Comments on: Aging Food Waste “Too Much”? https://www.redwormcomposting.com/reader-questions/aging-food-waste-too-much/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=aging-food-waste-too-much WAY Too Much Fun With Worms! Fri, 26 Jun 2015 15:52:41 +0000 hourly 1 By: Bentley https://www.redwormcomposting.com/reader-questions/aging-food-waste-too-much/comment-page-1/#comment-44622 Fri, 26 Jun 2015 15:52:41 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/?p=9676#comment-44622 Hi Wayne
I think you MIGHT be able to do it with the set up you’ve described. Make sure to dig a depression in the ground below the bin as well – this way the worms have a cooler zone to retreat to.

The key to success in Phoenix during the summer would be plenty of water and lots of evaporation (and of course lots of shade – but it sounds like you’ve got that covered…no pun intended! lol)

]]> By: J Wayne Watson https://www.redwormcomposting.com/reader-questions/aging-food-waste-too-much/comment-page-1/#comment-44279 Fri, 10 Apr 2015 21:46:40 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/?p=9676#comment-44279 I am new to vermiculture/wormcomposting here in the Phoenix area and would like to start now. I have been told that our summer temps here are too hot to do this outside. If I use the wooden structure in a nicely shaded orange tree environment with the drip irrigation hose, will this get me through the summer months with live worms OK?

]]> By: Margie https://www.redwormcomposting.com/reader-questions/aging-food-waste-too-much/comment-page-1/#comment-43847 Thu, 01 Jan 2015 06:27:44 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/?p=9676#comment-43847 I freeze all my kitchen waste, liquidize it and then, as Steve does, I also use shredded cardboard along with shredded newspaper to soak up the excess juice. Its working really well.

]]> By: Steve https://www.redwormcomposting.com/reader-questions/aging-food-waste-too-much/comment-page-1/#comment-43837 Sun, 28 Dec 2014 07:46:46 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/?p=9676#comment-43837 I had the same disappointing experience as Mary on my first vermicomposting attempt. Since I started incorporating shredded cardboard with the food waste those red wigglers are thriving. It soaks up the excess juice and acts like a “time release food”. Cardboard is my favorite brown waste because it REALLY WORKS and its FREE!!!

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