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@SpringendeDelfinchen1919

2 жыл бұрын

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Joe is so helpful and handy!! You guys are so lucky. Thanks for helping all of us who are fans.

@TheGardenAndWormLady

4 ай бұрын

Aw!!! Thank you so much! He is very helpful. It’s taken a lot of hard work to accomplish. In the 22 years I’ve been raising them life made of a lot of mistakes but I’ve learned a lot also.

Im absolutely in love in your wormery. Its so beautiful and clean. Some ladies dream about diamond rings and I dream that one day I would be able to create wormery like yours. Good luck in your business . Kinde regards from North Wales ❤

@TheGardenAndWormLady

6 ай бұрын

Aw!! Thank you! It’s kind of upside down right now, but I’m working on it☺️

@sylwiastanco6759

6 ай бұрын

@@TheGardenAndWormLady I have just seen your video where you say your knee is not well. I hope you will heal quickly. Your worms need you 🙂. Shame you are so far away. With pleasure I would help you ❤

@TheGardenAndWormLady

6 ай бұрын

Thank you! 😊 ❤️

Nice set up! Mine seems to be naturally going in this drection; more organized, smaller bins are easier to handle, and more automated to save time.

You have a great set up there

Your wormery really looks amazing compared to when you started rearranging it into your business!! Everything is so organized!! So cool to compare all the different worms and their sizes in your everything mixed bin! Wow!! Harvey really made sifting the red wigglers easy with your 2 step method!! Excellent video!!🪱🪱🪱

Love seeing the updates. It's amazing how everyone have their own busy life but then we have worm hobbies.

All the best worm lady. U are all set with all the automation. Life is more easier in yr wormer.. gd job. May yr business flourish. Once u become a worm farmer....one looks at everything with the intention of recycling. I don't blame u...cos I do the same too. He he.

I would love to see how he built that harvester!! I'm not skilled but that looks fascinating. And very complicated.

@TheGardenAndWormLady

4 ай бұрын

We kind of just did it off the top of our head and went as we went. Kind of like a Frankenstein.😅 I added a vibrating motor on the side. But machines like this only work when you’re castings are dryer.

Loved your video. Your commentary was fun. Good luck and keep worming, lady. Ciao.

@TheGardenAndWormLady

Жыл бұрын

😂 thank you just being myself ☺️ Are you from Italy? I love to hear the different countries that watch me. My husband is Italian.

@pavelsfera5236

Жыл бұрын

@@TheGardenAndWormLady Ciao. I'm Romanian from Yugoslavia. But I live in San Diego and grew up in Socal. I used to live in Italy. My Italian is okay. It can get me into trouble, but not out of trouble lol. I'm into sustainability and food security. We've created vermiculture aquaponics system to grow greens using NFT channels. It's quite simple and very effective.

Just found you today.. time to BINGE WATCH.. sorry family, gonna be busy, not able to make it today.. I found the worm lady 🤣🤣.

@TheGardenAndWormLady

2 жыл бұрын

😂 that’s hilarious!! I play a lot of my worm breeding friends videos on repeat to get them views. My family laughs too. If you have any questions just reach out I’m always available through text and email you’ll find that information on my website. TheGardenAndWormLady.com

OMG when i first saw the spring tails @16:48 i thought they were termites and i was like holy sh#t where did they come from? So glad that they're not what i thought they were. ☺

@TheGardenAndWormLady

Жыл бұрын

Do you know about 20 years ago when I started this I thought they were too😂 but I’ve seen them so much through the years you get used to them😂

I’d love to see the mixed bin as a giveaway! I currently have a mix of Euros and reds (maybe some blues). I spent about 20 hours going through a bin to separate all the blues out, they have their own bin across the room. Blues are quick composers but I wanted a pure reds bin, one pure Euro and one with reds and Euros. The blues seem to be doing great on there own where they are. They also stay warmer, which they seem to like better since they compost faster now. Took 2 months to clear out a bin. Thanks for sharing your knowledge, it’s helped so much. I love the bus bins vs the totes, so much easier!

@TheGardenAndWormLady

Жыл бұрын

I love the bus bins to they are just easier for my hands to handle. I might do that as a giveaway that’s a great idea thank you

Have you ever tried a ventless gas heater? We've used them for years and they have saved us numerous times during power outages. We use natural gas ones but they come in propane as well. Very energy efficient and the heat is fantastic and not drying at all .

@TheGardenAndWormLady

4 ай бұрын

No I’ve never tried that. Sounds interesting

20:35 I love how you got that Harvey setup to sift you're casting. Very genius ideal❤

I love it!!!!!

Space heater for the African night crawlers sounds like a great idea. I like the sifter that was a basket for your gift. I just got a waste basket that works great for sifting compost. 😁

@TheGardenAndWormLady

2 жыл бұрын

Oh definitely! Those paper mesh waste baskets I see at goodwill all the time, they make great sifters

Wow you really have a nice setup. Put me on a list for Swamp worms and EN. My worms are doing well inside,but still finding Soldiers Flies! Thanks for sharing.

That is a great job, love the separator.

Would buy them

I think using the BTI (mosquito dunks) in your watering can helps with the Springtails. It seems to have with mine.

@frederickjamison4549

Жыл бұрын

Troy, What mix do you recommend to use in a spray bottle.

@troydunn6228

Жыл бұрын

@@frederickjamison4549 I usually just use a watering can. They may stop up the sprayer pickup tube? They may not though because they dissolve very slowly. I don't really measure I put about a teaspoon to a gallon and allow it to sit overnight. Of course it doesn't dissolve overnight but hopefully allows some of the BTI to treat the area. As it disappears I add more.

@frederickjamison4549

Жыл бұрын

@@troydunn6228 thanks. I'll try that.

Great set up you've got there, and Harvey is the bee's knees! Subscribed.

@TheGardenAndWormLady

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, took a lot of hard work and planning. I appreciate you subscribing

Hi, can you do a video on how to identify European Night crawlers from Red Wigglers and I heard you mentioned blues? Not sure if you ever did a video on that before. Loving your setup. Learning as I go because I'm new to vemicomposting. Thanks much. Excited to get your response ☺️

@TheGardenAndWormLady

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. I really appreciate you watching. Yes I will do a video of that coming up. I haven’t done one in a while.

You are doing a great job Vee.

I have to restock all my bins had a guy buy everything I had

Harvey is cute

@TheGardenAndWormLady

2 жыл бұрын

😄 thank you

Staple some plastic sheet around the bottom shaker tray. It will act as a chute or shield directing stuff that spills out the side to your trays. Since it's flexible plastic, it doesn't hamper installation or removal of the tray

@TheGardenAndWormLady

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome idea!!!!

I love Harvey

Hello! I am fairly new to vermicomposting but I'm really enjoying it. How do you keep the worms from crawling out? I have a two-layer bin set up (holes in the bottom of top bin in case theirs excess moisture...there almost never is) and I notice them crawling up the sides and on the lid often. Once in a great while I'll see one on the floor (rarely). But it isn't unusual to see them go through the bottom holes and into the bottom bin.

@TheGardenAndWormLady

Жыл бұрын

Tune in to my other channel I am going to put videos about these type of containers. The other channel is the Composting worm lady. I’ve always said that if a worm is happy and its environment it usually will not crawl out, That being said having a light on somewhere even if it’s a damn one will usually keep them in. It is not uncommon to find one once in a while on the floor

@CarrieReagh

Жыл бұрын

@@TheGardenAndWormLady Thank you. You can list your other channel under the "channels" tab on this channel (in case you didn't know). I find your videos so informative I'm sure others would like to know about your channels. Thank you for the quick response too! What will be the difference to your new channel? 😃 Have a great week!

@TheGardenAndWormLady

Жыл бұрын

@@CarrieReagh thank you so much 😃 I had no idea I could do that. I listed my other channel under channels❤️

Video looks great with the new camera and I'm just amazed at how organized your worm room is! Great video and can't wait to see how else you optimize it. Which camera did you get?

@TheGardenAndWormLady

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, you know my worms devoured the pine shavings 😄 I got an iPhone 13 max pro. The camera is incredible

👍😮så fin

Excellent method! Where can I buy that exact vibration motor?

@TheGardenAndWormLady

2 жыл бұрын

You have to build it😄 My husband and I just came up with the idea after watching many KZread videos and seeing what others are doing. I’m sure you can build one. I will say it’s a lot cheaper than buying one

Can you tell me what size the mesh is in your sifting trays? The top ones look like 1/4 inch but I can't really tell on the bottom ones. I really love what you're doing and have learned a lot so far watching your videos.

@TheGardenAndWormLady

Жыл бұрын

Sure and thank you 😊 the bottom mesh is 1/8. It catches most cocoons and babies

@Beartriple7

Жыл бұрын

@@TheGardenAndWormLady at 21:00 after using 'Harvey', you mention that there's a lot of cocoons in your castings and then you say that you're gonna have to sift those out... what size will you use to sift those ones out from the castings, thanks.

How can you tell that your worms are dying off / population is reducing? I had a bin of mostly red wigglers (assuming some blues). I saw the occasional dried up worm and a few of them escaped the bin and dried up; but I didn't know that all along they had been dying off until I did a full count. I started with 250 and now am down to 60 in an experimental bin. I used small rodent "all natural" bedding for them that started the whole mess and didn't break down over 8 months. They also were not producing many cocoons.

@TheGardenAndWormLady

2 жыл бұрын

I can usually tell when my population is diminishing because I look at them quite often. You need to look at that bedding and see if it had some kind of chemical in it. Sometimes chemicals will kill your worms for sure. Also try to mix up the bedding with other things such as cardboard or newspaper. If you have some dry leaves mix those in also. I’m going to be selling dry leaves on my website this year again because people want them. It’s good to give you worms a variety of things. I dry bin will also definitely kill your worms make sure your moisture levels are good. Sometimes they just die and it’s a mystery and you won’t figure it out. I’ve had that happen to me in the past. But don’t give up just keep trying.

Thank you so much for all the great information! About 20 years ago I tried to keep worms (red wigglers) in a little three tiered system that I think was called "The Worm Factory". I was not successful. Before I give it another try, I am doing some research and want to set everything up to have happy and healthy worms in advance of buying them 🪱

@TheGardenAndWormLady

Жыл бұрын

I started with the same one 20 years ago and I love all the towers they have out there now. It’s funny because I am going to start a series on basic worm farming with towers😄

your worms dont try to crawl out? do i actually need a lid or do you keep the lights on in that room all the time?

@TheGardenAndWormLady

Жыл бұрын

If the worms are happy in their bedding they usually won’t take off. Blue worms on the other hand they like to leave the bins. because this is my business, I leave the lights on. When it was just a hobby, I usually wouldn’t leave it on.

We are doing another way of harvesting. Just take a juit bag soak in mustered cake dissolves water and cover the bin and all mature worm up and stuck on the bag.

@TheGardenAndWormLady

2 жыл бұрын

I would love to see that😄 that’s awesome

Hello, how many worms should we put in a breeder bucket?

@TheGardenAndWormLady

8 ай бұрын

Red wigglers-250 Euros-150 African nightcrawler-50

They are slow on the Mango because it's a high citrus fruit. It's too acidic.

@TheGardenAndWormLady

2 жыл бұрын

They eventually ate it😄

I just started using a Worm Factory 360. Seems I can't control the heat. I'm using Red Wigglers. An recommendations?

@TheGardenAndWormLady

Жыл бұрын

What is the betting on what are you feeling? Are you burying your food?

@frederickjamison4549

Жыл бұрын

Shredded paper and Cardboard.

I have a problem with ants. are they harmful to the worms? what can i do about that?

@TheGardenAndWormLady

2 жыл бұрын

And Usually won’t hurt the worms unless they are fire ants or red ants. They are just a nuisance I would apply diatomaceous earth food grade kind. They don’t like it it won’t hurt the worms

@bianca030585

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much. I have buy the diatomaceous earth.

How tall are these earthworm containers?

@TheGardenAndWormLady

Жыл бұрын

I use the 20 x 15 x 5

I'm sorry for asking but I'm really new to this, what is a "springtail"?

@TheGardenAndWormLady

Жыл бұрын

That’s OK if you’re new, don’t be embarrassed to ask anything. I Springtail it’s like a little white composting friend of the worms. When your bin is very moist, you will see them crawling in there. They don’t hurt the worms or anything they compost just like the worms. They are all friends. With that being said, sometimes they get larger numbers and will compete for food when that happens you just need to fluff up your bedding and let it dry a little bit and they disappear.

@ritawelch4949

Жыл бұрын

@@TheGardenAndWormLady ty so much!

Nice job, Vee and Joe 💓🪱💓 It looks very business!!!! I know you are going to be very successful 👩‍🌾🪱💓🪱👍

@TheGardenAndWormLady

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Peggy ❤️ Please share my videos with your friends. I really hope that my channel

Wow dear thanks for Sharing plz star connected.......👍👍👍💟🙂

@TheGardenAndWormLady

2 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome ☺️

How do I get started using a tot

@TheGardenAndWormLady

Жыл бұрын

I’m gonna start filming, basic beginner video.

Is it safe to wet mt cardboard bedding with organic liquid fish fertilizer? Please and Mahalo

@TheGardenAndWormLady

Жыл бұрын

I would say yes if you do it outside. If you do it inside it’s gonna smell may be strong

I have been raising worms for probably 20 years also, but my method is much simpler than yours. I let the worms do all the work. I grow in towers and yes I grow in the $100 (Amazon) towers, but I've been doing this forever so I don't really care about the cost. Back in the day I scored half a dozen free towers, so that kind of offsets ongoing costs. Anyway, I feed almost 100% soft material like melons and overripe apples and bananas. I also give them avocados, but everything I feed, I bury, so when you lift the lid off, it just looks like manicured bedding material. Burying the food reduces the occurrence of those little flying things, I guess they are fruit flies or gnats or something, but anyway, if you pile bedding over the top of the food, no gnats. I regularly arrange the towers with four layers. The very bottom one is a liquid reservoir with a faucet on the side, where "worm tea" can be harvested, when the liquid level inside is above the spigot level. I use the worm tea on my garden, diluted 10 to 1 with water. Next up is a bin full of Coco coir and or sometimes shredded newsprint. The next bin up is the same and the top bin is where all the fun happens. That's where I feed the little fellows. To harvest, I hang a 60 watt light bulb on, about a foot above the top bin with the lid off. This drives the little guys to the next bin. Once I have determined Elvis has left the building, all I do is dump that tray out into an empty plastic tray large enough to hold it and still be only about half full, then I fill the former top tray with new bedding and put it on the bottom of the tower stack, just above the reservoir, moving everybody up one level. That's it. That's all I do, well, . . . except for shifting out the castings and the eggs and stuff. For that I use some gold panning classifiers I got on Amazon as well. They were pricey also, but like I said, I don't really care about that side of it. Eggs and cocoons and the like, gathered by sifting through different sized screens, go into the second from the top bin. Usually, the worms go down to the third bin, the lowest one with bedding, and go potty, which eventually works its way back up to the top of the tower. The separated castings go into my garden or into friends' gardens. I just give them away. I know, that's crazy, but that's how I roll. BTW I raise only red wrigglers. EDIT: if you purchase the green worm towers from amazon, like I do, they come with six bins. I usually only use four at a time and I have already described how I do that, but that doesn't mean you can't use all six; I just find it easier to use four at a time. If you decide to use more than four, you'll have to do a little homework and figure out where they're pooping. Using just four bins, one is a swimming pool and the other three makes figuring out what's happening where, a no brainer.

@TheGardenAndWormLady

2 жыл бұрын

Oh my gosh! Thank you for the amazing explanation. I have several towers that I play with for my personal use not for business. I raised Worms in Towers for 20 years now and I absolutely love them. I’m like you I don’t care if they cost $100 on Amazon I enjoy them and I get them also. My husband buys them for me for special occasions also. One year he got me the one factory 360 for Christmas and I started crying😂 I was so happy!!!! I have gone up to 6 to 7 trays one time I can’t remember on one of my towers. I have raised every worm species in a tower it is duop. The latest one my far has been got me was a purple frog tower, I love it!!!! It’s funny you talk about your towers because I was just thinking of starting a series only on towers because I know that people love them.

Please spell check before you post a video. If you are not a native english speaker then i will accept the poor use of language in the title description...

@TheGardenAndWormLady

2 жыл бұрын

English was not my first language, I’m fluent in Spanish, I do my best

@originaldanman

2 жыл бұрын

What a silly nit picky remark that has nothing to do with this excellent video. How about "please use proper capitalization when you spell, so that we can understand what you are saying"? There's nothing wrong with anything she said or wrote in her posts or description, any more than what any "native english speaker". If you cannot understand what she's saying, you have a comprehension problem. If you cannot tell this humble lady has as good a handle on the English language as any average native speaker, then you have issues.

@TheGardenAndWormLady

2 жыл бұрын

@@originaldanman thank you 😊❤️