❤ I am in Western Australia nedlands and have just watched you video on seed saving and it's Sunday and I am so excited to do this with neighbours and exchange seeds for tomatoes etc.. hope this will work as how lovely. Thank you for your lovely fun video.
Hi, what a shame I've just found you and love your videos. Unfortunately your website (with wix) it's not up anylonger so I could not see the plans for making the worm bin. Can you please post it somewhere else even on google drive and give your viewers access to them. Thank you so much and please don't stop helping and teaching us. God bless you both.
I use a continual flow bin in my basement with just landscape fabric covering it. I just harvest castings. My worm population is in balance with the amount of organic waste from my kitchen. With a stable population the worms produce fewer cocoons so that castings aren't full of cocoons and wisps and finish sooner.
We are trying to educate the public of the risks of the acid rain and erosion that earth is going through. These people are so uneducated that they are associating crazy crap instead of addressing the truth of the earth's decaying state
i want to make a compost box. but i worry about the moisture can be harmful for wood. so i have a question, what kind of wood i can use for construct wood composter?
QUESTIONS: Q1- Is it something we need to do every years (inoculate garden with compost tea) or only if your microbiome is not balanced in your soil? Q2- How hydroponic (using only inorganic nutrients) will compare with real soil culture? In regard of yield, relative % of vitamins, cost per kg and time invested per kg? Currently using Kratky hydroponic, but open minded. Love from Montréal
With my modified Kratky hydroponic, I never had to weed, there was no pests (no soil), no watering and don't have to worry about drought. It was an automatic, gravity feed nutrients from a 45gall. So, I only had to mix dry nute (NPK + trace elements + Ca) + water in the 45 gall twice in the summer. Quite easy to scale up for a larger garden. So, I'm sold to hydroponic, please change my mind! To be honest, I would love to use a microscope and work all this biology stuff. I already have a compost pile. I feel that it's more work, but more fun (if you do love that kind of activity). I might do a taste test and % vitamin content comparison one day.
7:48 Cheaper version of the aerator: Simply use one pipe, no other fittings required, no glue involved. -Take that pipe, make it a little longer than what we see in the video. -With a saw, cut 4 'V' notch at the bottom of that pipe to let the water in. -Just above theses notch, put a hole to squeeze tight the air tubing in place. -At the surface level, put one large hole to let the liquid out and create agitation. -Extend the pipe about 6-10 inch pass this top hole (to avoid overflow/splashing) -The pipe is leading sideway, diagonal, and a bungee cord can be placed on top of it to secure it in place. -Maybe the handle can be used instead of a bungee, but probably not secure enough.. To be tried. Using a 1 inch diameter pipe will increase the velocity in the tube and will require a less powerful air pump.
A long time! We have not had to replace them even in bins that have been used for years. The ropes are not exposed to sunlight, so they don't photodegrade
Hello! I would like more info about the microscope analysis. A video with the pictures and info about the creatures in the compost would be a dream for me. many greetings from Bavaria !thank you for your work !
Compost teas VS JADAM Microbial solution. How do they compare in terms of diversity and plant performance? JADAM relies on leaf mold soil you collect from a "pristine" natural location. Frequently undisturbed woods are a good place to gather inoculant biology.
JADAM is a mass Monsanto mis-information campaign, with the intent of delegitimizing compost teas as an alternate food source for growing vegetables. The number 1 rule in compost teas is not letting it go anaerobic. You will breed very harmful pathogens like e. Coli, and salmonella. All would it would take is one individual foliar feeding edible vegetables with anaerobic bacteria to make a claim for the need of conventional farming. Don't get me wrong, used in the right way I'm sure it works but one doesn't have to run the risk when dealing with edibles.
First time I come across the idea of a continual flow worm hotel. Ideal for upkeeping without having to remove the worms for the castings. Thanks for another great video!
We donate to schools, community gardens and non-profits. Some folks makr a cash donation for worms for their own use. $25 for a one pound coffee can is the suggestion donation.
@@JohnSmith.1 The worms stay with the food. They move upwards into new food fed from above and leave their castings below. Its worm poo that comes out the bottom of this system, not worms!
I like the idea of Continual Flow Worm Bin very much, but in such a wide bin you could use horizontal migration for harvesting the castings also. Do you think Continual Flow Worm Bin option is more practical? What about the worms hatchings, don't they fall out to much, when you harvest?
Thanks! This looks like the exact microscope that Dr. Elaine Ingham demonstrates on here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--65AVtACJ_A.html&feature=emb_logo I've been searching all over the web for a DIC microscope and find nothing from sellers, nor manufacturers, except for the optics science... Somewhere else she mentions that a perfectly good microscope for soil biology use could be found at the $800-1,000 range. Can you please point me to a microscope of the sort needed here? Thank you very much. Ilan.
I like your design that you have. One idea for improvement would be to have the wire for the sides in panels that didn’t require separate tools to use. Knowing myself and many others, by removing the extra work required to obtain and return the tools I would be much more likely to actually harvest the castings.
We have worked with systems that have slatted wood sides that can be removed without tools. Requires more skills, labor and wood upfront. easier to harvest.
Nice set up. Great harvest. Doesn't the staples damage the hardware cloth everytime you have to pull it off? Why not staple it to a strip of wood then use a few screws to attach it to the bin?
It's Called A Continous Flow Through System... It's To Low To The Ground imho Nice Video Thanks For Sharing! Gorgeous Helper btw How Many Worms Did You Start The Bin With?
I have a bottle of probiotics noticed there are soil based organisms instead of the common lactic acid strains, 28 strains to be exact.. would be wise to add this as an anauculant to a compost bin a brew of tea.. ?
I grow veg 'no dig'. I have previously used tea derived from worm castings, brewed up with molasses, once weekly. Now my soil is no longer disturbed by mechanical action and is supplimented after each crop by about an inch of home made vermicompost added as a mulch, do I need to carry on the action with the compost tea? Does it bring any further benefit once the soil is biologically active?
Actively Aerated compost tea made from vermicompost is rich source of diverse soil biology. Initial treatment will have the biggest effect. Sounds like you are growing annuals. Retreatment will help plants for sure. Try adding some other foods like Kelp and/or Fish Emulsion for annuals
Would have liked to see how your compost tea machine was precisely made(mostly how the air is introduced into the plastic pipe) Maybe it is on your website? But you did not share a link here?
