Comments on: RWC Community Experiments

By: Thomas

Thomas — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 18:44:48 +0000

To Bentley and my worm friends,
I would like to point out that article you published on aspergilloma
This is a health warning only, and no resent to stop your hobby or occupation
I was simply stating stay healthy and happy and the way to do this is to look after your health, this woes published on the 1st November 2011 at 7.15 pm and follow-up on the
3rd, November, 2011, at 8 pm. All this this a warning after all you wooden handle worms
While eating and nether handle worms without a pair of gloves’ wood you.
Thomas

By: pletby

pletby — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 04:15:31 +0000

Sounds like as long as you’re a healthy human, Aspergilloma isn’t a concern. Only a problem with the immunocomprimised. Thanks for the heads up.

By: brenda bowen

brenda bowen — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:28:52 +0000

I have 2 wf360 one I am feeding regular stuff paper veggies and leaves and a small amount of horse dodo.The second one is only being feed horse manure and leaves,so far I have added 8 lbs of manure and they are loving it. There is about the same amount of worms in each so should be interesting to see in the spring how they are all doing.

By: Thomas Gormley

Thomas Gormley — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 20:00:33 +0000

In the articles I wrote on the first November, relating to your inquires about Aspergilloma,

to Bentley and my worm friends,
I would like to point out that dying foliage can cores Aspergilloma, Aspergilloma, is a fungus on the lungs and series damage you health so to my worm friends I recommend using a face mask before attending your worms and you will be even better for longer at composting with much better health.
Have a nice day from
Thomas, In the UK
Author: scworm
Comment:
thomas,

Can you expand a little bit on your comment, sounds impotant but a litte vague to get the message properly. thanks
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TO Bentley and worm friends Aspergilloma .is a lung condition obtained from micro spores of dying foliage
And rotting fruit and vegetables the micro spores lye in the lung and once infected the infection can travel around the body and it also can kill a venture-le, you can obtains more information on
W w w. Aspergilloma .org. u k and on Wikipedia I hope this explains
Ti properly
Thomas, UK

By: Laura

Laura — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 14:36:19 +0000

Here are some possible vermi-experiment/study ideas:

1. How can a worm bin be made flood-ready? For instance, if the bin is in a basement, and that basement gets flooded whenever a bad rainstorm comes through the area, what would be some ways to reduce the amount of work for the worm owner? (Of course, with how much rain my area got this year (record level already, and the year isn’t over), next year is likely to be a drought, so I probably won’t need this information any time soon. But others might be interested.)

2. Is there any way of doing wormcomposting directly in the barn, with the animals who produce their main source of food? (To reduce the work).

3. Are any types of plants harmed by vermicompost?

By: Gerene

Gerene — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 07:44:18 +0000

As a complete newbie to the world of worm composting, I would love to be a volunteer guinea pig in the start up category. Unfortunately I have less than a small budget, for now til the end of the year I have NO budget. I would love to see what you guys come up with so those of us new to this system can really see the best way to go about it.

Right now I am most interested in the worms that can turn over dirt with almost nothing added. I’m gonna ask Santa for a few pounds of those worms for Christmas. LOL My gardening plans for next spring could depend on those little suckers.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 05:45:31 +0000

Community participation sounds like a great idea, but it raises the question of how we’d interact/publish results. I think we’d require a forum format of sorts rather than a blog format, where each experiment could have its own thread.

By: Sharon

Sharon — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 02:24:37 +0000

Btw it’s 10:23 here in South Carolina but the time says it’s the middle of the night lol

By: Sharon

Sharon — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 02:22:37 +0000

I would be glad to try an experiment or two. I’m not very good at thinking them up but am open for suggestions.

By: John VanderMyde

John VanderMyde — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 23:26:44 +0000

It’d be interesting to see different DIY designs – I just started with a double tub system. I have 1/4″ screen on the top tub bottom, but wondering if 1/8″ will let fewer worms commit wormicide and still let castings fall through to the bottom tub.