It is nearly two years since I last tooted about my #vermicompost bin. There are simple reasons for this: the system stabilized, I got used to it, and other matters in life distracted me from writing about it. There is, however, a recent development that warrants another update. In short, ... *takes a deep breath*... I feel disappointed by my own #design and I want a different bin. Let's explore this. 🧵🔽

#wormodon #compostodon

Interessantes Projekt aus Frankreich: https://plus2vers.com/de/ eine freiwillige Wurmvermittlung 🙂 #wormodon #wormcompost #wormfarm #vermicompost

Just peeked into my worm bin out of curiosity. The most recent feeding, from last Saturday, was covered in a LAYER of worms. I could only just see bits of the underlying material between the worms, it looked exactly like a worm ball! I could literally HEAR them SQUIRM! 🪱🪱💕

Possibly relevant recent changes:

🪱 prefermenting all greens with lactic acid bacteria
🪱 not adding dry bedding (only damp) because I realized the bin was a bit dry
🪱 perhaps just population growth

#vermicompost #wormodon 🧵

Flush toilet in the bathroom like normal drains to a IBC tote of compost worms. No fuss, no pathogens, no problem.

> vermicomposting flush toilets – on-site processing of domestic sewage with worms. ... based on open source principles with non-proprietary technology and low cost components, many of which can be sourced from existing waste streams.

http://www.vermicompostingtoilets.net/

#compostodon #wormodon #Permaculture #Solarpunk

🧵 Nine months in, I'm sure that my self-built vertical flow-through worm bin 🪱 does not settle by itself, or at least, not fast enough.

After a harvest, there is a void in the bottom of the bin. Some worm castings fall down from the bottom surface of the bin contents, so there is a little pile of castings when I detach the bottom dish on the next harvest. However, the bulk of the bin contents does not seem to sink much and the top surface keeps slowly rising.

#compostodon #wormodon 🧵🔽

@compost@regenerate.social The compost is an awsom firtilazer #compostodon #wormodon

I had a small bin with a colony of Eisenia foetida in it, and I had some woodchips with some chicken poop in, primo worm food. So I took a bucket and layered the worm soil and woodchips in it about 2/3 full and covered it with 4cm of loose leaf litter. Presto! With just a modicum of attention the worms will produce the finest of soils and more worms quietly and unassumingly. They are as gentle as the rain and as relentless as the Terminator.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisenia_foetida

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#compostodon

Five months in, first harvest! 🪱

✅ harvest from the bottom
✅ only the contents I wanted to take out came out (needed to scrape)
✅ just castings (and some undigested wood), no worms
✅ slightly moist but powdery and non-smelly

I'm still slightly worried whether the remaining contents will eventually settle down or whether I will have to stir the bin with a broomstick. Other than that, this self-built flow-through worm bin is living up to its promise!

#vermicompost #compostodon #wormodon

Question to #compostodon and #wormodon. I'm experimenting with pre-fermenting greens before adding them to the worm bin. I'm adding some cardboard, but it still develops an odor. No ammonia or rotten eggs smell, but definitely sour and not really pleasant, somewhere on the spectrum between kimchi and a garbage truck. Can I still feed that to the worms, if I place it in one spot and cover it with aged bedding? Should I do something about it? Aeration? More browns? Shorter fermentation?

Now following #Wormodon

@compost

We started an (indoor) worm bin last summer, and we love our worm buddies!

So excited you started this hashtag and looking forward to learning from more experienced #Wormodon-ers.

so hit me with your #worm facts, I have a 3-year-old to impress!

#wormodon #compost #parenting

Today's activity with The Child was setting up our home #compost bin and rehoming the worms.
We only got 250g of worms so it will be a slow start but we are excited!

Another cool thing is all the questions the Little One now has about the worms.
(Do they wash their hands? do they have a face? Do they have a butt? Do they have eyes? Do they sleep? Do they drink water?)

So I need to do some worm research because not all of them are obvious and I could only answer a few.

#wormodon #parenting

How to set up a worm bin?

https://paper.wf/compost/how-to-set-up-a-worm-bin