Comments on: Winter Composting Extravaganza 2.0 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/large-scale-vermicomposting/winter-composting-extravaganza-20/ 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: Elsa http://www.redwormcomposting.com/large-scale-vermicomposting/winter-composting-extravaganza-20/comment-page-1/#comment-22962 Elsa Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:06:08 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/?p=264#comment-22962 Hi Bentley, Our community garden has about 5000 to 10000 red wigglers to keep warm this winter and plan to use your "extravaganza" desing. We have straw bales, last years compost, the current worm bed medium and lost of horse manure and brew waste. My question is, when I dig the trench in our largely inorganic soil and pile pile up all the materials, wont the regular earthworms (night crawlers) get in there? and, is this a problem? The worms I have are a variety of red wigglers. Thanks,Elsa Hi Bentley,

Our community garden has about 5000 to 10000 red wigglers to keep warm this winter and plan to use your “extravaganza” desing. We have straw bales, last years compost, the current worm bed medium and lost of horse manure and brew waste. My question is, when I dig the trench in our largely inorganic soil and pile pile up all the materials, wont the regular earthworms (night crawlers) get in there? and, is this a problem? The worms I have are a variety of red wigglers. Thanks,Elsa

]]> By: Bentley http://www.redwormcomposting.com/large-scale-vermicomposting/winter-composting-extravaganza-20/comment-page-1/#comment-16304 Bentley Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:56:39 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/?p=264#comment-16304 Hi Jerry - you must be from California or something (wink, wink)! :lol: It get's mighty cold up here during the winter, so the last thing I'll be worried about is cooking the worms. Aside from that, this bed will actually encourage air flow. When we first set it up, we added a bunch of bulky brush on top of the soil. The main composting mass sits on top of this layer, so this should really help (air flow from below, plus a cooler zone that worms can move to if things go thermophilic above). Aside from that, while the bales of straw are certainly great insulators, there will definitely be some air spaces here and there. Bob - yeah, it's a challenge, but it's a lot more interesting than calling it quits during the winter months (as most people do up here)! Should be fun. ;-) Hi Jerry – you must be from California or something (wink, wink)!
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It get’s mighty cold up here during the winter, so the last thing I’ll be worried about is cooking the worms. Aside from that, this bed will actually encourage air flow. When we first set it up, we added a bunch of bulky brush on top of the soil. The main composting mass sits on top of this layer, so this should really help (air flow from below, plus a cooler zone that worms can move to if things go thermophilic above). Aside from that, while the bales of straw are certainly great insulators, there will definitely be some air spaces here and there.

Bob – yeah, it’s a challenge, but it’s a lot more interesting than calling it quits during the winter months (as most people do up here)! Should be fun.
;-)

]]> By: Bob Packard http://www.redwormcomposting.com/large-scale-vermicomposting/winter-composting-extravaganza-20/comment-page-1/#comment-16165 Bob Packard Sat, 22 Nov 2008 19:04:48 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/?p=264#comment-16165 Hi Bentley, You all work harder to keep your worms warm than we do to keep them cool in the summer. I think it's pretty cold here today. 58F. It's been a long time since I've seen any of that white stuff. Snow? But better you than me. Bob Hi Bentley,

You all work harder to keep your worms warm than we do to keep them cool in the summer. I think it’s pretty cold here today. 58F. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen any of that white stuff. Snow? But better you than me. Bob

]]> By: Jerry Gach http://www.redwormcomposting.com/large-scale-vermicomposting/winter-composting-extravaganza-20/comment-page-1/#comment-16107 Jerry Gach Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:37:54 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/?p=264#comment-16107 Hi Bentley, I'm really interested in seeing the results of this experiment. I'm wondering if the worms will cook under the thick tarp, due to a moist environment with very little (If any) air flow. Keep us posted. Hi Bentley,

I’m really interested in seeing the results of this experiment. I’m wondering if the worms will cook under the thick tarp, due to a moist
environment with very little (If any) air flow.

Keep us posted.

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