Avocado worm ball😂 I say it counts!!! I ❤Blu!!! It would be a dream to feed 5 gallons of food to a worm bin!!!! Totally awesome video Ann!!!!🪱🪱🪱

@PlantObsessed

Жыл бұрын

Thank you. You are on the way with the UWB. I have seen people feed a mature one that much as long as there is a mix of fast and slow food.

@amypeterson7463

11 ай бұрын

I have a bin that I am dreaming of doing this with. I would have to do it outside, so I have to figure that alll out before I start. My husband is such a dream, I know he will help me figure out how I can do this

Thanks for sharing your story and thoughts. It has been helpful for me. I am handicapped and having my worms in a barrel at my height to work them has worked for me. I am able to give 2.5 gallons of feeding weekly. I am adding more bins to increase my compost for my raised beds and greenhouse. This will enable me to grow more food for my home.

@PlantObsessed

Жыл бұрын

That is great. I'm glad you find the channel useful. Good luck worming!! 🪱👍🏼😃

I want a Blue 💙💙💙 Worm goals right there!

@PlantObsessed

Жыл бұрын

If you have the space. I 100% recommend doing it. It is so easy. Not to mention fun. 👍🏼🪱😃

Every time I watch your videos, I have to resist messing with my bins. Thanks!

@PlantObsessed

Жыл бұрын

Lol stay strong 😂

I was sad as I had to trash a video I made, it just wasn't good enough. So I looked for a video about worms. Now I'm getting happy because I see someone grabbing worms in a huge bin. Nice videos, keep them coming.

@PlantObsessed

11 ай бұрын

I'm glad you like it. Blue is the best. New video this Sunday. 😁👍🏼🪱

The time just flies by whenever we get an end-to-end tour like this of Blue 👍🏻

@PlantObsessed

Жыл бұрын

Yep just like playing in the sand box when I was a kid. Lol 😃

Just made my first ever batch of seed mix, took six months to get here and I'm proud as punch

@PlantObsessed

Жыл бұрын

Spring is almost here. We can make it!!☘️🌷🪱

Loved watching your video! Excellent information! Glad to know that I'm not the only one calling the worms my babies. 😂 I could dig around in my bins for hours too. It's so much fun! Thanks so much for sharing, Ann!

@PlantObsessed

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!👍🏼🪱😀

Thats a huge feeding For the worms. Wormies will b happy. Gd luck

@PlantObsessed

Жыл бұрын

Yes it is warming up here. They are getting hungrier 😮

Its always interesting watching blue, thank you for a great video

@PlantObsessed

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching 😃

Hi Ann! I use gloves too if I have a hangnail! I don't like the feel of them, though. ~ Sandra

@PlantObsessed

Жыл бұрын

I could not find my garden gloves for love or money. Must be out in the garage. I hate to use the plastic ones.

Excellent video, Allan 💩🍵🪱🍵💩

@PlantObsessed

11 ай бұрын

Thank you 👍🏼😊🪱

I see a bunch of seedlings. That’s how I got a pumpkin plant one year 😁 You my not claim to be an expert. But you are definitely one in my eyes. You test and experiment and help to show what worms can truly breakdown. I still need to start my seeds, I sterilized my potting soil to hopefully kill off the fungus gnats. One year they were bad

@PlantObsessed

Жыл бұрын

I may try and sow the squash seeds in the worm bin they may do better. Trying a few new ones.

@GardeningwithBarchuckin

Жыл бұрын

@@PlantObsessed worm bins typically have the right amount of moisture. I think you should try it, plus it will give the neigh sayers something to talk about 😂 “You can’t do that”, “why would you do that” 😂🤦‍♂️

thanks for the shout out. watching after the live. I will definitely follow your challenge.

@PlantObsessed

Жыл бұрын

It is still in process. I just bought some mutant peppers seed . It has frilly leaves I may do that.

@mikkosgarden

Жыл бұрын

@@PlantObsessed sounds good. The process of growing anything with one seed is interesting in and of itself.

I have tried microwave cooking my potato peels a couple minutes and the worms go absolutely mental for cooked potato. I got the idea of a fishing worm website

@PlantObsessed

Жыл бұрын

I need to remember to either freeze or cook them. If they are still there this week I may pick them out to microwave them.

@surfcitybusybee

Жыл бұрын

So glad I came across your comment! I have a bag of potatoes that have gone bad. I'll try microwaving some. Thank you!

Love your videos. I wish we could see more of your pug babies ❤

@PlantObsessed

4 ай бұрын

They are not in many of the videos because most of my worms are in the basement. It is not pug proof. Lol. 😃🪱👍🏼

@traceybier1128

4 ай бұрын

@@PlantObsessed understood. Hugs and kisses to your pugs from me and much gratitude to you for inspiring me to begin vermicomposting. Yours were the first videos I saw on KZread and you make it seem so possible for someone to achieve their goals.

Why am I watching these silly videos? I have worms, absolutely love them. Each worm farmer is basically the same. But I find them so entertaining. Crazy. I actually gave them 3 bananas last night.

@PlantObsessed

Жыл бұрын

I have the same thoughts... I have my own worm bins. why do I watch other channels? I like to see what my worm family is up to. I also think there is always something to learn. Thank you for watching 😃

Love your videos, I have learned a lot from you. I have a tower and a DYI bin. Started in April. Thank you!

@PlantObsessed

Жыл бұрын

Great 👍🏼 good luck 😃🪱

I love the fluffing lol, my outdoor wormery is very successful meaning faster at making the castings making but the indoor worm bins seem slower to me to me, but I harvest the outdoor ones 6mos to a year. and check on the indoor ones more ( I can't help bothering them more....lol)

@PlantObsessed

Жыл бұрын

Yes lol peeking on them is a guilty pleasure.

I started my peppers today too!

@PlantObsessed

Жыл бұрын

Tiz the season. Can't wait!!😃

YT recommended this video to me. Yet another different way I've seen of vermicomposting, and I really enjoyed watching. Subscribed too so now I'll see more 😁

@PlantObsessed

Жыл бұрын

Indoor vermicomposting has changed the way I garden and compost. Thank you for joining my worm family 😁

@thenodiggardener

Жыл бұрын

@@PlantObsessed I started a tower last year, having seriously down scaled from massive muck heaps. It's a serious learning curve, and I love watching all the different ways everyone else does it too.

I really like this video going to watch the other ones to see if there’s a valve in this bin you call blue for some worm tea

@PlantObsessed

Жыл бұрын

Worm tea is always worth it. I don't know what I did without it. 🪱👍🏼👍🏼

Glad to see someone else giving large feedings!! I just added 8lbs of food to my Vermibag Max. I typically feed 6lbs or more to my Urban Worm Bag as well. As long as you wait for the worms to work it large feedings work! Also do your castings smell like onions after adding them. I tried it once but all my castings smelled like onions and I stopped adding them.

@PlantObsessed

Жыл бұрын

I never noticed an onion smell in the castings. It seems to take about 6 months or more to get them harvested. The smell is gone by then.

Gloves 🙌🏾

@PlantObsessed

Жыл бұрын

I think it would not have been so bad if I had my gardening gloves

That was so interesting

@PlantObsessed

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching 😃

Subscribe to this channel! You will be worming with delight when you do.

@PlantObsessed

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words 😊

@nancyfahey7518

Жыл бұрын

Explain it to me.

@simonsuppertime2589

Жыл бұрын

@@nancyfahey7518 I can try. It's a 55 gallon food grade barrel cut down the middle and then the two halves are attached to form a long trough. Maybe Mrs Plant Obsessed will correct me if I have this part wrong, but before the bin was full to the top, she used 'the wedge method' to fill the barrel out, basically feeding and adding bedding to the side of the existing worm bedding so that as the volume increases, the leading edge is constantly being added to, but the far end is being completely consumed by the worms that forage every last bite out of the far side. Now that the barrel is super full, she always feeds on the same side and manually keeps all the biggest pieces of food and debris on the feeding side. This naturally concentrates the far side with mostly castings which are also naturally dried out and ready for sifting.

Mom, do you need to put some water on cardboard before using them for bedding ?

@PlantObsessed

Жыл бұрын

Yes the bedding has been soaking in seaweed extract for a week or 2. When I only use dry cardboard it is to control a bin that is too wet. Does that help?

@chonganchang4907

Жыл бұрын

@@PlantObsessed Yes. Thank you

You want to increase your skills! You listen to Ann! She knows what she's talking about! Yes you Worm Farmer's Fluff the Matrix(give it some oxygen plus it will mitigate anaerobic!

@PlantObsessed

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words 😊

I am a no g.ove wormer But my nails are getting long and I am immuno suppressed (cll) so I suppose I am going to have to search out those marigolds

@PlantObsessed

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I read about the possibility of picking up a staff infection from soil. I'm not getting younger I should start better habits now 😉

I also use a wedge method in a container of 80cmx50cm, I see that your humus is nice dry to the end, mine instead, below, is a wet mush, I do not understand why, yet I put a lot of litter, paper, cardboard and wood chips

@PlantObsessed

Жыл бұрын

I fluff the bin monthly and keep a fan running in the summer to move the air to help dry it. Right now this bin is also damp

@195dm

Жыл бұрын

@@PlantObsessed Thank you for your reply

If cardboard and papers have some color ink on them, is it safe to use those cardboard/,papers for worm bedding ?

@PlantObsessed

Жыл бұрын

Any paper or cardboard that is not laminated like some pizza or soda box is ok to use. North America PFAS regulation has it out of food packaging. I would use less of it than plain because it does take longer to breakdown.

How many screws did you have to use in order to keep blue together?

@PlantObsessed

Жыл бұрын

About every inch around the connection point from both sides. Hind sight advice is I should have used nuts and bolts.

Hey Anne, I'm starting my seed starting mix here in zone 5b. I'm using worm castings coir and perlite and vermiculite. Equal parts. I use a flow through system and would rather not like to filter my castings. I do however have pumpkin seeds starting to sprout in my mix. Is there a way that I can prevent seeds from food I've fed the worms from germinating? I could have stray tomato seeds in there too or smaller. I don't know. I have heard of baking the soil mix but I don't want to kill the microbes or the worms. I mean, after all isn't that why we are raising them? To boost the microbes and hormones in the soil for these plants? I want to be sure the seeds I start are the seeds that germinate.

@PlantObsessed

Жыл бұрын

The only thing I can think of is to wet the mix before you plant and catch the sprouts that are not supposed to be there. Plant after that.

Is it that it "doesn't smell bad" or that you are used to it?

@PlantObsessed

11 ай бұрын

Doesn't smell bad generally means it smells like dirt. I have a very sensitive nose. It is not always Rosey in the wormery.👍🏼😀🪱

@brianbassett4379

11 ай бұрын

@@PlantObsessed That's why mine is going to have to be outside the house. Stay safe.