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Vermicomposting: Born Again Worm Bin

03:08 | Ryanne Hodson | Sep 14th, 2007 11:17am |

We were saddened by the death of our first worm bin because of some imbalance of moisture, acidity or bad paper products. We’re super-determined to continue the worm composting process with a homemade bin. We took the tray from our old bin (a big kitty litter pan) and gathered some scrap wood from our communal backyard at the San Mateo Eco-Village and got the process going again. The basic set-up for a healthy, homemade bin is plenty of ventilation, damp paper bedding, food scraps, green plant stuffs, red wiggler worms and some shredded dry paper topping. We’ll keep monitoring our bin to see how it’s going and hopefully — cross your fingers — our worms survive and make rich, worm castings for our plants.

Tags: worm bin, composting

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One Response to “Vermicomposting: Born Again Worm Bin”

Casey:
October 7th, 2007 at 4:27 pm

I built my vermicompost right after your first one. I am sorry you lost your worms. I did have to make some adjustments too. Like adding alot more worms and putting a plastic bag over the top of the bin but under the lid to keep the bugs away. I also moved them outside during the summer. To maintain the moisture balance I keep a nice layer of shreded papers on top. I have only once since May went after some dirt for my potted plants. They did grow greatly afterwards. The worms do take their time in eating away. Since April they are only 3 inches off the bottom (their dirt area). So good luck with the new crew.