensors 915MHz amzn.to/3WTFgua Please make sure Thermometer & sensor are the same MHz
Food Dehydrator amzn.to/3O5Uj2H
Mosquito Dunks 6 pack amzn.to/3Oe4Sl0 granular amzn.to/42KDtM0 or 20 pack amzn.to/42Br4Kf
Kitchen scale to weigh worms & food: amzn.to/3HnOQjg
Blue gloves amzn.to/3XsBg5n
Spray bottles to mist bedding amzn.to/3Fq23rN
Digital handheld Thermometer amzn.to/3EWfC2j
Compost Tea Bags amzn.to/3fCb5o1
Solar powered light amzn.to/3nOucAq
Reusable Keurig Coffee K-cups amzn.to/3FNXvt6
Other useful equipment for worm farming:
5 stackable sifter with different sized mesh: amzn.to/3S2k184
Cameras & camera equipment I use:
GoPro HERO11 amzn.to/3jkRpLa
Flexible Tripod amzn.to/3CGTjcF
Insta360 GO 2 camera amzn.to/3oxCc80
Insta360 One X2 camera amzn.to/3nqV6hp
iPhone 13 Max Pro amzn.to/3nq52aU
Canon EOS Rebel T8i amzn.to/3HcBuX6
4 Ocean bracelets I wear
Multiple colors to chose from bracelets amzn.to/3HMbHEx
Books on worms & worm farming
Worms Eat My Garbage amzn.to/3L4FXN2
Where to buy worms: www.TheGardenAndWormLady.com
Thank you very much for translating the title and description of the video into Portuguese. A hug from your subscriber here in Brazil in Rio de Janeiro.
I'm so happy it worked!! Hopefully the closed caption translated as well! My grandmother was born and raised in Rio de Janeiro coming to the United States when she was 30. I hope to visit Brazil soon with my family! Thanks so much for watching and letting me know the translations are working!!🪱🪱🪱
Estou tão feliz que funcionou!! Esperançosamente, a legenda oculta também foi traduzida! Minha avó nasceu e foi criada no Rio de Janeiro e veio para os Estados Unidos aos 30 anos. Espero visitar o Brasil em breve com minha família! Muito obrigado por assistir e me informar que as traduções estão funcionando!!🪱🪱🪱
That is very interesting about the hurricane and the worms. That system looks great. So cool your son thinks about the worms when he is unpacking his presents.Nice T-shirt 😂🪱😄👍🏼
I thought you might like my T-Shirt 😂🤣😂 Just my subliminal hint to have everyone go watch your channel after this video!! My son told me this weekend they are thinking about starting a worm bin...I told him as long as we get some grandkids and the worms don't replace their instinct to care for something other than themselves😂 Thanks so much for stopping by to watch Ann...Now it's over to your channel to see if I'm all caught up!!🪱🪱🪱
@@Vermicompost so are you an official empty nester now? Now I have to get my son to take the grandcats are great, but people ones are better. Lol.
We are official empty nesters...but I suppose our youngest may come home for the summers, the middle son graduates this Spring so he is off to the races after graduation!! Grandcats😂🤣😂
Hi Patrick the castings look awesome, nice and crumbly. Great video.🤠👍
Thanks Nick!!! So good to see the castings look like that on the second harvest!! This might be my new favorite bin...don't tell the others!! Thank you so much for stopping by to watch!!🪱🪱🪱
That was funny when you came to the realization of what 'pitted' means - haha!! So much interesting bedding nowadays 👍🏻 Such a cute little wiener doggie! :) Nice harvest!
Pitted...it just sounds like pits put into something🤣😂🤣The Executive Producer was no help on that one!! Mini is a good little weiner hound!! I've had to cut her out of a couple of videos when she's gotten curious but no chance on this one!! Thanks for stopping by AV!!🪱🪱🪱
:)
Lovely and clear on how to harvest thanks
Thank you!! I appreciate the feedback!! Thanks so much for taking the time to watch and pass on the good words!!🪱🪱🪱
Nice harvest Patrick. 15 pounds is great for the second attempt. I like using the Vermihut tray to help harvest castings. The worms should love that feeding and the bedding. 😁🪱🪱
Thanks Rick!! Having an extra VermiHut tray is a game changer!! I'm thinking I may be able to go even bigger on the feedings as the worms increase their population...this may be a big winter of castings come December!! I'm loving this Urban Worm Bag!! Thanks so much for 🪱🪱🪱
That is the first time I’ve seen a harvest from a bag type vermicompost maker. The compost was amazing.
Thanks Joe!! I was real impressed with what came out!! If I can get that much every 30 days then this will be a real game changer for me when it comes to my garden and maybe even my lawn!! Thanks so much for all your support!!🪱🪱🪱
💚👍nice!
Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment Tory!! I always appreciate seeing your messages!!🪱🪱🪱
Pitted Olives 😂😂😂
Gotta admit, this system is looking better and better brother (as advertised)
I wonder if there's a way to agitated them up, in the bag 🤔🤔
15 lbs per harvest is awsomeness!!
Cheers J&C 🌱🤞👍🤜🤛🇺🇸
Reverse agitation method🤔 I think things will get better as far as worms in the castings once I can stop cooling it down with frozen water bottles that "sweat" like crazy in our humidity, adding lots of moisture to the bin. I think they are attracted to the moisture and relative coolness down there. A year from now I'll have this system humming (and hopefully indoors if I can convince Autumn!!) Thanks so much for stopping by to watch J&C!!🪱🪱🪱 🤜🤛
@@Vermicompost great points and good luck 🤞🍁🍂🤜🤛
Excellent video, and your right there is just no method that I have ever used that can get 100% of those worms out of there. I typically just pick mine out, but I seem to always find baby ones when I go to use my castings. It never fails! :)
😀 So true!! An easy method of getting 100% of the worms out is the holy grail of worm farming! Even after I bait out my storage container, I end up finding more! Thanks so much for stopping by to watch, I love your channel!!🪱🪱🪱
great harvest, my "executive producer" said that that system is way better than mine!..... on another note, you were correct about the extra worms from my black bin harvest, I've been finding a bunch each time I go through them.
😂🤣😂 We are so lucky to have our EP's helping us out!! Every time I count I am astonished at how many worms are in the castings...your black bin is a worm making factory!! Thanks so much for dropping by Mikko!!🪱🪱🪱
Ooh, nice harvest!! I bet your garden is thriving! Do you just the castings on top? Mix it in? Make your own soil mix? 👀
Thank you!! We have starting seedlings for our fall garden with some of the vermicompost. I also make worm casting tea and make and refresh my potting mixes with the worm castings...it's so great not to have to buy potting soil or garden soil for the garden!! Thanks so much for stopping by to watch!!🪱🪱🪱
Should just screen the castings through the tray back into your mortar tray and dump the worms out into the urbaan bag
Yes! That is a fantastic way to get the worms and castings separated! I've been trying this agitation technique for a little while and it takes less active time for me as I only have to agitate them for about a minute 4-5 times and scrape off the castings. Thanks so much for passing on your technique and of course thanks for watching!!🪱🪱🪱
❤️💃your video is amazing very good I want to be with you ❤❤❤❤
시청해 주셔서 정말 감사합니다. 귀하의 지원에 감사드립니다.🪱🪱🪱
Thank you for coming my friend 💜💜💜
So, you still get worms in your castings from the urban wormbag? I thought that was one of the plus points, not having any worms in the harvested compost? So weird, the worms seem to dive much deeper then mentioned in any scientific paper. Nice video, keep them coming.
Great points Wally!! I think two things are in play that would not usually be the case if I kept this indoors. Unfortunately they are both linked and maybe causing the worms to go down. I have this bin outside (my wife says it has to stay outdoors😂) on my lanai and the only spot for it is where the sun sets...so it gets hot inside there, down here in Florida. I think the worms flee the heat that radiates inwards from the black top of the bin...So I add frozen, sealed water bottles to the top surface to keep the temperatures in the mid eighties. Unfortunately because there is so much humidity in the air here in Florida, the bottles sweat...a lot, and add a bunch of moisture to the bin...which drains to the bottom...So I think the worms follow the moisture and flee the heat down to the bottom. I know compost worms are supposed to be in the duff layer, and they have weaker muscles than their cousin earth worms, but my guess is they will go where the food, moisture and air are, so they are not too bothered being 3 feet "below ground" in this UWB as it breathes real well. I think I will be able to run it better and more dry in the winter, and I'm hoping I get less worms in the castings as they do what they are supposed to do and continue to go up the bin!! Thanks for your great insight and questions and thanks so much for watching!!🪱🪱🪱
@@Vermicompost Now, I understand what's happening. Thanks for clearing that out. Have you ever considered a reflective blanket or is that over board? I guess it would lessen the moisture and the heat. But it's just a question. Maybe a good video experiment??
I saw Steve over at the Urban Worm Company suggest that and I may give it a try! I put up a blind, which helped a lot, but because it needs to allow some air so it doesn't get ripped down in the wind, it also let's in some light. The black surface really cooks so that blanket might help! Thanks for the suggestion, it would make for a good long term experiment!!🪱🪱🪱
Hi Patrick! Nice video! I’m enjoying seeing how the worm bag is progressing. You didn’t mention cocoons. Do you try to ‘save’ them or do they go out to the garden with the castings?
Thank you Jayne!! I do run a cocoon nursery with my VermiHut worm castings sometimes to allow them time to hatch, but I usually throw my other castings into storage and put a bait cup in there to get the other worms I miss. I think many of the cocoons hatch and eventually end up as worms in my bait cups because I go in fits and spirts with using castings...so they usually have plenty of time to hatch. Great question!! Thanks so much for dropping by to watch!!🪱🪱🪱
I used to have a urban worm bag many years ago but got rid of if because it was tough to keep the contents evenly moist and the zipper on the bottom was really tough to unzip when it got full. I ended up breaking the zipper pull. Does anyone know if the zipper is still tough to unzip when full?
Great question! At some point they made a modification to the bottom of the Urban Worm Bag and took out the zipper down below. I'm not sure if they are on their second or third version but the one I purchased in December of 2022 has no bottom zipper. It has a draw string with a plastic cinching device and a bottom cover that has 4 buckles and 4 strips of velcro to keep it secure. I just keep this bottom cover off and leave the mortar tray underneath it. It sounds like they listened to the feedback and improved the UWB. I haven't had any trouble with the top zipper and I bought some of the cross straps to help with the sturdiness of the frame...one of the other issues that people mentioned in the earlier versions. I haven't had any issues with moisture so far but I have only had it for 8 months and two harvests. I'll definitely be looking out for any issues like that but so far so good with this version. Thanks so much for passing on your experience with the UWB and thanks so much for watching!!🪱🪱🪱
A while back you picked out some black soldier fly larvae out of your outside bin. Did you ever have a bigger problem with the larvae? I am having a hard time getting keeping them out of my worm bin. They are close to taking it over. Is there anything you can think of to get rid of them. I've been picking them out but can't keep up with it. The problem with them is that they eat all the worm food. Any advice would be appreciated.
I have actually not seen any BSFL in my Outdoor worm bin in a while. When I first saw them I started plucking them out and I think that helped a little but I think the real reason is because it is too difficult for the BSFL to pupate and become flies after they get laid in my bin. They get lost among the flaps of the bin as they try to move away form the contents of the bin when they get old enough to go into the pupae stage. So I think a good solution for you will be to pluck as many as you can out. Then get some netting or a lid (with holes with netting over it so the bin can breath) that will trap any left inside the bin, and keep the flies from getting in from outside. If they can't pupate, which they don't like to do inside the bin, they can't become flies and if the flies can't get in to lay more eggs you will break their life cycle. You can also stop feeding the bin any food scraps and just stick to bedding for a good 3-4 weeks. Carefully monitor the moisture level and you should see the BSFL reduce in numbers to the point you can pluck them out. The worms will be fine eating the bedding where as the BSF's will find something better to lay their eggs on. I hope these techniques give you some relief!! Thanks so much for watching!!🪱🪱🪱
Thanks for the great advice
@@rickjay4639 My pleasure! One more thing...I do have a mosquito dunk in my rain barrel which is where I get the water to wet down my Outdoor Worm Bin. They prevent the mosquitos, gnats & fruit flies from making it to the fly stage...I haven't heard of them being used for BSF, but that may because they aren't a nuisance fly to anyone but worm farmers!! Just thinking this could also be another reason why I haven't seen any this year after the initial ones.
I am on vacation and I have a problem. I can’t quit saving my food scraps. I can’t turn off my brain. It’s tough. While in upper New York I even called a worm farm to see if they knew someone that might want my scraps. He did say I could bring them to him for free and even get a tour of his farm. He was so nice. I didn’t get to do that we were heading out and couldn’t make it to his farm. I had to throw those scraps IN THE TRASH. We are still on vacation In Maine for a couple of days then head out again. I have a bag of scraps in my freezer again and my husband tells me that I’m going to have to get rid of it soon. We will be gone until the last of this month. Do you or any of your viewers have my problem? What do you do about it?
Lol people look at me funny at work for saving the coffee grounds and saving my scraps. I can't help it I can't throw it away.
That's so funny!! While we were up in Massachusetts for my son's wedding, Autumn had to let me know I should stop collecting the toilet paper cardboard tubes, lightly used napkins, apple cores and banana peals😂🤣😂 It almost hurt to throw that stuff away!! So I guess I have to admit I do have a problem and the solution is my wife telling me to stop!!!!! I think Peggy Helbling from @peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920 actually did save stuff for her worms on a recent vacation! Thanks for the good laugh, I'm very interested to read the comments this generates!!!! & thanks so much for stopping by to watch!!🪱🪱🪱
😂🤣😂 It's just so hard to resist!! So glad it's not just me! Thanks for stopping by to watch Ron!!🪱🪱🪱
I’m so glad it’s not just me. I’ve even thought about burying it but I don’t think the KOA camp sites would appreciate it. We will have to go to “Worm Anonymous “
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Very nice!
And cracked me up on the pitted olives. I can see where is confusing as I have made the same mistake. 😂🪱🪱🪱
Just glad I haven't bit hard onto a non pitted olive with all the confusion I have😂🤣😂 Thanks for taking the time to watch Ann!!🪱🪱🪱
Good morning and great video ❤
You really have gotten some good methods of feeding and Harvesting in your 2 years of being a Worm Dad ❤🪱❤️
❤Peggy❤
Thanks Peggy! It's been a fun ride since my early days of finding worms amongst the heavily mulched bushes at our church after school to producing my own garden and potting soil with these amazing creatures!! Thanks so much for all your support!!🪱🪱🪱
@Vermicompost You really have succeeded, My Friend ❤️🪱❤️