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		By: Josh		</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2014 17:30:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#039;m new at this and have what I hope will be a quick question. 

I have recently started a vermiculture compost bin with mostly food scraps, a half pound of red worms, and some torn up paper bags &#038; cardboard. Since I live in Miami, where it&#039;s very hot right now, I&#039;ve been keeping the bin in a large, dark closet indoors. The bin has holes drilled in the top (covered with mosquito netting to keep the bugs out) and the bottom for aeration, and it drains into a second bin beneath it. 

The problem is it stinks &#038; has a ton of wee fly larvae. From what I&#039;ve read, I think the problem may be that I&#039;ve included too many food scraps &#038; not enough &quot;bedding.&quot; What should I do at this point to help my worms catch up with all the compost? Should I just throw more bedding on top of the whole mess? Help?

Thanks,
-Josh]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m new at this and have what I hope will be a quick question. </p>
<p>I have recently started a vermiculture compost bin with mostly food scraps, a half pound of red worms, and some torn up paper bags &amp; cardboard. Since I live in Miami, where it&#8217;s very hot right now, I&#8217;ve been keeping the bin in a large, dark closet indoors. The bin has holes drilled in the top (covered with mosquito netting to keep the bugs out) and the bottom for aeration, and it drains into a second bin beneath it. </p>
<p>The problem is it stinks &amp; has a ton of wee fly larvae. From what I&#8217;ve read, I think the problem may be that I&#8217;ve included too many food scraps &amp; not enough &#8220;bedding.&#8221; What should I do at this point to help my worms catch up with all the compost? Should I just throw more bedding on top of the whole mess? Help?</p>
<p>Thanks,<br />
-Josh</p>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2014 00:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I set up my vermicompost in a blue storage bin.  I put small holes in the top.  First, I put in too much compost, then my bin got really full of moisture so I added more shredded paper and used a turkey baser to remove water from the bottom of the bin.  I have had a strange almost chemical smell in the bin for a couple of weeks.  It is strong and difficult to describe so I&#039;ve been putting my bin outside with the lid off during the day to let in more oxygen.  I see a zillion baby worms and my original worms are getting fat and healthy-looking but I don&#039;t know how to get rid of that smell.  I don&#039;t really want to have to take the bin outside each day for air.  Any ideas what I&#039;m doing wrong?  Or do bins just have a chemical odor or ??  Thanks!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I set up my vermicompost in a blue storage bin.  I put small holes in the top.  First, I put in too much compost, then my bin got really full of moisture so I added more shredded paper and used a turkey baser to remove water from the bottom of the bin.  I have had a strange almost chemical smell in the bin for a couple of weeks.  It is strong and difficult to describe so I&#8217;ve been putting my bin outside with the lid off during the day to let in more oxygen.  I see a zillion baby worms and my original worms are getting fat and healthy-looking but I don&#8217;t know how to get rid of that smell.  I don&#8217;t really want to have to take the bin outside each day for air.  Any ideas what I&#8217;m doing wrong?  Or do bins just have a chemical odor or ??  Thanks!</p>
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