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 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 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
Thanks so much Joe!! I appreciate the kind words and I especially am thankful you found my channel a while back and promoted it!! You were the spark that got this thing going!!🪱🪱🪱
I’m running my worm bin on the wet side. I mean really wet and they are multiplying like crazy. I have to check a little more often to make sure I don’t over water, but WOW.
That is great!! I tend to run my Outdoor Worm Bin wetter in the summer as it sits directly on the ground and drains very well. The summer is always my explosive population time with my bins and the worms love the moisture as long as the bin breaths well. It sounds like you are running your bin to perfection with well timed checkins to make sure your parameters are all "in the green"!! Great job, keep it up!! Thanks so much for dropping by to watch!!🪱🪱🪱
Thank you so much!! I'm hoping to get in there soon to find out how they did!! Fingers crossed for an extraordinary worm ball filled tube!! Thanks so much for stopping by to watch again!!🪱🪱🪱
Thank you!! I love how the worms eat up the corn cobs in phases! I think it has more than 1000 worms as well...I wonder what the max capacity is🤔 Thanks so much for dropping by!!!!🪱🪱🪱
Hiya wormie friend!!! 🪱🪱🪱 That’s awesome that it’s retaining moisture so well! Yesss!! 🌽🌽 corn party!!🌽🌽 Great tip on adding the bedding rather than a feed if your concerned you’re over feeding…… Love this frozen V’s raw experiment! I’m interested to see what’s most popular, the toilet roll ones or the outer ones! 🧻🍌 Hahahaha “by a little bit, I mean NOT a little bit” 🤣🤣🤣 Hope you’re doing great guys! STILL flooded here 🥴 wish I could say otherwise! My hubby, Cable, is pumping water from under the house as I type and the septics overflowed again 🤣 it’s his birthday today, not the best birthday gift from Mother Nature!! 😂🌻💐💝🪱🌽🍌
What a poopie birthday for Cable!!! Despite all this flooding you sure are able to get out some beautiful bouquets!! I just checked on the bin and you are right...they are loving the tubes with bananas!! This was a fun feeding with the corn and setting up the experiment, I just need to make sure I get in again before they eat it all!! Thanks so much for all your support Anita!!!!🪱🪱🪱
😁 I've got your vote down for raw food!! I think I'll need to get in there quickly since they may go within a day of each other!! Thanks for all your support Peggy!!🪱🪱🪱
Patrick, your videos reinforce best practice in so many ways. After watching this, I’m going to go back into my bucket system and add more shredded cardboard! I also look forward to seeing whether your tiny worm bin eventually grows beyond 1,000 worms despite its mini size. ~ Sandra
Thank you Sandra!! I should say the same for your videos!! I learn so much from watching them!! That will be fun to try to find the max capacity of this bin!! Thanks so much for all your support!!🪱🪱🪱
I'm starting small, too. I got 30 ENCs at the beginning of August, 30 more a couple weeks later. Discovered the bin I was using was waaay too big. Downsized to about 1/20 the size. A couple weeks later I finally found a packet of 50 E. fetida and set them up in another small bin. I can only hope they do as well as yours have! My basement is only about 55°F right now, though, so they're not real lively. Not sure reproducing is on their agenda at present. 🤔 Hoping they'll celebrate spring warming with lots of cocoons. I'll be watching with interest, to see how this experiment of yours turns out. 😊
Thank you!! Great idea downsizing the bin to give them a better chance of "running into one another" to breed!!! That is exciting to have 2 small worm bins going!! I bet both will have exponential growth over the next few months & get your populations exploding!! 55℉ is pretty good for winter and with steady small feedings they will surprise you in the Spring!! Definitely keep us updated as your bins grow!! Thanks so much for watching and for telling us about your new bins!!🪱🪱🪱
Thank you!! They really like the cardboard tubes in my bins so I figured I'd give them even more of an incentive to hideout in there...Hopefully we get an outrageous worm ball!! Thanks so much for dropping by to watch!!🪱🪱🪱
I'll have to admit, it's really fun to run such a small worm bin...it keeps me on my toes!! I never would have thought when they barely put any worms in this tiny bin in that vermicomposting workshop that I would ever have 1000 in here!! Thanks so much for watching my videos for so long!!🪱🪱🪱
Thank you!! The first check in with them was pretty cool!! They really like those tubes...my next video on this bin will have the update. Thanks so much for stopping by!! I love your channel!!🪱🪱🪱
That is a great question!! Anywhere there is moisture the worms will use it as a highway to roam. So if you have a lid that helps the water to condense and drip down the sides or stay on the lid, the worms will make there way up there. You can take the lid off and keep a light on the bin for 48 to 72 hours (a ceiling light in a room will work if it is an indoor bin) and this will let them know to stay down below and probably dry out the top and sides. The worms in this particular bin rarely climb up the walls of the bin or get on the lid because there are such big air holes drilled in it, however my VermiHut has worms climbing up the sides and under the lid all the time because it stays moist. I just accept it. They never escape because they can sense the dry air when they get to the edges or any of the air holes. Now if a lot of worms are piling up at the juncture of the lid and sides, as if they are trying to get away from something, then it maybe something in the bin, like over feeding or fermentation or ammonia arising in the bin (you would be able to smell foul odor if this was the case). I hope this helps, I have a feeling it is just the worms getting curious in moist conditions. if they are not escaping then it is not a problem. Thanks so much for the great question & thanks for watching!!🪱🪱🪱
👍 I hope I catch them in time to show a huge worm ball in those tubes!! Hopefully there is a clear winner when it comes to the peal!! Thanks so much for taking the time to watch!!🪱🪱🪱
Nice tube-o-worms. lol. Interesting frozen goes faster. I have quite a few frozen cucumbers saved up for winter. I should have cut them in half before I froze them, because cutting them frozen doesn’t work so well lol. I loaded mine up this weekend with potato peels from the thanksgiving dinner. I wonder if potato peels are fast or slow food. Thanks for the video.
I'm sure they are gonna love the frozen cucumbers!! Potato peals are a weird one...they tend to mat down like wet paper making them a little harder for the worms to get too, but when I just put a few in spread out they go pretty quick!! I'd love to hear your results when they eat them all. Thanks so much for taking the time to watch and tell us what your doing with your bin!!🪱🪱🪱
Hi Patrick just live your videos! Your super happy about everything and I've been learning lots too. 😁👍🙏💚 I turned all my compost bins today and worms in nearly every fork full still!🤯😁👍🌱
Thank you!! I appreciate the kind words!! Ever since I started watching your videos I’ve been finding lots more worms in my compost bin!! Coincidence?? I think not!! Thanks so much for watching Nick!!🪱🪱🪱
@@Vermicompost I'm still finding lots too, I'm just leaving them now. I even found 2 worms in the cloth bag that screens the downpipe that goes into the water butt!🤯 How they get there!? 👍😁💚🙏
Here is the results video ruclips.net/video/QEmOKJegtoY/видео.html and the playlist for all the Tiny Worm Bin videos: ruclips.net/p/PLimznaPXKV09y9X94Q4aNpNzwUoLoVXug Thanks so much for taking the time to watch!!🪱🪱🪱
🍂🍁🍂 feeding, nice Easter 🥚!! I think I'll see if Susan will put plastic ontop of her bin. Seemed a bit on the dryer side, still moist but the some of the bigger chucks of cardboard were not as moist. Nice feeding, I thinknte frozen peel would go first as it'll probably have more bacteria attack it once it thaws. Cheers Brother!! Jason and Colleen 🪱🍌🪱😁
Jason and Colleen, I host a weekly zoom meeting Tuesdays at 4 PM for anyone to chat about their worm bins. It’s been really helpful for beginners to get questions answered. I’d be happy to add Susan to the group if she’s interested! ~ Sandra
If you are married to a pretty gal named Autumn there is no other name for the season😀🍁 I think some plastic for the middle time phase of the bin would do well for her bin. I’m with you on the frozen peal, sounds like a good explanation for it as well!! Thanks for stopping by J&C!!🪱🪱🪱
Do you think I could use Dolomite instead of egg shells? We don't eat eggs in my house so I'm looking for a substitute grit. Dolomite is supposed to help with maintaining PH also. Thanks!
I have not tried it myself, so I can't speak to it being used for grit. But I know some people us it in their bins. I don't usually recommend sand because my soil is so full of it here in Florida, but it is another alternative to grit besides egg shells. If you use sand or dolomite you really don't need to put that much in there at all since worms reuse the grit over and over again. I put more egg shell grit in for the worms than they need because I know it will end up in my soil providing extra nutrients. Another source of grit is pulverized sea shells...but I don't think I would try to put them in my blender😀 I hope this helps!! Thanks so much for the great question and thanks for watching!!🪱🪱🪱
Hi Sandy!! That's what I'm thinking too...if there is a bunch of the peel left when I check in I'll have to make sure I keep them in separate areas so I don't confuse the two of them...I think the banana flesh is a goner!! Thanks so much for watching!!!🪱🪱🪱
I think you're gonna be right!! 😂 I just checked it and lets just say they are thrilled with the banana in the cardboard tube contraption!! Thanks so much for stopping by to watch!!🪱🪱🪱
Thats a lot of banana for that bin! You have hungry worms. Btw, do you check in the immediate area if mites are crawling around? I had some sticky bug catchers laying around mine and found then all over it! But not a few feet away on same table where had other food drying from the garden, onions, etc. Now into mite control mode. 🪱🪲
I haven’t had any mites outside the bin…that I know of😱😂🤣It sounds like you have a pretty awesome garden with all the stuff you have drying out!! Thanks so much for watching and good luck with the mite control!!🪱🪱🪱
@@Vermicompost I put these yellow sticky traps all around the outside laying flat on the table and surprised me to find them. Too small for us to see them otherwise. They seem to be moving from bin to bin, but not going anywhere else....much. My solution is to lay diatomaceous earth around the feet in those cups that come with the Vermihut.
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That was cool when you snapped the corncob in half & the fibers remained sticking out... looked kinda like rebar :)
Rebar 😂🤣😂 I wonder if the inventor of rebar broke a corn cob in half and got the idea!! Thanks for stopping by to watch AV!!🪱🪱🪱
You are definitely the leader in experimentation, worm balls, and time lapse. That tiny bin is phenomenal.
Thanks so much Joe!! I appreciate the kind words and I especially am thankful you found my channel a while back and promoted it!! You were the spark that got this thing going!!🪱🪱🪱
Thank you for sharing this great footage! Greetings from Canada and wish you have a wonderful day!👍👍
Thanks so much for stopping by to watch my friend!!🪱🪱🪱
I’m running my worm bin on the wet side. I mean really wet and they are multiplying like crazy.
I have to check a little more often to make sure I don’t over water, but WOW.
That is great!! I tend to run my Outdoor Worm Bin wetter in the summer as it sits directly on the ground and drains very well. The summer is always my explosive population time with my bins and the worms love the moisture as long as the bin breaths well. It sounds like you are running your bin to perfection with well timed checkins to make sure your parameters are all "in the green"!! Great job, keep it up!! Thanks so much for dropping by to watch!!🪱🪱🪱
I can’t wait to see the results and congratulations on 4,000🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Thank you so much!! I'm hoping to get in there soon to find out how they did!! Fingers crossed for an extraordinary worm ball filled tube!! Thanks so much for stopping by to watch again!!🪱🪱🪱
Party in the corn cob!! Looking at the inhabitants of the corn you may have more than 1000 worms now. Congratulations on your 4K🎉🎉
Thank you!! I love how the worms eat up the corn cobs in phases! I think it has more than 1000 worms as well...I wonder what the max capacity is🤔 Thanks so much for dropping by!!!!🪱🪱🪱
Hiya wormie friend!!! 🪱🪱🪱
That’s awesome that it’s retaining moisture so well!
Yesss!! 🌽🌽 corn party!!🌽🌽
Great tip on adding the bedding rather than a feed if your concerned you’re over feeding……
Love this frozen V’s raw experiment! I’m interested to see what’s most popular, the toilet roll ones or the outer ones! 🧻🍌
Hahahaha “by a little bit, I mean NOT a little bit” 🤣🤣🤣
Hope you’re doing great guys! STILL flooded here 🥴 wish I could say otherwise! My hubby, Cable, is pumping water from under the house as I type and the septics overflowed again 🤣 it’s his birthday today, not the best birthday gift from Mother Nature!! 😂🌻💐💝🪱🌽🍌
What a poopie birthday for Cable!!! Despite all this flooding you sure are able to get out some beautiful bouquets!! I just checked on the bin and you are right...they are loving the tubes with bananas!! This was a fun feeding with the corn and setting up the experiment, I just need to make sure I get in again before they eat it all!! Thanks so much for all your support Anita!!!!🪱🪱🪱
@@Vermicompost 🙌🏼🌻☀️🪱
Oo....new test!!!
I vote for raw food 😋
😁 I've got your vote down for raw food!! I think I'll need to get in there quickly since they may go within a day of each other!! Thanks for all your support Peggy!!🪱🪱🪱
Patrick, your videos reinforce best practice in so many ways. After watching this, I’m going to go back into my bucket system and add more shredded cardboard! I also look forward to seeing whether your tiny worm bin eventually grows beyond 1,000 worms despite its mini size.
~ Sandra
Thank you Sandra!! I should say the same for your videos!! I learn so much from watching them!! That will be fun to try to find the max capacity of this bin!! Thanks so much for all your support!!🪱🪱🪱
I'm starting small, too. I got 30 ENCs at the beginning of August, 30 more a couple weeks later. Discovered the bin I was using was waaay too big. Downsized to about 1/20 the size. A couple weeks later I finally found a packet of 50 E. fetida and set them up in another small bin. I can only hope they do as well as yours have! My basement is only about 55°F right now, though, so they're not real lively. Not sure reproducing is on their agenda at present. 🤔 Hoping they'll celebrate spring warming with lots of cocoons. I'll be watching with interest, to see how this experiment of yours turns out. 😊
Thank you!! Great idea downsizing the bin to give them a better chance of "running into one another" to breed!!! That is exciting to have 2 small worm bins going!! I bet both will have exponential growth over the next few months & get your populations exploding!! 55℉ is pretty good for winter and with steady small feedings they will surprise you in the Spring!! Definitely keep us updated as your bins grow!! Thanks so much for watching and for telling us about your new bins!!🪱🪱🪱
Love this setup! I bet those tubes will be overflowing with castings real soon!
Thank you!! They really like the cardboard tubes in my bins so I figured I'd give them even more of an incentive to hideout in there...Hopefully we get an outrageous worm ball!! Thanks so much for dropping by to watch!!🪱🪱🪱
Congrats on 4K subscribers!! You should have more. Your channel is super helpful.
Thank you!! I really appreciate your kind words!! I'm so glad you have found my videos helpful!!🪱🪱🪱
You just tickled my curiousity , looks something i want to try too😂
Yes!! Give it a try and let us know the results!!🪱🪱🪱
The small bin is my favorite. The bin has come along way since that class you went to.
I'll have to admit, it's really fun to run such a small worm bin...it keeps me on my toes!! I never would have thought when they barely put any worms in this tiny bin in that vermicomposting workshop that I would ever have 1000 in here!! Thanks so much for watching my videos for so long!!🪱🪱🪱
Pretty cool idea using the toilet paper rolls to see which is which next time around. I always try to freeze my food it I can! 😃
Thank you!! The first check in with them was pretty cool!! They really like those tubes...my next video on this bin will have the update. Thanks so much for stopping by!! I love your channel!!🪱🪱🪱
How to keep my worms off the walls and under the lid? Need a little help with this.
That is a great question!! Anywhere there is moisture the worms will use it as a highway to roam. So if you have a lid that helps the water to condense and drip down the sides or stay on the lid, the worms will make there way up there. You can take the lid off and keep a light on the bin for 48 to 72 hours (a ceiling light in a room will work if it is an indoor bin) and this will let them know to stay down below and probably dry out the top and sides. The worms in this particular bin rarely climb up the walls of the bin or get on the lid because there are such big air holes drilled in it, however my VermiHut has worms climbing up the sides and under the lid all the time because it stays moist. I just accept it. They never escape because they can sense the dry air when they get to the edges or any of the air holes.
Now if a lot of worms are piling up at the juncture of the lid and sides, as if they are trying to get away from something, then it maybe something in the bin, like over feeding or fermentation or ammonia arising in the bin (you would be able to smell foul odor if this was the case). I hope this helps, I have a feeling it is just the worms getting curious in moist conditions. if they are not escaping then it is not a problem. Thanks so much for the great question & thanks for watching!!🪱🪱🪱
I like pumpkin and frozen bananas...but the wormies seem to like them more.😄😄
Ernie!!!! Great to see you!! 😂 It is amazing how quickly they go through pumpkin & bananas!! Thanks so much for taking the time to watch!!🪱🪱🪱
i agree, frozen all the way. looking forward to the early update.
👍 I hope I catch them in time to show a huge worm ball in those tubes!! Hopefully there is a clear winner when it comes to the peal!! Thanks so much for taking the time to watch!!🪱🪱🪱
Nice tube-o-worms. lol. Interesting frozen goes faster. I have quite a few frozen cucumbers saved up for winter. I should have cut them in half before I froze them, because cutting them frozen doesn’t work so well lol. I loaded mine up this weekend with potato peels from the thanksgiving dinner. I wonder if potato peels are fast or slow food. Thanks for the video.
I'm sure they are gonna love the frozen cucumbers!! Potato peals are a weird one...they tend to mat down like wet paper making them a little harder for the worms to get too, but when I just put a few in spread out they go pretty quick!! I'd love to hear your results when they eat them all. Thanks so much for taking the time to watch and tell us what your doing with your bin!!🪱🪱🪱
Hi Patrick just live your videos! Your super happy about everything and I've been learning lots too. 😁👍🙏💚 I turned all my compost bins today and worms in nearly every fork full still!🤯😁👍🌱
Thank you!! I appreciate the kind words!! Ever since I started watching your videos I’ve been finding lots more worms in my compost bin!! Coincidence?? I think not!! Thanks so much for watching Nick!!🪱🪱🪱
@@Vermicompost I'm still finding lots too, I'm just leaving them now. I even found 2 worms in the cloth bag that screens the downpipe that goes into the water butt!🤯 How they get there!? 👍😁💚🙏
@@nickthegardener.1120 Worms are great explorers!!😂🤣😂
I'm interested to see the results 😅 Is there part two?
Here is the results video ruclips.net/video/QEmOKJegtoY/видео.html and the playlist for all the Tiny Worm Bin videos: ruclips.net/p/PLimznaPXKV09y9X94Q4aNpNzwUoLoVXug Thanks so much for taking the time to watch!!🪱🪱🪱
🍂🍁🍂 feeding, nice Easter 🥚!!
I think I'll see if Susan will put plastic ontop of her bin. Seemed a bit on the dryer side, still moist but the some of the bigger chucks of cardboard were not as moist.
Nice feeding, I thinknte frozen peel would go first as it'll probably have more bacteria attack it once it thaws.
Cheers Brother!!
Jason and Colleen 🪱🍌🪱😁
Jason and Colleen, I host a weekly zoom meeting Tuesdays at 4 PM for anyone to chat about their worm bins. It’s been really helpful for beginners to get questions answered. I’d be happy to add Susan to the group if she’s interested!
~ Sandra
If you are married to a pretty gal named Autumn there is no other name for the season😀🍁 I think some plastic for the middle time phase of the bin would do well for her bin. I’m with you on the frozen peal, sounds like a good explanation for it as well!! Thanks for stopping by J&C!!🪱🪱🪱
@@NanasWorms ohhhh amazing Sandra !! I'll see if we can make the next one !!
@@Vermicompost you got that right bro !! I think we'll use some bubble wrap next time and monitor how it works !!
Awesomeness!!
I’ll send you the link
tyvm great video lots of info
Thank you Sandy!! I'm so glad you enjoyed it!!🪱🪱🪱
Do you think I could use Dolomite instead of egg shells? We don't eat eggs in my house so I'm looking for a substitute grit. Dolomite is supposed to help with maintaining PH also. Thanks!
I have not tried it myself, so I can't speak to it being used for grit. But I know some people us it in their bins. I don't usually recommend sand because my soil is so full of it here in Florida, but it is another alternative to grit besides egg shells. If you use sand or dolomite you really don't need to put that much in there at all since worms reuse the grit over and over again. I put more egg shell grit in for the worms than they need because I know it will end up in my soil providing extra nutrients. Another source of grit is pulverized sea shells...but I don't think I would try to put them in my blender😀 I hope this helps!! Thanks so much for the great question and thanks for watching!!🪱🪱🪱
Oyster shell powder
@@laneeacannon1450 Great suggestion!!
Watching this experiment :)
Thank you!! I'm hoping for a clear winner and an massive worm ball in each cardboard tube!! Thanks so much for watching!!!🪱🪱🪱
It is a nice size bin. 🙂
So easy to hide away until your friends learn how cool worms are🤣😂🤣Thanks for stopping by AJ!!
@@Vermicompost I hear that. 🤣
I am of the opinion , that the frozen banana flesh n the skin will go faster than the raw.
Hi Sandy!! That's what I'm thinking too...if there is a bunch of the peel left when I check in I'll have to make sure I keep them in separate areas so I don't confuse the two of them...I think the banana flesh is a goner!! Thanks so much for watching!!!🪱🪱🪱
Nice looking experiment Patrick! I think you are going to basically have every worm in the bin in each quadrant 😂🪱🪱🪱🪱🍌🍌
I think you're gonna be right!! 😂 I just checked it and lets just say they are thrilled with the banana in the cardboard tube contraption!! Thanks so much for stopping by to watch!!🪱🪱🪱
Thats a lot of banana for that bin! You have hungry worms. Btw, do you check in the immediate area if mites are crawling around? I had some sticky bug catchers laying around mine and found then all over it! But not a few feet away on same table where had other food drying from the garden, onions, etc. Now into mite control mode. 🪱🪲
I haven’t had any mites outside the bin…that I know of😱😂🤣It sounds like you have a pretty awesome garden with all the stuff you have drying out!! Thanks so much for watching and good luck with the mite control!!🪱🪱🪱
@@Vermicompost I put these yellow sticky traps all around the outside laying flat on the table and surprised me to find them. Too small for us to see them otherwise. They seem to be moving from bin to bin, but not going anywhere else....much. My solution is to lay diatomaceous earth around the feet in those cups that come with the Vermihut.
@@annsalty5615 Oh wow!! That sounds like a good solution!! I almost don't want to know what I don't know after reading this!!!😂🤣😂