@@plantsoverpills1643how do you tolerate the centipedes? I read online they are carnivorous and will eat my earthworms. The babies are super fast and tiny, so unless I pour them out on a flat surface and squish then it's hard to rid of. Do you just let them be?
@@p_roduct9211it’s a catch22 isn’t it….I typically get a hold of them and throw them into our forest away from the compost…I’ve often heard and read that if they’re in your home, let them be as they will eat other bugs….frankly I’m not a fan of creepy crawlers in the house, but anything that eats only other bugs is actually an advantage. But they must still be getting the worms, because there’s been virtually no earthworms in the compost this 2024 or in the garden… there’s also been a new worm that is very snake like that eats earth worms…hammerhead worm…it also releases neurotoxins similar to puffer fish. Where all this garbage comes from is anyones guess, but it’s sure messing with nature!!!😏
You rock love your videos. Ok that said, question where do I get worms to start compost? Should I just take them from my existing compost area out in my garden? 😮 Thx Tim
Almost exactly the same way my current worm bin is set up! One thing I did was embed a 5gal bucket, with the bottom cut out, in the pile. This allows me to open it, dump stuff in, and keep fruit flies out. Every so often, I just pull the bucket up some and continue on. I did a cannabis grow in a 100L bin like this, while continually feeding the worms. This worked so well, completely organic, amazing stuff!! I stopped feeding my worms any uncooked potato, they won't eat it, and the sprouts get out of control. Great video!!
So your bucket sinks as the worms eat from below and the entire thing settles? I assume you're lifting it to let food waste out from the bottom to create more space to add compost to the top?
What would happen if there is granular fertilizer in the soil? I have a large bin I toss my old soil into and treat if there are pests. Sometime soil with fertilizer gets in there but its a small ratio to the rest. What would be some methods to flush this? I saw your sterilization shorts and was wondering if any of those methods would work for the fertilizer.
Do you harvest the larvae for feeding to chickens or other animals? What would you do with the adults when they hatch out? The flies themselves are harmless, but I did not enjoy having dozens flying around in my screened patio (from using the compost around the container garden inside). Great waste eliminators, not much compost left, either, cause if not fed, they will keep reprocessing own waste.
Another good way to grow worms is an a top-loading freezer, which due to the insulation lets you get through the winter outdoors even if there is gentle frost. One day feed on the left and stir in, later feed on the right and stir in to force back and forth migration and chewing down the medium. Probably too cold for you to have any survival of worms outdoors no matter the thickness of insulation.
You didn't mention the heat loving African Nightcrawlers, when you suggested putting the worm bin in a cool environment. Overall it's a great video. Thanks for the information!
I love! I make a compost bin with Lactic Acid Bacteria ( instructions from ur website) and cover my kitchen scraps in my clay soil. That trash disappears in 7 days lol
Thank You for doing this video, so much great information and I really appreciate your style of trying to keep things simple! Your channel came across my recommendations on Google so here I am and also wanted to give a subscribe to remind me to check out your other videos! I've just begun using Insect Frass in my organic growing journey, here's some great info on it: Insect Frass naturally contains the nutrition plants require, beneficial micro-organisms, and the only immediately plant-available source of chitin (pronounced “Kite-inâ€). Chitin fortifies a plant from the inside out, causing an "auto-immune" response that signals a plant to produce natural toxins which fend off its natural enemies like pests and fungal pathogens. The EPA says that chitin and chitosan (see FAQ's) defend against botrytis (grey mold), powdery mildew, early and late blight, fungal pathogens in the root zone (root rot) and root-feeding nematodes.
do you dig wormsfrom the grden and start with ten or do you buy worms from bait shop that are used for fishing as most of these worms are the ones for compost anyway? or do you buy 1 pound of worms on order for the $50
I'm super busy until after the weekend but could bring some into the city (stoon). Ud just have to grab them. I could swing a big yogurt container for free.
Depending on where you are, you might be able to lay some damp cardboard on the ground, they love to congregate underneath. If you are in NB I can give you a bunch to get started.
Hi, Mrs.LadeyBug I have 9 Rubbermaid Bins in my dining room full of only Red Wigglers.. I follow an amazing lady who really loves her worms. Her name is Vee. Her channel name is The Composting Worm Lady. Vee has the biggest, fattest healthiest-looking worms I've ever seen. She sells every kind of Vermicomposting Worms. If you watch one of her videos. You feel the love and care she has for all her inside Worms. She has quit the setup. The only thing is, she is from the States. I don't know if she ships here to Canada. I do know that once it gets cold she stops shipping If she does,,,, I trust her 1000%, you will not be disappointed. Good Luck cheers from Toronto
Aweosome Video! I was really just looking for a reminder to not just dump everybody into a giant garbage pail again, and to stick with the bin… hehe We will definitely never get rid of worms at this point on turtle island 😬 there’s a really awesome book. I think it’s called beyond the war on invasive species
I love my worms, too much. I have an outside manure filled bathtub for them to work on most of the year but when it’s winter I gather as many as I can and bring them in the house.
It seems funny to think that worms are not native to North America, or more specifically Canada. If memory serves me here, thinking all the way back to high school now, the glaciers started to retreat somewhere around 11,000 years ago. That's a few generations of trees, with regards to our forest here in Saskatchewan, which I assume didn't exist when the glaciers moved in. If the worms were scared up by glaciers, wouldn't they become part of the ecosystem as well? I'm not trying to be a pest here...I just find that to be very odd that I would need to be wary of using worms, from the soil in my own yard, because they could be invasive??? It doesn't seem to make sense.
I live in Victoria, British Columbia and we are one of the few region of North America that escaped the Ice Age. We have a magnificent native worm here called Arctiostrotus vancouverensis. I brought some onto our urban property when we got some manure from a farm just outside of town and my indoor and outdoor worm bins are now happily populated with them (as are my gardens). Apparently, they are found in the forest here on the southern tip of Vancouver island (and a little bit in Washington state), so the forest here is adapted to this ancient, native species (been here for more than 600,000 years!). ~ Sandra
@@NanasWorms That's awesome! So can I take it that you are in the worm or worm castings / compost business, or did you just learn a lot about worms on your own? ~ Tim
Hi Tim, I have a lot of indoor and outdoor bins, but I don't sell castings or worms. In fact, I give worms away for free to anyone who wants them here in Victoria. Our property is half an acre, so all the castings are put to good use. I learned from other RUclipsrs and online resources. I'm in a wheelchair/mobility scooter, so if I can do it, anyone can! ~ Sandra
@@NanasWorms That's awesome Sandra...good for you!!! I have mobility issues too, having been temporarily paralyzed. I don't use a scooter, but still, it's good to see you giving back to the community. I was thinking, with one of my neighbors, about planting a garden in our cul-de-sac boulevard for everyone or anyone to harvest. We would seed and care for the garden, allowing those in need to come take veggies when they are ready. Don't know how everyone feels about this plan, but I have a tiller and could easily get the garden ready to seed next year...with a little help of course. Nice chatting with you Sandra...God Bless and all the best to you and your loved ones.
NEVER heard about earthworms being invasive or not indigenous to where I live. Turns out SE Michigan says it is not indigenous and is considered as an invasive thing! ASHELY, YOU MAKE MY BRAIN WAKE UP. 😂😂😂😊😊😊
I am thinking of a way to do vermicomposting in Florida as an addition to the regular compost bin, and bokashi, cause worm castings are so good for my plants. I think the micro organisms from the worms' guts really help breakdown the nutrients in the soil to make them available to my plants. So even though my commercially bought castings only have 0.5-0-0 as NPK ratings, the spoonful or two I add to various pots really do make a difference. And those castings are alive; I get red wigglers on my pool deck after a big rain, even though I do not have them in my compost bin (just bog standard healthy earthworms which are lots bigger than the wigglers).
Im always amazed at the amount of life in my worm bins. Good and bad, but mostly good ones. So many springtails, rove beetles and of course gnats.
Very True!
This year, I’ve had so many wood lice and centipedes….
@@plantsoverpills1643how do you tolerate the centipedes? I read online they are carnivorous and will eat my earthworms. The babies are super fast and tiny, so unless I pour them out on a flat surface and squish then it's hard to rid of. Do you just let them be?
@@p_roduct9211it’s a catch22 isn’t it….I typically get a hold of them and throw them into our forest away from the compost…I’ve often heard and read that if they’re in your home, let them be as they will eat other bugs….frankly I’m not a fan of creepy crawlers in the house, but anything that eats only other bugs is actually an advantage. But they must still be getting the worms, because there’s been virtually no earthworms in the compost this 2024 or in the garden… there’s also been a new worm that is very snake like that eats earth worms…hammerhead worm…it also releases neurotoxins similar to puffer fish. Where all this garbage comes from is anyones guess, but it’s sure messing with nature!!!😏
Great video. Thank you
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You rock love your videos. Ok that said, question where do I get worms to start compost? Should I just take them from my existing compost area out in my garden? 😮 Thx Tim
Hey! Do you get fungas gnats when you take them inside?
I dont in the basement no.
Almost exactly the same way my current worm bin is set up! One thing I did was embed a 5gal bucket, with the bottom cut out, in the pile. This allows me to open it, dump stuff in, and keep fruit flies out. Every so often, I just pull the bucket up some and continue on.
I did a cannabis grow in a 100L bin like this, while continually feeding the worms. This worked so well, completely organic, amazing stuff!!
I stopped feeding my worms any uncooked potato, they won't eat it, and the sprouts get out of control.
Great video!!
That is smart!
So your bucket sinks as the worms eat from below and the entire thing settles?
I assume you're lifting it to let food waste out from the bottom to create more space to add compost to the top?
What would happen if there is granular fertilizer in the soil? I have a large bin I toss my old soil into and treat if there are pests. Sometime soil with fertilizer gets in there but its a small ratio to the rest. What would be some methods to flush this? I saw your sterilization shorts and was wondering if any of those methods would work for the fertilizer.
Just regular watering will flush it out. It’s just that there is higher salt content which would negatively impact the worms
What do think about using fly larvae? I do this. Splitting is such a great idea.
Oh that’s cool! No issues there
Do you harvest the larvae for feeding to chickens or other animals? What would you do with the adults when they hatch out? The flies themselves are harmless, but I did not enjoy having dozens flying around in my screened patio (from using the compost around the container garden inside). Great waste eliminators, not much compost left, either, cause if not fed, they will keep reprocessing own waste.
How many days for the starvation period in order to jerk the worms into higher reproduction?
I usually wait a month or so
Another good way to grow worms is an a top-loading freezer, which due to the insulation lets you get through the winter outdoors even if there is gentle frost. One day feed on the left and stir in, later feed on the right and stir in to force back and forth migration and chewing down the medium. Probably too cold for you to have any survival of worms outdoors no matter the thickness of insulation.
Wow. Much simpler than the worm farm instructions.
I dont have the time for to much intensity
You didn't mention the heat loving African Nightcrawlers, when you suggested putting the worm bin in a cool environment. Overall it's a great video. Thanks for the information!
I don’t think I can get those locally here!
I never had a bin but for 3 house plants I had a worm or two in the pot. Never ever used any commercial fertilizer for these plants.
Oh wow! That’s pretty cool
I love! I make a compost bin with Lactic Acid Bacteria ( instructions from ur website) and cover my kitchen scraps in my clay soil. That trash disappears in 7 days lol
Oh yes!
Thumbnail sounds like a good place for Canadian Prepper! After the woodchipper! 😉✌💖🍁
HA!
Thank You for doing this video, so much great information and I really appreciate your style of trying to keep things simple! Your channel came across my recommendations on Google so here I am and also wanted to give a subscribe to remind me to check out your other videos! I've just begun using Insect Frass in my organic growing journey, here's some great info on it: Insect Frass naturally contains the nutrition plants require, beneficial micro-organisms, and the only immediately plant-available source of chitin (pronounced “Kite-inâ€). Chitin fortifies a plant from the inside out, causing an "auto-immune" response that signals a plant to produce natural toxins which fend off its natural enemies like pests and fungal pathogens. The EPA says that chitin and chitosan (see FAQ's) defend against botrytis (grey mold), powdery mildew, early and late blight, fungal pathogens in the root zone (root rot) and root-feeding nematodes.
I successfully did this for a few years, however this summer I lost all my worms. Where do you all source your worms locally?
I just went on kijiji
do you dig wormsfrom the grden and start with ten or do you buy worms from bait shop that are used for fishing as most of these worms are the ones for compost anyway? or do you buy 1 pound of worms on order for the $50
I believe the bait ones are different.
Oh my goodness! I am currently looking for some good red wigglers!!! Lots of them. Do you have a source for this area? Same as your area???
Down here in S. Illinois I just buy a couple boxes at the bait shop. Ezee pezee! Lol
I'm super busy until after the weekend but could bring some into the city (stoon). Ud just have to grab them. I could swing a big yogurt container for free.
I have so many I could give you a tub
Depending on where you are, you might be able to lay some damp cardboard on the ground, they love to congregate underneath. If you are in NB I can give you a bunch to get started.
Hi, Mrs.LadeyBug I have 9 Rubbermaid Bins in my dining room full of only Red Wigglers..
I follow an amazing lady who really loves her worms.
Her name is Vee. Her channel name is
The Composting Worm Lady.
Vee has the biggest, fattest healthiest-looking worms I've ever seen.
She sells every kind of Vermicomposting Worms.
If you watch one of her videos. You feel the love
and care she has for all her inside Worms. She has quit the setup.
The only thing is, she is from the States. I don't know if she ships here to Canada. I do know that once it gets cold she stops shipping
If she does,,,, I trust her 1000%, you will not be disappointed.
Good Luck cheers from Toronto
Aweosome
Video! I was really just looking for a reminder to not just dump everybody into a giant garbage pail again, and to stick with the bin… hehe We will definitely never get rid of worms at this point on turtle island 😬 there’s a really awesome book. I think it’s called beyond the war on invasive species
I believe some Azomite might help keep the clumping away. It works in other applications.
Ooo! I need to try that
Do you ever have problems with fungus gnats?
Fruit flies?
I was using old potting soil for my worms and ended up with a TON of fumgus gnatts. Does using peat and coconut fibre prevent that?
I love my worms, too much. I have an outside manure filled bathtub for them to work on most of the year but when it’s winter I gather as many as I can and bring them in the house.
Good timing, I'm just getting into vermicompost
Good luck!
What is that plant over your right shoulder in the background near the structure?
It seems funny to think that worms are not native to North America, or more specifically Canada. If memory serves me here, thinking all the way back to high school now, the glaciers started to retreat somewhere around 11,000 years ago. That's a few generations of trees, with regards to our forest here in Saskatchewan, which I assume didn't exist when the glaciers moved in. If the worms were scared up by glaciers, wouldn't they become part of the ecosystem as well?
I'm not trying to be a pest here...I just find that to be very odd that I would need to be wary of using worms, from the soil in my own yard, because they could be invasive??? It doesn't seem to make sense.
I live in Victoria, British Columbia and we are one of the few region of North America that escaped the Ice Age. We have a magnificent native worm here called Arctiostrotus vancouverensis. I brought some onto our urban property when we got some manure from a farm just outside of town and my indoor and outdoor worm bins are now happily populated with them (as are my gardens). Apparently, they are found in the forest here on the southern tip of Vancouver island (and a little bit in Washington state), so the forest here is adapted to this ancient, native species (been here for more than 600,000 years!).
~ Sandra
@@NanasWorms That's awesome! So can I take it that you are in the worm or worm castings / compost business, or did you just learn a lot about worms on your own?
~ Tim
Hi Tim, I have a lot of indoor and outdoor bins, but I don't sell castings or worms. In fact, I give worms away for free to anyone who wants them here in Victoria. Our property is half an acre, so all the castings are put to good use. I learned from other RUclipsrs and online resources. I'm in a wheelchair/mobility scooter, so if I can do it, anyone can!
~ Sandra
@@NanasWorms That's awesome Sandra...good for you!!! I have mobility issues too, having been temporarily paralyzed. I don't use a scooter, but still, it's good to see you giving back to the community.
I was thinking, with one of my neighbors, about planting a garden in our cul-de-sac boulevard for everyone or anyone to harvest. We would seed and care for the garden, allowing those in need to come take veggies when they are ready.
Don't know how everyone feels about this plan, but I have a tiller and could easily get the garden ready to seed next year...with a little help of course.
Nice chatting with you Sandra...God Bless and all the best to you and your loved ones.
I love this idea! If I had another life to live, I definitely would have built community gardens. Best of luck to you, Tim!
~ Sandra
Are you using just garden worms?
I grabbed these locally
You can either buy them or dig them out of a compost pile or manure pile.
NEVER heard about earthworms being invasive or not indigenous to where I live. Turns out SE Michigan says it is not indigenous and is considered as an invasive thing! ASHELY, YOU MAKE MY BRAIN WAKE UP. 😂😂😂😊😊😊
Aweee love it!
Did you say electric compost?
Im on a roll watching a mix series. Liking alot! Onions are coming along pretty good thanks. Seeded peppers yesterday yeah!
nice! what type of peppers?
Thank you for this❤❤❤❤
You're welcome 😊
Is that a “special” plant I see in the background
I'm confused.. another RUclipsr says they don't like acidic soil as in peat.
I’d say that’s over complicating it.
I am thinking of a way to do vermicomposting in Florida as an addition to the regular compost bin, and bokashi, cause worm castings are so good for my plants. I think the micro organisms from the worms' guts really help breakdown the nutrients in the soil to make them available to my plants. So even though my commercially bought castings only have 0.5-0-0 as NPK ratings, the spoonful or two I add to various pots really do make a difference. And those castings are alive; I get red wigglers on my pool deck after a big rain, even though I do not have them in my compost bin (just bog standard healthy earthworms which are lots bigger than the wigglers).
Hi Ashley! How are you liking your electric composter(s)? Are you using it all the time?
Here also single bins without holes and horizontal migration. Good to name this
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