Comments on: Vermicomposting Trench Wrap-Up http://www.redwormcomposting.com/large-scale-vermicomposting/vermicomposting-trench-wrap-up/ Red Wiggler Worms, European Nightcrawlers and loads of helpful Worm Composting Information Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:40:02 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Bentley http://www.redwormcomposting.com/large-scale-vermicomposting/vermicomposting-trench-wrap-up/comment-page-1/#comment-20969 Bentley Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:19:46 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/?p=293#comment-20969 Thanks for the advice, Lee - I think you are definitely right! Sunflowers would be really nice and should attract lots of birds to my yard later in the season. I'm probably on shaky ground with my neighbor as it is - so the last thing I want to do add insult to injury by infesting her yard with Jerusalem Artichoke! :shock: Thanks for the advice, Lee – I think you are definitely right! Sunflowers would be really nice and should attract lots of birds to my yard later in the season. I’m probably on shaky ground with my neighbor as it is – so the last thing I want to do add insult to injury by infesting her yard with Jerusalem Artichoke!
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]]> By: Lee http://www.redwormcomposting.com/large-scale-vermicomposting/vermicomposting-trench-wrap-up/comment-page-1/#comment-20926 Lee Tue, 10 Mar 2009 04:59:17 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/?p=293#comment-20926 Oh my gosh! DON'T do it! Jerusalem artichokes are awful to eat--like half-cooked potatoes but with even less taste. AND they're completely impossible to get rid of, once you realize you don't like 'em. Try something less permanent, like a mixed border of tall annuals, like multiple colors of sunflowers with kochia bushes (harbor for beneficial insects), cosmos and zinnias....anything but Jerusalem artichokes. Oh my gosh! DON’T do it! Jerusalem artichokes are awful to
eat–like half-cooked potatoes but with even less taste.
AND they’re completely impossible to get rid of, once
you realize you don’t like ‘em. Try something less permanent,
like a mixed border of tall annuals, like multiple colors of
sunflowers with kochia bushes (harbor for beneficial insects),
cosmos and zinnias….anything but Jerusalem artichokes.

]]> By: Bob Yeoh http://www.redwormcomposting.com/large-scale-vermicomposting/vermicomposting-trench-wrap-up/comment-page-1/#comment-19487 Bob Yeoh Tue, 20 Jan 2009 08:33:55 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/?p=293#comment-19487 How do you keep out centipedes and ants from your trench? I tried a small one and the worms became buffet for for ants and centipedes. By the way I live in the tropics where the soil is crawling with all kinds of things. Thanks Bob How do you keep out centipedes and ants from your trench?

I tried a small one and the worms became buffet for for ants and centipedes. By the way I live in the tropics where the soil is crawling with all kinds of things.

Thanks
Bob

]]> By: Laina http://www.redwormcomposting.com/large-scale-vermicomposting/vermicomposting-trench-wrap-up/comment-page-1/#comment-19376 Laina Sat, 17 Jan 2009 23:13:28 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/?p=293#comment-19376 Hi! I was very impressed by the success of your worm trenches! I'm planning a few raised beds including the worm trenches. What I was wondering is what happens to the worms after the organic matter is all consumed? Do they die? If i were to dig new trenches within the same raised bed would the worms move to the new trench when the old one was exhausted? Do the worms over winter? Sorry for so many questions, and I hope they haven't been asked a million times before! Thanks again for all of your help and this great website! Laina Hi!

I was very impressed by the success of your worm trenches! I’m planning a few raised beds including the worm trenches. What I was wondering is what happens to the worms after the organic matter is all consumed? Do they die? If i were to dig new trenches within the same raised bed would the worms move to the new trench when the old one was exhausted? Do the worms over winter? Sorry for so many questions, and I hope they haven’t been asked a million times before! Thanks again for all of your help and this great website!

Laina

]]> By: Nicholas http://www.redwormcomposting.com/large-scale-vermicomposting/vermicomposting-trench-wrap-up/comment-page-1/#comment-19364 Nicholas Sat, 17 Jan 2009 17:32:13 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/?p=293#comment-19364 If only I were my age 8 years ago, I could probably send u horse poop because when i was about four, my grandpa had a lot of horses (about 21) and my brother's and I's favorite job to help my grandpa was go into the stables and scoop up the poop into buckets. Then we took it over to this machine where we dumped it. when there was enough poop in it, my grandpa drove it over to a big corner near his barn and turned on the machine and it would (if i remember correctly) throw the poop.He had a huge 15 foot mountain of horse manure. That's like, better than worm heaven and heaven for me if i had a vermicomposting system like i do now. Now sense my grandpa has only 1 horse left and cant pile up manure anymore, the poop mountain is now a 10 foot mountain of pretty much grass. (I haven't been near it for a while) If only I were my age 8 years ago, I could probably send u horse poop because when i was about four, my grandpa had a lot of horses (about 21) and my brother’s and I’s favorite job to help my grandpa was go into the stables and scoop up the poop into buckets. Then we took it over to this machine where we dumped it. when there was enough poop in it, my grandpa drove it over to a big corner near his barn and turned on the machine and it would (if i remember correctly) throw the poop.He had a huge 15 foot mountain of horse manure. That’s like, better than worm heaven and heaven for me if i had a vermicomposting system like i do now. Now sense my grandpa has only 1 horse left and cant pile up manure anymore, the poop mountain is now a 10 foot mountain of pretty much grass. (I haven’t been near it for a while)

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