Comments on: Cold Weather Worm Composting http://www.redwormcomposting.com/reader-questions/cold-weather-worm-composting/ Red Wiggler Worms, European Nightcrawlers and loads of helpful Worm Composting Information Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:28:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Bentley http://www.redwormcomposting.com/reader-questions/cold-weather-worm-composting/comment-page-1/#comment-17316 Bentley Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:51:30 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/?p=263#comment-17316 Thanks for the update, Bob. Always great to hear what's going on in your neck of the woods. That's interesting news re: the worm tea as well! Thanks very much for the mention of my site - always appreciated! 8) Thanks for the update, Bob. Always great to hear what’s going on in your neck of the woods.
That’s interesting news re: the worm tea as well!

Thanks very much for the mention of my site – always appreciated!
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]]> By: Bob Packard http://www.redwormcomposting.com/reader-questions/cold-weather-worm-composting/comment-page-1/#comment-17157 Bob Packard Sat, 06 Dec 2008 15:40:40 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/?p=263#comment-17157 Hi Bentley, Winter has arrived this week in South Texas. 32 degrees overnite for 3 days running. That is mitigated by mid 50's during the daylight hours. Just finished usual Saturday morning feeding and worms appear to be eating well. I'm using about three pounds of processed table scraps; fruits, vegetables, egg shells and coffee grounds. I'm layering several layers of newspaper and one large piece of cardboard on top of everything. This is the outdoor bin that I told you about that I started back in August. I used the "wormcicles" for cooling when temps got up to 100 degrees. I don't expect that our temps will get much lower than they are right now. Different subject. In an earlier email I mentioned I was looking for a way to keep worm tea longer. About 10 days ago I mixed up a batch of about 8 gallons with castings, molasses, and liquid seaweed. I transferred all to 2 and 3 liter coke bottles and did not put caps on. So far the mix has not gone anerobic. It still has an earthy odor, but not an offensive one. I bought a battery operated 10 gallon sprayer that I will be using when the nighttime temps go up a bit. I hope this info is useful to someone besides me, I' m still learning a lot from your site. I posted to www.organicgreenandnatural.com a few days ago after reading an article about a worm farm in Iowa and mentioned your's and Jerry's site for places to get the best info for learning to worm compost. You might want to check out the site. A lot of great "Green" info. I hope you are having success with the "Winter Extravaganza" Bob Hi Bentley, Winter has arrived this week in South Texas. 32 degrees overnite for 3 days running. That is mitigated by mid 50’s during the daylight hours. Just finished usual Saturday morning feeding and worms appear to be eating well. I’m using about three pounds of processed table scraps; fruits, vegetables, egg shells and coffee grounds. I’m layering several layers of newspaper and one large piece of cardboard on top of everything. This is the outdoor bin that I told you about that I started back in August. I used the “wormcicles” for cooling when temps got up to 100 degrees. I don’t expect that our temps will get much lower than they are right now.

Different subject. In an earlier email I mentioned I was looking for a way to keep worm tea longer. About 10 days ago I mixed up a batch of about 8 gallons with castings, molasses, and liquid seaweed. I transferred all to 2 and 3 liter coke bottles and did not put caps on. So far the mix has not gone anerobic. It still has an earthy odor, but not an offensive one. I bought a battery operated 10 gallon sprayer that I will be using when the nighttime temps go up a bit.

I hope this info is useful to someone besides me, I’ m still learning a lot from your site. I posted to http://www.organicgreenandnatural.com a few days ago after reading an article about a worm farm in Iowa and mentioned your’s and Jerry’s site for places to get the best info for learning to worm compost. You might want to check out the site. A lot of great “Green” info. I hope you are having success with the “Winter Extravaganza”

Bob

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