@wormerama I’ve been doing bokashi since September and have used bought in inoculated bran. When the current lot is finished I’ll just spray with homemade lactic acid bacteria from rice water. I’ll add sawdust or wood chip if there’s any excess moisture but I tap out the liquid anyway.

The pre-bokashi after fermenting for three weeks or so can also be fed to worms (instead of covering it with soil) and they seem to like it.

Between the worm bin and the bokashi we have no food waste to put out now at all.

#Bokashi #Compost #Vermicast #WormCompost

When I clean the #worm farm I usually wash it over the same garden bed and drop a little #vermicast on it every time.

Over winter I have noticed a clear improvement in the soil where the casting is dropped.

This is a breakthrough because if it is done over several beds I will facilitate the applications.

#gardening #compostathome

The Youtube channel Growveg is one of my favorites, they just released a video on how to get your soil ready for spring. And yes, it is time to apply compost to your garden beds if your climate zone allows it.

Keep your #soil covered.

#gardening #gardens #garden #nodig #permaculture #growyourown #worms #vermicast #sustainable #climateaction #climatechange #climatecrisis #compostathome

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bV76d4xmXjE

This weekend one of the main projects will be to harvest some #vermicast and #compost to make some potting mix to start #seeds indoors. Yay, the #gardening season can start.

If I could give only one piece of advice about how to setup a worm bin.

Don't overfeed it.

Let the worms the time to consume the food and feed them about 2 times a week the volume of food they need.

Not doing this will attract unwanted visitors to your bin.

#wormbin #vermiculture #wormacasting #vermicompost #vermicast #compostodon #gardening

A lot of pepper #seeds have sprouted in a #worm bin, the moisture, temperature, and nutrients made those seeds germinate because I keep the worm casting shallow. The #worms love it.

#wormbin #wormcasting #vermiculture #vermicompost #vermicast #compost

I have learned from the youtube channel Plant Obsessed that avocado seeds love to germinate in worm bins.

#vermiculture #vermicompost #vermicast #worms #wormbin #compostodon #seeds #avocado #growyourown #indoors #trees

My little composting emporium on the #allotment I make as much compost as I can and as varied types of compost as I can.

Mulching compost for Spring in the plastic daleks. #Bokashi compost in the dustbins. Two mini JohnsonSu bioreactors of compost to be ready at the end of July. The grab bag of mulching compost will be for late spring.

I also have two worm bins producing #Vermicast and some home made #KNF amendments of IMO, FPJ and LAB to try out.

#Vermicast #Compost #Mulch

January is the moment to start a #worm bin if you want to have some #vermicast for #spring and #seedlings.

It takes about 3 months for a bin to be ready to harvest.

Then you can either do aerated #compost #tea or apply the casting on your beds.

#compost #compostodon #garden #gardens #gardening #GardeningMastodon #permaculture #vermiculture #worms #wormfarm #wormfarming

Working on gathering organic matter to create a new #CompostAtHome bin for the #newyear

The goal of this bin will be to have #compost for making a potting mix to start #seeds #indoors.

Greens will be leaves of lettuce and arugula leaves of plants that were damaged by the winter storm. Browns will be wood chips, and maple tree leaves. The compost will be made of #vermicast and harvested compost at home bins.

#compostodon

Because it will soon be the time to start #seeds #indoors, I wanted to share my #PottingMix recipe for #seedlings:
#worm casting 1 volume
#compost 1 volume
#garden soil 1 volume

The #vermicast keeps the mixture moist and helps the #seed germinate faster.
The compost is made with more #carbon and #WoodChips to give a good texture
The garden #soil helps the #seedling not have a #transplant issues.

#gardening #gardens #nature #permaculture #GrowYourOwn #VermiCulture #Sustainable #worms

@compost

Leachate is the result of the excess moisture that you can collect from a #worm bin

The main problem that you will have from it is that there is a good chance that this liquid will be anaerobic. Bad #bacteria have developed in this liquid because it has been standing for too long without oxygen.

To avoid this issue it is best to adjust the amount of water in your worm bin and have no #leachate.

#vermiculture #vermicast #worms #compost #gardening #CompostAtHome

Leachate is the result of the excess moisture that you can collect from a #worm bin

The main problem that you will have from it is that there is a good chance that this liquid will be anaerobic. Bad #bacteria have developed in this liquid because it has been standing for too long without oxygen.

To avoid this issue it is best to adjust the amount of water in your worm bin and have no #leachate.

#vermiculture #vermicast #worms #compost #gardening #CompostAtHome

@harshad That is so right. We owe everything we have to the life in our soils that sustains us.

Even though I know my soil is alive with worms there’s always a bit of relief to see them whenever I uncover any soil. They are a joy. #SoilHealth #Soil #Vermicast #Vermiculture

@suevb @nicole2g Mine are in the shed too with a little extra cardboard wrapped around the outside of their bin to keep them a bit warmer while still well ventilated. -4°C last night. I can’t check them until tomorrow. 🪱 #worms #vermiculture #vermicast #vermicompost

@nicole2g @compost I’ve never used peat as an ingredient in making my own compost but I will add leaf mould to a compost mix for seedlings.

Next year I may experiment a little and add #Vermicast #Bokashi or #IMO made from rice water to the potting mix.

The compost is made from anything and everything I can get my hands on at the time. I will compost everything except brambles.