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- Sun Jan 12, 2020 7:44 pm
- Forum: Worms & Wormeries
- Topic: 2020 year of the worm, perhaps
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8804
Re: 2020 year of the worm, perhaps
Happy New Year to you too! Good to know your herd are doing well on their healthy diet. All is fine with mine too - very mild temps here for time of year but still I'm surprised to find tiny babies exploring the lid on my daily inspections so they're continuing to breed/hatch too. I've three trays o...
- Tue Dec 24, 2019 4:54 pm
- Forum: Worms & Wormeries
- Topic: Creatures of habit
- Replies: 6
- Views: 13921
Creatures of habit
Had my herd for over a year now and have always used the four corner technique for feeding, always in the same direction and at fairly regular intervals. I've just started noticing that when I'm about to put the next feed in to its designated corner, there seems to be a small gathering of worms alre...
- Tue Dec 24, 2019 4:47 pm
- Forum: Worms & Wormeries
- Topic: Ambush
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7449
Re: Ambush
Ah, an opportunistic mouse! Must've been like gazing in at a banquet and not being able to get to any of it. Over the Summer I found evidence of a mouse in the shed where my wormery is kept too (a roll of corrugated card I'd left in there for the worms had been nibbled), but so far it seems they jus...
- Wed Dec 04, 2019 11:32 am
- Forum: Worms & Wormeries
- Topic: What did you feed your worms today?
- Replies: 126
- Views: 993803
Re: What did you feed your worms today?
Love the thought of swarming worms! :) Mine certainly like apples so hope yours was a hit too. I mash up leftover pieces of apple into a purée and mix with whatever else I'm giving them, it seems to help that break down quickly. A current favourite mash-up seems to be red cabbage (chopped up small) ...
- Sun Nov 10, 2019 12:11 pm
- Forum: Worms & Wormeries
- Topic: My trays!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 60639
Re: My trays!
Interesting to see your trays, Lilwriggler, thanks. I may add some photos here too at some point. My top tray is filling up quickly, so may add a new one soon, and my bottom tray is ready to harvest but I think I'll leave it in place over winter so they have somewhere else to burrow down into if it ...
- Sat Nov 02, 2019 11:35 am
- Forum: Worms & Wormeries
- Topic: Rain escapees
- Replies: 13
- Views: 26886
Re: Rain escapees
Yes, always interesting to read about and compare experiences here, as well as a great source of advice! My wormery sounds quite different to yours Lilwriggler. Having recently harvested my first bottom tray, with two above it at the time, I now only have two trays. Bottom one just about ready to ha...
- Thu Oct 31, 2019 5:33 pm
- Forum: Worms & Wormeries
- Topic: Rain escapees
- Replies: 13
- Views: 26886
Re: Rain escapees
Hi Lilwriggler, glad to hear your number of escapees has reduced - I think I started my wormery within a month or two of yours so have been interested in reading about your experiences. I feel I'm now getting into a groove, better at gauging how much food to add and when, etc. but it continues to be...
- Thu Oct 03, 2019 11:02 am
- Forum: Worms & Wormeries
- Topic: Rain escapees
- Replies: 13
- Views: 26886
Re: Rain escapees
Just to say I find it fascinating to observe and continually learn about our worms' behaviour. Mine gather in the lid too when we have heavy rainfall, even though they are inside a shed all year round, so not responding to actual rain getting in, only changes in pressure. But that seems to be the on...
- Mon Sep 30, 2019 7:06 pm
- Forum: Worms & Wormeries
- Topic: Harvesting a tray
- Replies: 12
- Views: 19353
Re: Harvesting a tray
Thanks Willy, at the next opportunity I get I will give the harvesting another go, maybe use your bucket idea too, thank you.
- Sun Sep 29, 2019 10:58 am
- Forum: Worms & Wormeries
- Topic: Harvesting a tray
- Replies: 12
- Views: 19353
Re: Harvesting a tray
Thanks Smallthings, yes I guess it's inevitable some of the little ones and eggs will end up in the garden. I was thinking I might be able to harvest the tray in two halves, by shining a light on one side and covering up the other, to encourage all the worms over to the dark side (!), leaving the li...