Comments on: The Beast-11-08-12

By: mike Daugherty

mike Daugherty — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 14:12:44 +0000

Bently,
I too used to have bad fly problems until I started using the vermbin 48. I installed some screen from an old door under my vent cover and made the lid fit tightly. I had to install a latch at the widest spot when the lid was closed to pull it down tightly. Going on 3 months and I haven’t seen a single flying insect. Hope it helps
Mike Daugherty

By: Laura

Laura — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 08:42:46 +0000

You could call the bin “the Beaut” with all that delicious original artwork decorating it 🙂 🙂

By: Bentley

Bentley — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 21:10:33 +0000

JOHN/MARIN
Keep in mind that this is my bin preparation stage – not necessarily exactly the way things will be when the worms get added. You might be surprised by how much materials can settle.
Lots of materials CAN be great for extra heating, though, John – so if you’re wanting to keep temps elevated somewhat you may want to add more stuff – just make sure it’s mostly bedding.
Marin – if faced with the option of chomping on tasty food wastes or fall leaves, my hunch is that the Euros will happily go for the scraps. Leaves are more of a habitat material than a food material – if anything, having loads of them will HELP since I’ll have plenty of locations to bury my wastes (although I’ll likely be going easy on the feeding while I’m dealing with the fly situation).

By: Marin Rodriguez

Marin Rodriguez — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 21:01:23 +0000

Bentley…
Question about your fabulous bin and why you need to fill it all the way up. Why not start with a shallower layer and add to it as you need to dispose of kitchen scaps and the like? My feeling is that the less you give them to eat, the more they will eat what you give them. It seems that a full bin leaves little room to add scraps…a la your Worm Inn.

By: John Duffy

John Duffy — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 02:42:28 +0000

Looks like your enjoying your new toy. After looking at how full you filled yours up, that might explain why mine took off kinda slowly…I think I’ll go fill mine up some more.
Have a great weekend!

By: Bentley

Bentley — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 17:08:53 +0000

Yes indeedy, Christian – this little guy came with my WF-360. I do have a long-stemmed one as well, but it’s getting pretty old and beat up (and it’s hiding somewhere outside! lol) so I think I’ll be buying a new one before too long!

I got my long-stemmed thermometer from Vesey’s for just under $20.

By: Christian

Christian — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 16:44:44 +0000

Hey Bentley,

I noticed that on your compost thermometer it says “Worm Factory” so I’m assuming that you got that as an accessory with the stackable bin system… Do you know where one might get a (low-priced!) long-stem thermometer? I’m thinking of starting up a thermophilic hot compost bin as one of my projects and it would be neat to monitor the temperature – especially if I can get my hands on some horse manure and really get things cooking!

Thanks!