Good to see on my livestream today, Brian!! I hope you enjoyed interacting with me, other gardeners, etc. You do a great job out there! Everything looks fantastic! Keep it up! Kim
I enjoy interacting on the live streams when I can find the time. I just enjoy talking about gardening, swapping ideas. Started seriously gardening during the pandemic, hated the fact that many products for the garden were either unavailable or extremely high priced. It was then I decided to be as self sufficient as possible out in the garden, have not purchased any fertilizers in 2 years. I am not opposed to people using inorganic fertilizers or even pesticides in their gardens, I just think everyone should garden on some level, anyway that works for them. Will try to catch you next time. Stay Well and thanks for the kind words!!!
Thanks! Going into winter mode. Hurt my back, still have one 50 gal bin outside. Have the 1st bin harvested, just a little over 100 lbs, about 17 gallons of screened castings. I am happy with that, about 6 gal/pound on the dry side. Never thought having too many worms would be a problem, that is my reality. Thankfully, I have been collecting garden materials to keep my worms well fed over the winter. Thanks for watching and commenting, Stay Well!!!! Love your channel
Great video Brian. You have quite a few good sized worms farms going. I love the bait buckets you used. I put a worm cafe tray in one of my raised beds with some cow manure and some wet straw and they filled up the tray within a week. It was a fun experiment. New Sub here.😊😊Cheryl
In a couple other bins I tried some cardboard, pint containers I use to giveaway cherry tomatoes and raspberries, they did not work as well as my faithful coffee container. Hurt my back a week back bait cup was in one of the 50 gal bag bins for 2 weeks ended up with one large worm ball. I made a worm tower out of 6" PVC pipe to stick in a 30" deep raised bed, it turned out to be a mini worm bin, pretty cool. Thanks for watching and subscribing Cheryl! Appreciate it, Stay Well!!!!
I really like those 50 gallon worm bins!! That is a fantastic method you have going there with the leaf mold and worms to finish it off!! Those bait cups did well with the moisture you put down around them...You could probably supply all our viewers with enough worms for a new worm bin each!! Excellent video Brian!!🪱🪱🪱
I tried using some cardboard pint containers I bought to give away raspberries and cherry tomatoes in as bait cups, they did not work as well as the plastic coffee can. I am going to try a horizontal migration with one of the bags down in the basement, will stick that in the follow-up video. Not sure exactly what I am going to do with all those worms, open a bait shop? LOL Will probably do a couple 27 gal tote bins along with the growbags this winter. Thanks for your support Patrick! Stay Well!!!
Hi Brian! Awesome video ❤. Love your downward migration set up 🤩. Anything that works and is less work for us is a winner. Your worm looks great too. Small but mightily, cranking out the castings 💕🪱
I like doing things easy peasy, then there are sometimes I just forget what I am in the middle of. If I let the castings sit on top for a month, no big deal, other than they would be a bit dry. Thanks for watching Jane! Stay Well!!!!
@ Haha! That’s me all too often hence the sticky notes on my worm bins. Its doesn’t always help enough but usually at least gives me a clue as to what my plan was for a specific bin. I’m all for easy peasy! Keep up the great videos 🤩🪱
I end up putting a lot of worms into my garden beds and some in my fall leaf mold bin. I do a lot of chop and drop during the growing season so they always have plenty of food. I love the grow bags mainly for the moisture control, can never get too wet and the large harvests. Thank you for watching! Stay Well!!!
Downward migration is going faster than anticipated, removed the castings yesterday and put in another load, easy peasy. Thanks for watching AJ! Stay Well my friend!!!!
Not sure if you mean using a grow bag as a worm bin, or the downward migration, lol, both work well for me. There are many ways to separate worms from their castings, I just choose the least hands on methods. Thanks for watching! Stay Well!!!!
Hi Brian, what are your intentions with the castings this time of year? I also am overloaded and was just going to spread them on top of all our mulch under shrubs, etc. I may even have enough to put some on our lawn! You must have much more beefy shrimp where you live. My shrimp tails disappear in a few weeks. Those bags and containers must get pretty heavy to move around. ~ Sandra
Hey Sandra! Can never have to many worm castings, lol. The thing about worm castings is, I do not think you can over do it, other than in a seed starter. I still have plenty from the spring to amend my garlic bed, but not enough to give my other beds a good feeding before winter. I also use the castings as a liquid fertilizer for the seedlings I start in the winter, plus everytime I plant in the spring each seedling gets a good handful mixed into the hole. You are so right about mulching around perennials and the lawn. I have a baby plum tree that I use it under as well. I think those shells were put in when things started cooling down, not as much biological activity going on. Actually, I pick the shrimp up from a lady in a fish truck at the farmers market, she is gone now, so are the awesome shrimp, I think they come from the Gulf of Mexico and from somewhere in the pacific. I tried weighing the bags, but I could not see the numbers under the bag, lol. Yes! it is amazing how heavy a large volume of worm castings can get, I will just weigh the finished castings. Thanks for watching! Stay Well!!!!
Landon brought one of my bins inside that I had neglected for a couple months (Gus). He told me it was really heavy. After I harvested it, I easily moved the bin to its new location. I took out 6 gallons of wonderful castings from those European nightcrawlers. I think they like to be left alone 😉 ~ Sandra
The stuff makes excellent tea i use molasses with it and give it a short ferment for a few days no pump needed just stir it around each day then feed plants this is what feeds the roots nutrients. Im working on this more and more what a great video
@@vinivv The only fertilizer I use on my seedlings in my grow room is a worm casting, or compost extract. I have never thought of doing a fermentation with the worm castings. I can see how the molasses would be beneficial for the soil microbes, will have to use that when I plant my garlic, thanks for the tip. I do make a few batches of aerated teas during the growing season, mainly as a foliar treatment, I have found under the microscope that if I add the molasses a couple hours before I use it, I end up with a higher density of microbes than if I add it in the beginning of the brew. One thing for sure, do not think I will ever run out of casting, lol. Thank you for your kind words! Stay Well!!!!
After next Wednesday we will struggle to get in the 40'sF at night, so I think the other bags I will drag into the basement to harvest. It is amazing how heavy those bags get. Thanks for watching Rick! Stay Well!!!!
Good to see on my livestream today, Brian!! I hope you enjoyed interacting with me, other gardeners, etc.
You do a great job out there! Everything looks fantastic! Keep it up! Kim
I enjoy interacting on the live streams when I can find the time. I just enjoy talking about gardening, swapping ideas.
Started seriously gardening during the pandemic, hated the fact that many products for the garden were either unavailable or extremely high priced. It was then I decided to be as self sufficient as possible out in the garden, have not purchased any fertilizers in 2 years. I am not opposed to people using inorganic fertilizers or even pesticides in their gardens, I just think everyone should garden on some level, anyway that works for them.
Will try to catch you next time. Stay Well and thanks for the kind words!!!
Good job baiting those worms 👍🏻 Lovely castings. That new system - with all those worms in it - is going to be awesome
Thanks! Going into winter mode. Hurt my back, still have one 50 gal bin outside.
Have the 1st bin harvested, just a little over 100 lbs, about 17 gallons of screened castings. I am happy with that, about 6 gal/pound on the dry side.
Never thought having too many worms would be a problem, that is my reality.
Thankfully, I have been collecting garden materials to keep my worms well fed over the winter.
Thanks for watching and commenting, Stay Well!!!!
Love your channel
I meant to say 1 gal/ pound
Great video Brian. You have quite a few good sized worms farms going. I love the bait buckets you used. I put a worm cafe tray in one of my raised beds with some cow manure and some wet straw and they filled up the tray within a week. It was a fun experiment. New Sub here.😊😊Cheryl
In a couple other bins I tried some cardboard, pint containers I use to giveaway cherry tomatoes and raspberries, they did not work as well as my faithful coffee container. Hurt my back a week back bait cup was in one of the 50 gal bag bins for 2 weeks ended up with one large worm ball.
I made a worm tower out of 6" PVC pipe to stick in a 30" deep raised bed, it turned out to be a mini worm bin, pretty cool.
Thanks for watching and subscribing Cheryl! Appreciate it, Stay Well!!!!
I really like those 50 gallon worm bins!! That is a fantastic method you have going there with the leaf mold and worms to finish it off!! Those bait cups did well with the moisture you put down around them...You could probably supply all our viewers with enough worms for a new worm bin each!! Excellent video Brian!!🪱🪱🪱
I tried using some cardboard pint containers I bought to give away raspberries and cherry tomatoes in as bait cups, they did not work as well as the plastic coffee can.
I am going to try a horizontal migration with one of the bags down in the basement, will stick that in the follow-up video.
Not sure exactly what I am going to do with all those worms, open a bait shop? LOL
Will probably do a couple 27 gal tote bins along with the growbags this winter.
Thanks for your support Patrick! Stay Well!!!
Hi Brian! Awesome video ❤. Love your downward migration set up 🤩. Anything that works and is less work for us is a winner. Your worm looks great too. Small but mightily, cranking out the castings 💕🪱
I like doing things easy peasy, then there are sometimes I just forget what I am in the middle of. If I let the castings sit on top for a month, no big deal, other than they would be a bit dry.
Thanks for watching Jane! Stay Well!!!!
@ Haha! That’s me all too often hence the sticky notes on my worm bins. Its doesn’t always help enough but usually at least gives me a clue as to what my plan was for a specific bin.
I’m all for easy peasy! Keep up the great videos 🤩🪱
Great worm set up plenty of healthy worms 🇦🇺🪱
I end up putting a lot of worms into my garden beds and some in my fall leaf mold bin. I do a lot of chop and drop during the growing season so they always have plenty of food. I love the grow bags mainly for the moisture control, can never get too wet and the large harvests.
Thank you for watching! Stay Well!!!
Nice castings Brian.
Downward migration is going faster than anticipated, removed the castings yesterday and put in another load, easy peasy.
Thanks for watching AJ! Stay Well my friend!!!!
Hello Brian, great video,I have not seen that done before,I am going to try that 👍👍
Not sure if you mean using a grow bag as a worm bin, or the downward migration, lol, both work well for me.
There are many ways to separate worms from their castings, I just choose the least hands on methods.
Thanks for watching! Stay Well!!!!
Hi Brian, what are your intentions with the castings this time of year? I also am overloaded and was just going to spread them on top of all our mulch under shrubs, etc. I may even have enough to put some on our lawn! You must have much more beefy shrimp where you live. My shrimp tails disappear in a few weeks. Those bags and containers must get pretty heavy to move around.
~ Sandra
Hey Sandra!
Can never have to many worm castings, lol. The thing about worm castings is, I do not think you can over do it, other than in a seed starter. I still have plenty from the spring to amend my garlic bed, but not enough to give my other beds a good feeding before winter. I also use the castings as a liquid fertilizer for the seedlings I start in the winter, plus everytime I plant in the spring each seedling gets a good handful mixed into the hole. You are so right about mulching around perennials and the lawn. I have a baby plum tree that I use it under as well.
I think those shells were put in when things started cooling down, not as much biological activity going on. Actually, I pick the shrimp up from a lady in a fish truck at the farmers market, she is gone now, so are the awesome shrimp, I think they come from the Gulf of Mexico and from somewhere in the pacific.
I tried weighing the bags, but I could not see the numbers under the bag, lol. Yes! it is amazing how heavy a large volume of worm castings can get, I will just weigh the finished castings.
Thanks for watching! Stay Well!!!!
Landon brought one of my bins inside that I had neglected for a couple months (Gus). He told me it was really heavy. After I harvested it, I easily moved the bin to its new location. I took out 6 gallons of wonderful castings from those European nightcrawlers. I think they like to be left alone 😉
~ Sandra
The stuff makes excellent tea i use molasses with it and give it a short ferment for a few days no pump needed just stir it around each day then feed plants this is what feeds the roots nutrients. Im working on this more and more what a great video
@@vinivv The only fertilizer I use on my seedlings in my grow room is a worm casting, or compost extract. I have never thought of doing a fermentation with the worm castings. I can see how the molasses would be beneficial for the soil microbes, will have to use that when I plant my garlic, thanks for the tip.
I do make a few batches of aerated teas during the growing season, mainly as a foliar treatment, I have found under the microscope that if I add the molasses a couple hours before I use it, I end up with a higher density of microbes than if I add it in the beginning of the brew.
One thing for sure, do not think I will ever run out of casting, lol.
Thank you for your kind words!
Stay Well!!!!
Hi Brian, Great video ❤
Well explained 👏
Shits and Giggles ❤
That's a beautiful harvest
❤Peggy❤
Wow looking good Brian. 100lbs of castings in each grow bag would be awesome. Glad the bait cup worked once you got the bags to heat up a bit. 😁🪱💩
After next Wednesday we will struggle to get in the 40'sF at night, so I think the other bags I will drag into the basement to harvest. It is amazing how heavy those bags get.
Thanks for watching Rick! Stay Well!!!!