February 21, 2008
European Nightcrawler Bin Video
Those of you who follow the Compost Guy website at all may have caught my mention of the fact that I recently discovered that my digital camera has decent video capabilities – not super high definition or anything, but at least functional!
I’m pretty excited about this since it means I can create short videos much more easily now. My video production plans have been stalled for awhile now simply based on the fact that it takes so long to put together a powerpoint video using still shots (although there are some advantages to this approach, and I do still have plans to make at least one more of those). Shooting actual footage is great for providing people with a much better idea of what I’m talking about (i.e. it is easier to demonstrate something) – although, as you can see my video shooting skills need a little work!
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It will also give me the ability to provide some audio commentary as well, which will also be helpful! Again, this video is definitely not a good indication of the entertainment value of my commentary – haha! I do actually get fired up about this stuff – honest!
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Anyway – just wanted to let everyone know! I promise I will get better at making these videos. Let me know if there is anything specific topic area you would like to see covered.
[tags]worm composting videos, worm composting, vermicomposting, european nightcrawlers, red wigglers, red worms, composting worms, worm bin[/tags]
**Want Even More Fun With Worms? Sign Up for the RWC E-mail List Today!**Worm Bin Mites
Back in November I wrote a post all about mites (A Mite is a Mite is a Mite? Not Quite). I tried to provide a basic overview of the various types of mites that can be found commonly in your worm bin. I’m not going to add anything more to that discussion today, but DID want to share a cool photo I captured this morning.
I was digging through an older red wiggler bin (the one with the Natura Eco Cloth – which incidentally seems to have completely decomposed!), when I happened upon a old piece of broccoli stem that was totally covered in white mites (which by the way is simply a descriptive name based on their colour – I have no idea what the actual species is). This type of mite seems to gravitate towards moisture-rich foods like cucumber, melons and squash, and can be found to spring up – seemingly out of nowhere – in great abundance when decent amounts of these sorts of wastes are added to the bin.
They are a very slow moving mite and people can sometimes even mistake them for ‘worm eggs’, if they have never seen an actual worm cocoon before.
Anyway, just thought I’d share that. Perhaps some of you will recognize this type of mite from your own bin(s).
[tags]worms, worm bins, vermicomposting, vermiculture, worm composting, mites, worm bin mites[/tags]