Ok, so nobody will act like I am too crazy when I ask for worm bedding and food at Wal-mart? Which department? At least if I start in the right department it will cut down on the weird looks.
Jen ----- Original Message ----- From: "jim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 2:59 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] worm bin > hello jenniffer. > > i have dun that very thing. > > get a tote bin with a lid from the local hardware stor or where ever. > go to wall mart and buy worm bedding and worm food. > mix up the bedding like the box says and shake on some worm food like the > can says and there you have it. > > you can buy worms on the internet. > they come in a neet little bucket all in a big worm ball. > you just put them in the bedding and they are happy. > you can also feed them coffee grounds. > > keep the lid tight because the little buggers like to crawl out and tend > to > dry up on the floor. > yuck. > > enjoy > jim > i jennifferAt 05:00 AM 1/22/2006, you wrote: > >>So has anyone here had experience here with a worm bin? They can be done >>in >>much smaller spaces apparently. Even in an apartment I have been told. I >>have found commercially available ones for over $100, but I keep hearing >>reference to making ones own for cheap. Any thoughts? >> >>I think my boys would find this fascinating, but I worry about a smell and >>the like. Also, what if I kill the worms. I am not that soft hearted, >>*smile*, but that seems like it would be a real stinky mess. >> >> >>Jennifer >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Dale Leavens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> >>Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 12:32 AM >>Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] How to Make a Compost Bin from a Garbage Can >> >> >> > You could of course use an ice-cream bucket but it would be pretty >> > small. >> > >> > We have a friend who packages kitchen vegetable debris in those new >> > biodegradable plastic type bags and just buries them in the ground. >> > >> > Three or four years ago I built a sort of log house just a little over >> > four >> > feet square notching the logs just deep enough to leave about three >> > quarters >> > of an inch between them for air flow. I made a sloped gable and a >> > hinged >> > plywood top to make loading it easy and a raising door at one side so I >> > can >> > fork out compost from the bottom. Usually I just leave the top open so >> > there >> > is enough moisture from the rain though occasionally I do have to spray >> > a >> > little in with the hose. From time-to-time I fork it over just to make >> > sure >> > there is enough air and to spread the hot cooking stuff around the less >> > active stuff. It looks like this cute little log cabin at the bottom >> > corner >> > of my garden a little over four feet square and just under five feet to >> > the >> > top of the roof. >> > >> > Just now ai don't have a grass catcher on my mower but while we were on >> > holidays the kid across the lane cut the grass and threw it in, good >> > green >> > stuff to get things really hot. I grind up other garden debris too >> > including >> > hedge trimming and in the fall, all the annual and perennial material >> > and >> > rose bush pruning and of course I push bags of fallen leaves through >> > the >> > shredder and add them. Most of that doesn't cook much until the spring >> > but >> > before I put my gardens to bed for the winter I will have about a yard >> > of >> > wonderful rich soil to add. You wouldn't believe what it has done for >> > my >> > lilly gardens this year. Hundreds of huge plants and the fragrance is >> > divine! >> > >> > I generally just leave my garden fork sticking into the pile, you >> > wouldn't >> > believe how hot it can get sometimes, I can hardly handle the tines. >> > >> > I should have a piece of perforated pipe down the middle to permit more >> > air >> > into the middle of the pile it would work better. >> > >> > >> > Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > Skype DaleLeavens >> > Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. >> > >> > >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: "Sheila Enerson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> >> > Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 10:02 PM >> > Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] How to Make a Compost Bin from a Garbage >> > Can >> > >> > >> >> Could I use a plastic ice cream bucket? >> >> >> >> Sheila >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >> From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com >> >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> On Behalf Of Boyce, Ray >> >> Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 4:09 PM >> >> To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com >> >> Subject: [BlindHandyMan] How to Make a Compost Bin from a Garbage Can >> >> >> >> Hi >> >> Compost is nothing more than decomposed plant material, so you don't >> >> need >> >> a >> >> fancy bin to make your own compost. You can create compost in a heap >> >> on >> >> the >> >> ground, but most gardeners think that containing your compost pile >> >> makes >> >> it >> >> look tidier. Here's how to make compost in a recycled garbage can. >> >> >> >> Steps: >> >> 1. >> >> Punch holes in a garbage can. The microbes that actually do the >> >> composting >> >> need oxygen to do their work. >> >> >> >> 2. >> >> Chop plant debris into small pieces and place them inside the garbage >> >> can. >> >> Ideally, you should use 50 percent green material and 50 percent dry, >> >> but >> >> you >> >> can use shredded newspaper for the dry material if necessary. You >> >> don't >> >> need >> >> to fill the can all at one time - just put in the plant material you >> >> have >> >> on hand. >> >> >> >> 3. >> >> Spray water over the chopped plant material inside the can, until the >> >> material is damp but not soggy. >> >> >> >> 4. >> >> Put the lid on the can. >> >> >> >> 5. >> >> Place the filled garbage can on bricks or several 2-by-4-inch pieces >> >> of >> >> lumber to keep the can off the ground and prevent it from rusting. >> >> >> >> 6. >> >> Turn the can as often as daily, or at least once a week. Lay the can >> >> on >> >> its >> >> side and roll it around to mix the plant material inside. >> >> >> >> 7. >> >> Add more plant material at any time. >> >> >> >> 8. >> >> Keep the compost about as moist as a wrung-out sponge by spraying it >> >> with >> >> water when the plant material begins to feel dry. >> >> >> >> 9. >> >> Harvest your compost after one month. Use a wire screen or piece of >> >> chicken >> >> wire to strain out the unfinished compost. >> >> >> >> Tips: >> >> >> >> Compost can be used to top-dress garden beds or as potting soil for >> >> indoor >> >> plants. >> >> >> >> Once the plant material inside the can is no longer warm to the touch, >> >> the >> >> composting process is finished. >> >> >> >> ********************************************************************** >> >> This message and its attachments may contain legally >> >> privileged or confidential information. If you are not the >> >> intended recipient, you must not disclose or use the >> >> information contained in it. If you have received this e-mail >> >> in error, please notify the sender immediately by return >> >> e-mail and delete the e-mail. >> >> >> >> Any content of this message and its attachments which >> >> does not relate to the official business of Eraring Energy >> >> must be taken not to have been sent or endorsed by >> >> Eraring Energy. 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