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That feeding should help moisten up that bedding, Alessandra. ~ Sandra

Good wormies!

The poly should last for more than one season. If it doesnt i`d recommend installing some lock channel and wiggle wire to make it easier to replace. Digging out a gazillion staples is no fun at all :) The lock channel can be used to hold external shade cloth in the summer..The place you bought the poly sells stainless lock channel which will last forever but its not cheap.

Hi Alessandra, so great to see the worms gathering together and multiplying! If it was my bin, I would bury some of that packing paper so that it's exposed to the moisture and microbes of the bin and breaks down. I'm not a big fan of coconut coir as a bedding or carbon source. I totally hear you on having to garden before we lose the light each day! ~ Sandra

A white colored wood stain is the best choice, especially if you are covering with poly. Dark stained wood covered with poly could top 150F in the sun :)

Large equilateral triangles made from foil bubble insulation attached to the inner frame using magnets. The magnets make it quick and easy to put them on and take them off.

I set up this system with 4 city pickers and the earth box watering system… but the automatic watering doesn’t seem to shut off. Water just keeps pouring out the overflow holes on the city pickers. Any thoughts or suggestions?

Hi Alessandra, we are in the midst of moving houses - well, we've packed up a lot of our house and put our house up for sale, but we don't have anywhere to go or a date yet! You reminded me that we will have a lot of packing paper by the end of this process. I hope to give a lot of our moving boxes and packing paper away to someone else who is starting a move, but I'm sure my worms will get some of it. I've learned through all of this (combining worm bins, drastically changing worm bin location, etc.), that worms are very resilient and adaptable. ~ Sandra

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Hi Moose and Wally . To help passively keep the dome warm in winter put jugs of water inside early in the morning and let the sun warm it , At night the water releases its warmth into the dome.

Wow, your UWB is really filling up! I was told by the person who gave me my ENC's that they really like calcium, so they get a lot of powdered egg shells. I even gave them some chicken bones! No sign of crawling on the walls of your UWB despite the storms, so they must be happy. ~ Sandra

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Yay! I'm glad 99% of your ENC's settled in and got down to work. I wouldn't know if any of my baby ENC's escaped because the bin is an open tote and outside. It's only a few feet from my compost pile, so if they do crawl out, they will have a place to go. I've heard this species can really eat a lot, so both of us should be able to get rid of all our food scraps this summer! ~ Sandra

Such a learning curve to change gardening zones, but you are finding ways that work to build your garden. The perennial tower is a great idea. We got reflective, metallic 2" wide tape that keeps most birds from our berries (used aluminum pie plates or take out containers work too). ~ Sandra

I'm sorry your worms had a bit of a rough transition. The berries should be a big hit. I get my Euros next week. I'm getting juveniles, so I hope they behave! ~ Sandra

Beautiful urn remade into something more functional, Alessandra. Do you expect to get much settling? ~ Sandra

I'm so happy your new home has a spot to start your rose garden again. I remember your Florida roses were lovely. ~ Sandra

The only worms a dog should have, lol! I'm getting some ENC cocoons in a couple weeks. It will be my first try with this species. Hope we both get good results! ~ Sandra

You need to mix it everyday and stop adding more food. Fill the rest of the bin with browns not more food.

That was a big project, Alessandra. I hope you see lots of cocoons hatching as the temperature warms. ~ Sandra

I would add some coffee grounds to heat it up.

Looks like your little raspberry came through the winter just fine! I'm going to look for dwarf berry varieties that will grow here. We're moving away from our home with inground berries and probably switching to a lot more container gardening. ~ Sandra

Great sleuthing finding varieties that suit your climate, Alessandra. Nothing better than picking fresh berries first thing in the morning for breakfast! ~ Sandra

Hi Alessandra, so great that you salvaged some of your worm population! My red wigglers can live outdoors here on Vancouver Island, with a range of about -5°C(23°F) to 33°C (95°F) in an average year. I don't think your basement temperatures would pose a problem. My understanding is they would just eat less! One of the published studies on worm research I reviewed kept the red wigglers at 11°C (51°F), so it's definitely doable for that variety. Maybe your low humidity would pose challenges in the UWB. The totes seem to be holding their own. Yay! ~ Sandra

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Hi Alessandra, those strawberry juices will drip through the paper pretty soon. I bet you find a bunch of worms huddled under the paper in a week! ~ Sandra

Look forward to you restarting the uwb. I'm worry about dryness on top and wetness at bottom as well. Currently, i keep the bottom cover off (to allow some air and dryness to occur), and cover the top with plastic bubble wrap, seems to keep the top more moist. Give it a try if you think that might help you with your uwb, would love to see how it works out for you.

Great idea! I have my first greenstalk and was trying to come up with DIY watering with what I already have. Maybe adding shut off valves within your irrigation network so you turn watering off and on to the rest of your gardens and can focus watering to greenstalks only to get higher pressure. I use shut off valves a lot to adjust watering by plant type.

We usually keep about a month of worm slush in the freezer and everythig elese goes into an outdoor compost pile.

I’m so glad you were able to save some worms and get them inside. They’ll repopulate before you know it.

I think those bins are going to surprise you, Alessandra! I would leave the lids off. I also wouldn't worry about 60° - they will be fine. ~ Sandra

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Ay yai yai...How not to do it...Temperature aside, you need a better plan, perhaps Larger Sheets of Paper on the top!!!

Hi just an idea of to help keep your worms warm if you can get hold of some polystyrene and make it so it covers the four sides and the bottom and then use cardboard to cover that then it should insulate it for you. Hope this helps.

I definitely was cheering when you found the first piece of avocado with the mini worm ball, Alessandra! Maybe the water was warmer than the bedding when you poured it in, so the worms followed the moisture and the warmth downwards. I'm so happy a group of them found conditions in which they could survive. With that number of worms, you are sure to have lots of cocoons in that bedding. ~ Sandra

That is a bummer. I'm sorry to see this happened.

Our weather has been crazy cold here, too, Alessandra. We got down to -11°C (12.2°F) a few nights ago. That's unheard of! Luckily, I had some gentle compost action happening in my outdoor bins, so they stayed toasty. I think those seed mats are going to suck the moisture out of your system, unfortunately. Good luck! ~ Sandra

You're building an igloo! How cool is that. We have a very small space heater that comes on in our greenhouse when temperatures drop. If you don't want to go that far, you could even plug in a seed heating mat, that's a very low-voltage solution to just give a bit of supplemental heat. With the amount of insulation on your dome, it would retain the heat quite well. ~ Sandra

Great idea, Alessandra! That's odd that the temperature dipped colder inside the dome. I don't think I've ever found that with my greenhouse. Although, I measured the temperature of my worm bedding in the greenhouse and they were colder than the air temperature. So maybe humidity has something to do with it? We have a little space heater in our greenhouse now. It comes on if temperatures dip below 5°C (41°F). ~ Sandra

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I see you and I both wear shorts year round, Alessandra! Somebody was really thinking when they invented that zipper. Wow. ~ Sandra

I'm so glad you mentioned that you were going to show us how you make a door! Another idea for the future would be to add tiles or paving stones on the floor inside (I'm not sure if it already has them). They will heat up with any radiant heat and stop your greenhouse from getting as cold on those winter nights. ~ Sandra

You're making good progress before the snow flies! ~ Sandra

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Hey Alessandra, Gilligan's worms do quite well through the winter at 60-65°F. If you're worried it's going to get colder, could you wrap the outside in Christmas lights? I know what you mean about dry cold. We used to live in Alberta! Take care, ~ Sandra

I second Gary's wow, Alessandra! Not only is the dome architecturally pleasing, it's going to greatly extend what you can do in your garden. By the way, we often find it's cheaper to rent tools if we only need them short term. ~ Sandra