Comments on: One Person’s Trash… http://www.redwormcomposting.com/worm-composting/one-persons-trash/ Red Wiggler Worms, European Nightcrawlers and loads of helpful Worm Composting Information Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:46:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Bentley http://www.redwormcomposting.com/worm-composting/one-persons-trash/comment-page-1/#comment-24678 Bentley Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:14:17 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/?p=1927#comment-24678 My favorite line: "my sisiter worms at a place making the salads " Haha - you know you are a "worm-head" WHEN!! (and if you don't even notice what I'm talking about you are even MORE of a worm head!!) ;-) Seriously though - that all sounds great, Mike! My favorite line: “my sisiter worms at a place making the salads ”
Haha – you know you are a “worm-head” WHEN!! (and if you don’t even notice what I’m talking about you are even MORE of a worm head!!)
;-)

Seriously though – that all sounds great, Mike!

]]> By: Michael Allen http://www.redwormcomposting.com/worm-composting/one-persons-trash/comment-page-1/#comment-24606 Michael Allen Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:13:32 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/?p=1927#comment-24606 Also forgot to mention my sisiter worms at a place making the salads you buy at the grociery store. And they throw away 3 gallon bucket and other sizes too. So she collects them for me. I have friends who use them to put the compost in for my worms. All I have to do is collect them & give them another to replace the one I just took for the worms. Was thinking of asking McDonalds, Tim Horton, the super markets, etc. if they would do this instead of throwing away the food that could be feed to the worms. Also thinking of getting a blender. Dads neighbour told me I could use the manure from there cows & horses if I want. Also forgot to mention my sisiter worms at a place making the salads you buy at the grociery store.
And they throw away 3 gallon bucket and other sizes too.
So she collects them for me. I have friends who use them to put the compost in for my worms.
All I have to do is collect them & give them another to replace the one I just took for the worms.
Was thinking of asking McDonalds, Tim Horton, the super markets, etc. if they would do this instead of throwing away the food that could be feed to the worms.
Also thinking of getting a blender.
Dads neighbour told me I could use the manure from there cows & horses if I want.

]]> By: Michael Allen http://www.redwormcomposting.com/worm-composting/one-persons-trash/comment-page-1/#comment-24605 Michael Allen Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:06:21 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/?p=1927#comment-24605 My dads neighbour was throwing away old metal water trouths for the cow. Now I raise worms in all 3 of them My dads neighbour was throwing away old metal water trouths for the cow.
Now I raise worms in all 3 of them

]]> By: Andrew http://www.redwormcomposting.com/worm-composting/one-persons-trash/comment-page-1/#comment-24208 Andrew Wed, 20 Jan 2010 21:52:30 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/?p=1927#comment-24208 I won't classify these as "scores" since I have access to a constant supply, but wood pallets and those ~1 gal. clear salad boxes from Costco are always handy for various vermi-related uses. I used parts of a pallet to build the base for the small flow through shown in the video I posted earlier. I'm going to use pallets to build a larger flow through soon. I've used the pallets to build a holding pen for the massive amount of fall/winter leaves I asked friends/family to save for me. The salad boxes are perfect as a <a href="http://vermicomposters.ning.com/profiles/blogs/feeding-time" rel="nofollow">countertop kitchen scrap container</a> They can work as pre-rot bins. They're also perfect as observational worm bins (nestled in a cardboard box most the time) so you can see what the worms are up to. I won’t classify these as “scores” since I have access to a constant supply, but wood pallets and those ~1 gal. clear salad boxes from Costco are always handy for various vermi-related uses.

I used parts of a pallet to build the base for the small flow through shown in the video I posted earlier. I’m going to use pallets to build a larger flow through soon. I’ve used the pallets to build a holding pen for the massive amount of fall/winter leaves I asked friends/family to save for me.

The salad boxes are perfect as a countertop kitchen scrap container They can work as pre-rot bins. They’re also perfect as observational worm bins (nestled in a cardboard box most the time) so you can see what the worms are up to.

]]> By: Patricia http://www.redwormcomposting.com/worm-composting/one-persons-trash/comment-page-1/#comment-24206 Patricia Wed, 20 Jan 2010 21:04:26 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/?p=1927#comment-24206 I don't know what they call them but in some office supplies stores and in our local Target they sell a set of metal screens that are about 14" x`14". Normally you would pop them together at the corners and use them as a shelf unit. (Some people even use them for rabbit or guinea pig cages). anyways, I found a set of 12 at the thrift store and I use them as screens when I hand harvest over one of my thrift store cat litter boxes. The screen is 1/8" so it works perfect. Scoop Away cat litter containers are also good for storing castings. I am constantly on the hunt for reusable items that can be reused in my worm projects. I don’t know what they call them but in some office supplies stores and in our local Target they sell a set of metal screens that are about 14″ x`14″. Normally you would pop them together at the corners and use them as a shelf unit. (Some people even use them for rabbit or guinea pig cages). anyways, I found a set of 12 at the thrift store and I use them as screens when I hand harvest over one of my thrift store cat litter boxes. The screen is 1/8″ so it works perfect. Scoop Away cat litter containers are also good for storing castings. I am constantly on the hunt for reusable items that can be reused in my worm projects.

]]> By: Heather http://www.redwormcomposting.com/worm-composting/one-persons-trash/comment-page-1/#comment-24204 Heather Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:56:18 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/?p=1927#comment-24204 I saw a bin the other day and stopped, but it was broken...however, I have saved enough bagged leaves, pumpkins and bales of straw from the curb to more than fill a dump truck! Here are the totals of "trash" turned into gardening gold at the Texas Worm Ranch in the last year (approx.): Family veggie and fruit scraps: average of 5 lbs a day X 365 days= 1825 lbs Halloween Pumpkins from us, friends, and picked up curbside; at least 100 pumpkins of various sizes, avg size 6 lbs = 600 lbs Restaurant Scraps from local cafe: 75 lbs week (started in Sept.) =1200 lbs Newspaper and Cardboard for bedding: 10 lbs/week= 520 lbs Straw bales picked up curbside after Halloween=5 bales at 40 lbs=200 lbs Bags of Leaves picked up on Curbside=40 bags X 20 lb average=800 lbs Garden Waste= 100 lbs of plant trimmings=100 lbs So, drumroll please,.....we are somewhere in the vicinity of having removed 5,245 lbs of waste from the City landfill. That is over 2 1/2 tons of waste (U.S. tons)! We also repurpose all the neighbor's milk jugs as Worm Wine containers. Is vermicomposting cool, or what?...some of this went to my regular compost or the community garden compost too, but a big load of it has gone straight to the worms (then to the garden as VC!). I saw a bin the other day and stopped, but it was broken…however, I have saved enough bagged leaves, pumpkins and bales of straw from the curb to more than fill a dump truck!

Here are the totals of “trash” turned into gardening gold at the Texas Worm Ranch in the last year (approx.):
Family veggie and fruit scraps: average of 5 lbs a day X 365 days= 1825 lbs
Halloween Pumpkins from us, friends, and picked up curbside; at least 100 pumpkins of various sizes, avg size 6 lbs = 600 lbs
Restaurant Scraps from local cafe: 75 lbs week (started in Sept.) =1200 lbs
Newspaper and Cardboard for bedding: 10 lbs/week= 520 lbs
Straw bales picked up curbside after Halloween=5 bales at 40 lbs=200 lbs
Bags of Leaves picked up on Curbside=40 bags X 20 lb average=800 lbs
Garden Waste= 100 lbs of plant trimmings=100 lbs

So, drumroll please,…..we are somewhere in the vicinity of having removed 5,245 lbs of waste from the City landfill. That is over 2 1/2 tons of waste (U.S. tons)!

We also repurpose all the neighbor’s milk jugs as Worm Wine containers.

Is vermicomposting cool, or what?…some of this went to my regular compost or the community garden compost too, but a big load of it has gone straight to the worms (then to the garden as VC!).

]]> By: Bentley http://www.redwormcomposting.com/worm-composting/one-persons-trash/comment-page-1/#comment-24203 Bentley Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:55:15 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/?p=1927#comment-24203 I THOUGHT this one might get a few responses! Great worm-minds think alike! ;-) Sounds like others have made some really cool "scores" as well! Great video Andrew - thanks for sharing! Natalia - that sounds like cool potential vermicomposting system, but unless you have a winter that's a LOT warmer than mine, I suspect you will end up in trouble again with it (i.e. if it dips down below freezing on a regular basis). If you really heaped it up and put a thick layer of straw and a tarp over top I'm sure you'd be fine - but not sure if you had that sort of approach in mind. ----- Anyway - thanks everyone for chiming in! 8) I THOUGHT this one might get a few responses!
Great worm-minds think alike!
;-)

Sounds like others have made some really cool “scores” as well!

Great video Andrew – thanks for sharing!

Natalia – that sounds like cool potential vermicomposting system, but unless you have a winter that’s a LOT warmer than mine, I suspect you will end up in trouble again with it (i.e. if it dips down below freezing on a regular basis). If you really heaped it up and put a thick layer of straw and a tarp over top I’m sure you’d be fine – but not sure if you had that sort of approach in mind.
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Anyway – thanks everyone for chiming in!
8)

]]> By: Eve http://www.redwormcomposting.com/worm-composting/one-persons-trash/comment-page-1/#comment-24198 Eve Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:59:06 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/?p=1927#comment-24198 My best score was some little cat litter trays. I spied them when i was first thinking of starting vermicomposting. It was 3 complete sets of the sifting litter pans. Each set had two regular pans that were only 4 inches deep, a sifting pan and a wall that was about 6 inches high that clamps onto the litter pans to make them taller. That was 6 pans, 3 sifting pans and wall sets. My first thought was to make the whole lot into one huge worm tower. But after thinking it over i went with a tote . I came up with a worm related use for nearly all the pans. I use the litter pans for transport, sorting and even seed sprouting. The sifting pans for pots of starts. I put the pots into them and set the whole thing into a water filled litter pan to water them. But i still haven't come up for a use for the side walls. Give me time I'll think of something. My best score was some little cat litter trays. I spied them when i was first thinking of starting vermicomposting. It was 3 complete sets of the sifting litter pans. Each set had two regular pans that were only 4 inches deep, a sifting pan and a wall that was about 6 inches high that clamps onto the litter pans to make them taller. That was 6 pans, 3 sifting pans and wall sets.

My first thought was to make the whole lot into one huge worm tower. But after thinking it over i went with a tote .

I came up with a worm related use for nearly all the pans. I use the litter pans for transport, sorting and even seed sprouting. The sifting pans for pots of starts. I put the pots into them and set the whole thing into a water filled litter pan to water them.

But i still haven’t come up for a use for the side walls. Give me time I’ll think of something.

]]> By: Natalia http://www.redwormcomposting.com/worm-composting/one-persons-trash/comment-page-1/#comment-24197 Natalia Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:52:58 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/?p=1927#comment-24197 I picked up a discarded sandbox for kids. It looks like a big red crab with googly eyes, has a lid, lots of surface area, about 10 inches deep. I wanted it set up before winter, but didn't put enough waste it in and it froze all the way through. Its been above the freezing point for two weeks now, so I'm eyeing it again. It will be a fun one to solve as it dries out fairly quickly and there is practically no insulation from cold. Lots of waste + cardboard should solve this, right? I picked up a discarded sandbox for kids. It looks like a big red crab with googly eyes, has a lid, lots of surface area, about 10 inches deep. I wanted it set up before winter, but didn’t put enough waste it in and it froze all the way through. Its been above the freezing point for two weeks now, so I’m eyeing it again. It will be a fun one to solve as it dries out fairly quickly and there is practically no insulation from cold. Lots of waste + cardboard should solve this, right?

]]> By: Mark from Kansas http://www.redwormcomposting.com/worm-composting/one-persons-trash/comment-page-1/#comment-24196 Mark from Kansas Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:43:22 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/?p=1927#comment-24196 SCORE!!! SCORE!!!

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