Comments on: Worm Beds http://blog.beulahland.com/2009/03/17/worm-beds/ Farmer Woman Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:56:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: stan kendrick http://blog.beulahland.com/2009/03/17/worm-beds/#comment-4549 stan kendrick Fri, 18 Sep 2009 02:38:04 +0000 http://blog.beulahland.com/2009/03/17/worm-beds/#comment-4549 i made a worm bed out of a truck liner and it's great. full of leaves and coc manuew /the worms love it i made a worm bed out of a truck liner and it’s great. full of leaves and coc manuew /the worms love it

]]> By: Debbie http://blog.beulahland.com/2009/03/17/worm-beds/#comment-367 Debbie Sun, 22 Mar 2009 12:13:26 +0000 http://blog.beulahland.com/2009/03/17/worm-beds/#comment-367 May I ask where you bought your worm composter? I'd definitely contact them. I know Gardener's Supply and Gardens' Alive both stand behind their products. I don't think it would be terrible to reach in to the 'worm soup' and pull out those poor drowned worms. If you don't want to do that you can sacrifice a mesh strainer and pour the mess through it. I would put a single layer of paper towels or newspapers in the bottom tray to filter out the worms - poor things! They may not try to go down to another layer though if they're not overfed - the mess becomes toxic to them and they try to get away from it. Is the worm bed/composter in a warm area or are the worms too cool and not actively eating? Let me know what's going on, please! Debbie May I ask where you bought your worm composter? I’d definitely contact them. I know Gardener’s Supply and Gardens’ Alive both stand behind their products.

I don’t think it would be terrible to reach in to the ‘worm soup’ and pull out those poor drowned worms. If you don’t want to do that you can sacrifice a mesh strainer and pour the mess through it.

I would put a single layer of paper towels or newspapers in the bottom tray to filter out the worms - poor things! They may not try to go down to another layer though if they’re not overfed - the mess becomes toxic to them and they try to get away from it.

Is the worm bed/composter in a warm area or are the worms too cool and not actively eating?

Let me know what’s going on, please!
Debbie

]]> By: Mar http://blog.beulahland.com/2009/03/17/worm-beds/#comment-361 Mar Sun, 22 Mar 2009 02:07:51 +0000 http://blog.beulahland.com/2009/03/17/worm-beds/#comment-361 I'm very interested in others' experiences with worms as i do find them quite difficult to manage! They really don't have enough of an appetite to use for waste disposal (I wish I had read your post earlier, I wouldn't have overfed them already!).We have a bought set up and the bottom tray that is supposed to have no worms and just catch the drips to funnel them into a tap is chockful of liquid - and worms! and the tap doesn't work. i'm afraid i'm going to have to put my hand in that soup and clean dead worms out of the tap inlet - please tell me there's an alternative!!! I’m very interested in others’ experiences with worms as i do find them quite difficult to manage! They really don’t have enough of an appetite to use for waste disposal (I wish I had read your post earlier, I wouldn’t have overfed them already!).We have a bought set up and the bottom tray that is supposed to have no worms and just catch the drips to funnel them into a tap is chockful of liquid - and worms! and the tap doesn’t work. i’m afraid i’m going to have to put my hand in that soup and clean dead worms out of the tap inlet - please tell me there’s an alternative!!!

]]> By: Debbie http://blog.beulahland.com/2009/03/17/worm-beds/#comment-350 Debbie Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:55:54 +0000 http://blog.beulahland.com/2009/03/17/worm-beds/#comment-350 Barb - sarcasm will get you worms down your back!!! Of course, you know I'd never risk hurting real worms so I'm going to use gummy worms ... after the grand kids have licked them sticky. Curtis - glad the entry helped. BTW, if you do a worm bed and try digging your own worms, they may be down deep in the ground to avoid the cold weather. If you don't find some worms at one shovelful deep, wait til the soil warms up a tad more. Debbie Barb - sarcasm will get you worms down your back!!! Of course, you know I’d never risk hurting real worms so I’m going to use gummy worms … after the grand kids have licked them sticky.

Curtis - glad the entry helped. BTW, if you do a worm bed and try digging your own worms, they may be down deep in the ground to avoid the cold weather. If you don’t find some worms at one shovelful deep, wait til the soil warms up a tad more.

Debbie

]]> By: Curtis http://blog.beulahland.com/2009/03/17/worm-beds/#comment-346 Curtis Fri, 20 Mar 2009 06:25:09 +0000 http://blog.beulahland.com/2009/03/17/worm-beds/#comment-346 Awesome! I've been doing some research on worms and this helps alot! Awesome! I’ve been doing some research on worms and this helps alot!

]]> By: Barb http://blog.beulahland.com/2009/03/17/worm-beds/#comment-324 Barb Wed, 18 Mar 2009 02:51:41 +0000 http://blog.beulahland.com/2009/03/17/worm-beds/#comment-324 Wow... I can't wait to get started! (Hahaha!) Wow… I can’t wait to get started! (Hahaha!)

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