Wood Worm Farms

I keep the 'wild' Canadian Nighcrawlers since April. They live in a slightly modified 3 trays bin: the bottom stand mesh is replaced by pieces of wood, the separating mesh is removed from each tray and the bin is filled with earth.
I tried to feed them with different kind of materials, I usually use for composting worms: food scrap, dead leaves, cardboard, pre-composted grass clippings, etc... But it looks like they mostly prefer dead leaves. Approximately 100 overage size nightcrawlers finish 1 lb of wet dead leaves (mostly maple) in 2 weeks.

I am not sure they will survive indoors, so I will probably release them before winter.

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I was surprised that paper coffee cups do not fully decompost in the bin.
They leave after them thin sheets of a plastic-like material (signed with red marks).
Those cups were not signed as fully compostable, but were advertised as
nature friendly.
Worms seem to enjoy to live inside those pieces of plastic as they usually like to lie under plastic bags left on the ground.

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J'ai déplacé tous mes lombricomposteurs sous la terrasse, pour l'été.
Les vers semblent d'aimer un tel changement: ils se reproduisent et digèrent le compost plus rapidement.

Ayant autant de vers, j'ai senti le manque de restants de nourriture. J'ai alors décidé d'utiliser du gazon déjà composté de l'année précédente, ainsi révélant ce délice aux vers. 'European Nightcrawlers' le préfère plus que d'autres vers.

Il me semble aussi que c'est possible d'utiliser des vers de terre - Lombricus Terrestis - et non juste des vers de compost, pour composter des feuilles mortes et du vieux gazon.

J'utilise un modèle un peu différent comme lombricomposteur pour ces vers. Depuis la
fin d'Avril Ils ont l'air d'être en santé et de bien se nourrir.
J'ajouterais plus d'information sur cette expérimentation bientôt.

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This is a prototype of a new medium-sized bin.
This bin will target the backyard composting and organizations with larger composting needs, like schools, cafe's etc.

It will be designed as two boxes separated by a mesh. The minimal total volume of the both boxes together should be 40 x 48 x 40 in height.

It planned to be easy to move and disassembly.

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From 9:30AM to 5PM, we were busy explaining, demonstrating, advising and answering questions and inquiries from enthusiastic visitors at the Botanical Garden of Montreal.

The weather was great and therefore allowed a good number of visitors to feel in no hurry, and to stop by our table.

Some new questions had to be answered, which was great both for us and the inquirer.

Other kiosks displayed various interesting things as well, such as natural colored salt, young bonsais, different indoor and outdoor plants, soaps of many smells and textures and various natural tea flavors.

Such a weekend is held at the Botanical Garden once a year and is definitely worth attending!

What's important for us right now is to get people's interest and understanding of vermicomposting. Everything else will follow, once they know what this fascinating idea consists of and how it works.

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