Comments on: Red Worms Love Rotten Straw! http://www.redwormcomposting.com/worm-composting/red-worms-love-rotten-straw/ Red Wiggler Worms, European Nightcrawlers and loads of helpful Worm Composting Information Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:31:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Vee http://www.redwormcomposting.com/worm-composting/red-worms-love-rotten-straw/comment-page-1/#comment-22965 Vee Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:00:09 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/?p=1458#comment-22965 I will as soon as i can figure out how too, my sons used to do that for me and now they're off to the military leaving mom to figure the computer out. Vee I will as soon as i can figure out how too, my sons used to do that for me and now they’re off to the military leaving mom to figure the computer out. Vee

]]> By: Bentley http://www.redwormcomposting.com/worm-composting/red-worms-love-rotten-straw/comment-page-1/#comment-22952 Bentley Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:59:27 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/?p=1458#comment-22952 Interesting, Vee! Feel free to send me some photos if you ever get the chance to take some. 8) Interesting, Vee! Feel free to send me some photos if you ever get the chance to take some.
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]]> By: Vee http://www.redwormcomposting.com/worm-composting/red-worms-love-rotten-straw/comment-page-1/#comment-22931 Vee Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:09:58 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/?p=1458#comment-22931 Bentley, they had kind of a purpleish light tone, no yellowish tail and nice and round, no flat tails, nice and fat , there were babies too, i also found them under a batch of rotten grass that i left there after mowing, i don't know what kind they are Vee Bentley, they had kind of a purpleish light tone, no yellowish tail and nice and round, no flat tails, nice and fat , there were babies too, i also found them under a batch of rotten grass that i left there after mowing, i don’t know what kind they are Vee

]]> By: Bentley http://www.redwormcomposting.com/worm-composting/red-worms-love-rotten-straw/comment-page-1/#comment-22925 Bentley Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:02:49 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/?p=1458#comment-22925 HEATHER - that is cool! (the part about finding red worms, that is! haha) ----- VEE - I would guess that "fat big worms" would likely be Canadian Nightcrawlers or some other big soil worm, although the fact that there were 30 of them makes me wonder. What did they look like? Were they brown/grey with a flat tail? Or were they reddish purple with a yellowish tail tip? (or something else altogether?) HEATHER – that is cool! (the part about finding red worms, that is! haha)
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VEE – I would guess that “fat big worms” would likely be Canadian Nightcrawlers or some other big soil worm, although the fact that there were 30 of them makes me wonder. What did they look like? Were they brown/grey with a flat tail? Or were they reddish purple with a yellowish tail tip? (or something else altogether?)

]]> By: Vee http://www.redwormcomposting.com/worm-composting/red-worms-love-rotten-straw/comment-page-1/#comment-22913 Vee Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:57:07 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/?p=1458#comment-22913 Bentley, after i read your straw article i remembered i left a straw bale in the back of my propery about 2 months ago, well i went straight out there and when i pulled it over on its side there were about 30 fat big worms right there, they were so beautiful i had to pick them up but i put them back after playing with them. Do you think these were redwigglers? Bentley, after i read your straw article i remembered i left a straw bale in the back of my propery about 2 months ago, well i went straight out there and when i pulled it over on its side there were about 30 fat big worms right there, they were so beautiful i had to pick them up but i put them back after playing with them.
Do you think these were redwigglers?

]]> By: Heather http://www.redwormcomposting.com/worm-composting/red-worms-love-rotten-straw/comment-page-1/#comment-22903 Heather Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:23:55 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/?p=1458#comment-22903 Guess what...today I looked into the garden area I had dumped the majority of my hay (which is next to the worm trench I installed in Sept. and...found a bunch of red wigglers! Mind you, since it was nearly 80F, I searched with some trepidation that I would run into Mr. Snake again. I am all for the snakes eating the rodents around the garden, but unknowingly having one in my arms about unhinged me, lol. Guess what…today I looked into the garden area I had dumped the majority of my hay (which is next to the worm trench I installed in Sept. and…found a bunch of red wigglers! Mind you, since it was nearly 80F, I searched with some trepidation that I would run into Mr. Snake again.

I am all for the snakes eating the rodents around the garden, but unknowingly having one in my arms about unhinged me, lol.

]]> By: Bentley http://www.redwormcomposting.com/worm-composting/red-worms-love-rotten-straw/comment-page-1/#comment-22895 Bentley Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:23:06 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/?p=1458#comment-22895 Heather - the good news is that rotten hay is probably even BETTER than rotten straw (especially if it's something like alfalfa hay) since it will have more food value (more nitrogen). I am an avid nature nut and animal lover, but your snake story definitely made me shudder (the idea of carrying the think around with you and not even realize it). If the 'misadventures' idea doesn't pan out, you could probably write a horror! lol ;-) Heather – the good news is that rotten hay is probably even BETTER than rotten straw (especially if it’s something like alfalfa hay) since it will have more food value (more nitrogen).
I am an avid nature nut and animal lover, but your snake story definitely made me shudder (the idea of carrying the think around with you and not even realize it). If the ‘misadventures’ idea doesn’t pan out, you could probably write a horror! lol
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]]> By: Heather http://www.redwormcomposting.com/worm-composting/red-worms-love-rotten-straw/comment-page-1/#comment-22883 Heather Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:04:50 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/?p=1458#comment-22883 Awesome, because...guess what I have, yep some rotten hay (not straw, but still). I had put some around my organic garlic bulbs, only to find a 3 foot snake that I had been carrying around in my arms, amidst the hay. For some reason, I have steered clear of the rest of the bale since then ;). I am going to have to write a book on the stupid misadventures I have had organic gardening and vermi--composting this fall. It is the stuff of fantastic fiction, yet it is all true. Awesome, because…guess what I have, yep some rotten hay (not straw, but still). I had put some around my organic garlic bulbs, only to find a 3 foot snake that I had been carrying around in my arms, amidst the hay. For some reason, I have steered clear of the rest of the bale since then ;) . I am going to have to write a book on the stupid misadventures I have had organic gardening and vermi–composting this fall. It is the stuff of fantastic fiction, yet it is all true.

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