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22 contributions to 🌱 Living Soil with Cherene
🪱 24/7 Worm Farm Hangout
Join the Worm Farm Hangout here: 🔗 https://www.skool.com/live/zRBSzM3JjlB Our friend @Rick Redding had a great idea for creating a community hangout room, so I thought I'd give it a try starting July 1. This is a place for anyone in the community to hop on, chat, ask questions, share what you're working on, or just get to know other worm farmers. Whether you're brand new or have been worm farming for years, everyone is welcome. I'll jump in from time to time when I can, but this space is really for all of us to connect and learn from each other. Join the Worm Farm Hangout here: 🔗 https://www.skool.com/live/zRBSzM3JjlB Let's see where this goes! 🪱
2 likes • Sep 14
The lite has a safely feature if left on.it shuts off and will mot reset until unplugged, I got the stuff to mske worm chow,we'll the chicken feed,small bags of meat bird and layer bird crumble,not medicated, a aded a vegetable and worm protein treat, pumpkin seed,cheerios, wheat brand ,bisque blower, beet powder , oats. ,bird seed, all ground chopped blended to a powder, mixed..I may of forgotten something, worms should arrive Tuesday or Wednesday, I pick up a few motar bins at home depot. The coco and vedding is ready, I put the cocoon in the worm bag, I thinking they are hatching hatched or should soon.there foid in there and a bit of chow that came from uncle Jim's when I ordered the bag,ohh I get the urban bag gor 30 bucks building a frame tommrow,or gonna try, so may order another lb or 2 cause I should do a few breeder bins, Ok its late, and I dont wznta go worm shopping, ..hahamill end up with that..sifter.. all 3 sizes look kool, on the shelf haha. Incoherent a call 1 pm monday...thst the basic worm farm one..I should try to be on That...
0 likes • 6d
New question building compost,i found a few jars of pickles in the bsck of fridge can i add that to the mixtture called slop, liquified in the processor ? For round 2 of heat at a later date?
Great Live Q&A Today
We talked about everything from harvesting tons of castings and cocoons to muddy bedding, simplifying when you have too many bins, breeder bin success, precompost heat cycles, and using aged animal manure in a worm farm. We had a really good conversation about what actually seems to make breeder bins successful and how precompost fits into that too. If you want to join us live, our Worm Farming Q&A is every Monday at 12 PM Central for Premium members. Bring your bins, pictures, questions, or whatever you're working through! All of the replays are saved here in the Classroom too.
Great Live Q&A Today
3 likes • 14d
Been busyvat work, the idea fairy even took a break,worm seem to be doing well, i just let them be for now, 8n get organized mode,then, a 55 gallon tote for 20 bucks..there is the pre compost bim i seek, yep snagged it, so, ill do one more hack at this craft of pre composting bigger batch, fill me in pn how much "slurry" shouldi plan to add, that is the only missing measurement i thinkbi have the cardboard coffeee grounds, even the yeast activated with sugar water,....55 gallon tote going large...
3 likes • 10d
@Cherene Packard i hot heat,finally,well 110 but still some cool spots, used a 55 gal black tote, mixed about 12 or 15 gal cardboard and 5 gal bucket of coffee grounds mixing about 5 gal at a time in motar min the slurry i added over 2 days and yeast water 2x mixed and mixefld again 1st dau not much heat added more slop that i could find with 2 pk yeast and a tad of sugar and cup of water. 115 see if it keeps cooking..other than that made a huge mess,
Using coco coir as bedding
For those who haven’t used coco coir as bedding, here’s a video to give a visual of what it looks like! I think free is always best like with cardboard or precompost, but I do like to mix in some coco coir in my breeder bins specifically. Hope this helps at least know what to expect if you do get some!
2 likes • 28d
I just found 1.75 bags for 8 bucks he has 25 bags stored inside ,i like that stuff,sopposly fungus nats will not lay eggs in coco add the microbs maybe they like it, do you mix cardboard with your coco,ill read it better after work and catch up on the videos...
Worm chow. Added ons
I had the worm chow recipe,now my worm chow includes, chicken lawyer feed,chicken meat bird feed,pupkin ssed,corn bread flour,wheat brand flour, corn flakes, oyster shell grit, bisquet mix , bird seed, some vegatable and feeder worm mix and ..beet powder,all in prosser made to a poweder about 4 cuos each or close,missing flax seed may get some. But some stuff in pantry had gone missing. .i dont know who would of ate ..the seeds and such,they been there foeevver...custom protine for da worms..
2 likes • 29d
I just got creative and.bought small bags of the chicken feed the flax seed and pupkin seed is too expensive,ill get a pumpkin dry the seeds and chop them if i need that many..rockin jill? Had some beet dried that she put 8n processor,i cant find that any tips? Poweded beets at health food store is .iut of my range..
Microbs
Rick,what about adding microbes, form the microbes sold at hydro shops they promote to put in soil,great white,or there are bunches could that be added to the moist cardboard,to create a good environment also?
1 like • Sep 14
I have some micros..wen home ill show ya dont use them thought id add to the cardboard but not yet
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Scott Borders
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Ohio guy 63 yrs old ,nicest guy I know, indoors garden hydroponic enthusiast, just no time, now learning the art of worm growing, farming and casting

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