Comments on: Worm Inn Project Challenge – Winners!

By: John w

John w — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 21:58:43 +0000

You could put the worm inn against the worm factory 360. I think I know which one will win but it would be very interesting to see how much faster one is over the other. Also it would be interesting to see the quality of casting each bin produces.
I think it would be great to see probably the two most marketed bin in a face off. It only takes about 3 seconds on YouTube to see people discussing the two of those bins and arguing on the pros/cons of each.

By: kiera

kiera — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 02:58:28 +0000

I second Matt! It’s always cool to read about but I love to see it in action!!

By: Bentley

Bentley — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 11:48:20 +0000

MATT – I am definitely overdue for some videos. Will see what I can do!
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HINZY – I like the idea (always fun to test out the Red Worm Mix), but in this case – because we need everything to be exact (even a difference of say 20 worms could potentially skew the results), I think doing an actual worm count will be important. I would like to do another experiment with the RWM, though, so thanks for the idea.
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PAUL – glad you are excited! I’m looking forward to seeing how the Worm Inn works out for you!
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By: Paul from Winnipeg

Paul from Winnipeg — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 22:59:39 +0000

Wow! I just pulled that out of my head right after reading the contest. Something good DOES come out once in a while! Ha ha.

Just wanted to say a big “Thank You!” to Bentley for the prize (Really cool prize!!!), for running this site and running contests we can win! Also for your weird and whacky experiments that we all love to follow.

By: HInzy

HInzy — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 17:40:38 +0000

For worm count/amount, why not use a Red worm bag that you sell on the Canadian site. Would allow us to see how quickly they can multiply in a properly maintained system.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 17:25:36 +0000

Please please please make a video follow along series!! Your YouTube channel needs more uploads 🙂

By: Bentley

Bentley — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 18:38:11 +0000

CASEY – not really sure how I would determine the mass of the castings.
I think I may not have been clear in my explanation. What I’ll be primarily looking at is how quickly wastes disappear in both of these systems (and how quickly I can get to the target weight of food waste that needs to be added). So it will be a simple matter of adding all the same stuff to both systems (writing down the weight of the materials added), monitoring the situation, and then adding more food etc as appropriate. Hope that clears things up
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JOHN – Why I am not surprised to see you giving an acceptance speech?? lol – too funny.
That is hilarious that you are on such a roll!
Hopefully your wife will be proud of your win and allow you to set up your prize Worm Inn!

By: John W.

John W. — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 17:55:17 +0000

am interested to see what the new news will be

By: John W.

John W. — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 17:54:56 +0000

woohoo I am a winner!!!!
You won’t believe this, but my church had a adult Easter egg hunt after the kids had theirs and I won the price egg!
If I played the lottery I would be going right now to get a ticket.

I would like to take a moment to thank my wife who lets me keep worms in the house (even if they are regulated to my office)
My friends who don’t laugh at me to much for being a Worm Farmer
and all the small people who I had to step on to get to this point in my worm life!

By: Casey Wilder

Casey Wilder — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 16:52:26 +0000

Either way, we know which one will be easier to harvest! 😉

Just to make your life easier, Bentley, maybe it would be best to run the project until the Inn has hit the target mass of castings, and then harvest the bin to see if it has more. Otherwise fighting with that bin every few weeks to see what the harvest is on it may be a headache.

I’m excited to hear what happens!! And congrats to the winners of the worm inns!