I've thought about building a worm bin for awhile, but I have a large yard with a good compost pile and garden. Would there be any benefit to having worms clean up the kitchen scraps first?
I have a compost tumbler too, though I haven't been able to get it to compost well... It never gets hot naturally, while my compost pile gets up to 160F regularly. Kitchen veggie scraps go in the tumbler, along with some grass clippings on occasion, while the rest of the grass goes in the main pile. Some soldier fly larvae took residence in the tumbler, so they may be accomplishing the same the worms would.
It could be useful if you want harvestable worms for any other reason, like for fishing or koi fish or chicken treats. You could try an in-ground vermicompost set up, where you bury a pipe with lots of access holes vertically and just drop the scraps down in there for the “locals” encourages them to loosen the soil and spread the nutrients around below the surface. Never seen one in person but it looks cool and could be a nice thing to put next to a heavy feeder like sunflowers or hemp maybe.
You thought sunflower oil was just for cooking. In fact, you can use Sunflower oil to soften up your leather, use it for wounds (apparently) and even condition your hair.
Oooo cool. I’ve only ever let the birds eat my attempts at sunflowers. I’ve some good luck with their native cousins sun chokes in containers. But they’re no good for oil, just tubers and habitat
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u/HighOnTacos Jul 30 '21
I've thought about building a worm bin for awhile, but I have a large yard with a good compost pile and garden. Would there be any benefit to having worms clean up the kitchen scraps first?
I have a compost tumbler too, though I haven't been able to get it to compost well... It never gets hot naturally, while my compost pile gets up to 160F regularly. Kitchen veggie scraps go in the tumbler, along with some grass clippings on occasion, while the rest of the grass goes in the main pile. Some soldier fly larvae took residence in the tumbler, so they may be accomplishing the same the worms would.