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Well, experience speaking here - I'd imagine a little bread is fine? But we had a bunch of zucchini bread that went a bit mouldy... my husband was very ...
6 Dec 17, 2003
4:23 am

Sherry Palmer
sherry500us
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ROFL!! I'm sorry guys but I have to smile here...I throw EVERYTHING but dead animals (and I'll be doing that too soon as my population crisis is resolved) at...
1 Dec 16, 2003
8:47 pm

Pamela Alley
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Since rabbit manure is good for worms, would squirrel droppings be okay? I know rabbits arent rodents, so I dont know about the ph differences or whatever...
1 Dec 15, 2003
6:05 pm

bigstelpiboomon
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Someone once mentioned they avoid feeding breads to their worms. Why? James in Salt Lake [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
4 Dec 15, 2003
2:07 am

kd
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Jessie, I have to laugh.....................a few times.....I still look at my worms on a REALLY regular basis. Yeah, Yeah I know I don't need to. I have left...
3 Dec 14, 2003
6:19 am

canadianrebel
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Hello, All right, got my bin and set it up last week, got my worms on thursday. Everybody seems to be fine, except for the few that manage to crawl down...
1 Dec 14, 2003
3:38 am

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As a trucker stops for a red light, a blonde catches up. She jumps out of her car, runs up to his truck, and knocks on the door. The trucker lowers the window,...
1 Dec 13, 2003
3:59 pm

William Maier
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Hi Sheila, I am happy to hear that Mexico is looking at vermicomposting. There are so many easy cost effective ways to clean our envirnoment and make for ...
1 Dec 9, 2003
2:20 pm

Barbara Mounce
bmou1013
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Found some ! Tomorrow I go to a city an hours drive to see the State run program for vermicomposting. Then they will make a visit here to check how I plan to...
1 Dec 9, 2003
2:32 am

Sheila
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The castings are not supposed to fall through on their own, all of the com. flow throughs have either a bar to move back and forth or they vibrate the screen. ...
1 Dec 8, 2003
7:42 pm

canadianrebel
kuznles
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I'm trying to make a small flow-through bin out of a rubbermaid container. The first attempt is not working too well. We're using a wire mesh in the bottom...
1 Dec 8, 2003
7:27 pm

kd
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1 Dec 8, 2003
6:12 pm

William Maier
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Hi All ! Sheila in Mexico here ! Just starting with worms, have just started with rabbits also and will have the worms under them. Is there anyone on the...
3 Dec 7, 2003
3:09 pm

Sue Hubley
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Nancy, How long have you had your worms; how many did you start with, and why don't you think they a multiplying? Of all the creatures we humans keep around, I...
5 Dec 5, 2003
1:09 pm

mbyeagerus
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Hey all, I'm new to this. I was wondering if anyone has done any experiments with altering the ph of composts. I know that high ph levels work best with...
1 Dec 4, 2003
7:59 pm

brockangelo
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Hello, New here, have ordered mmy worms, am anxiously awaiting them, so to pass the time have been reading the archives, starting with the first message. The...
1 Dec 2, 2003
6:59 am

bigstelpiboomon
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My worms don't seem to be multiplying. I have a stackable tray system that is in the basement for the winter months so I don't think they are too cold. I add...
1 Dec 1, 2003
9:22 pm

nanmol
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I bought a heat tape, but it turned out to be "Freeze Protection" tape, so until the built in thermostat detects near freezing temps. the tape does not heat....
1 Nov 28, 2003
11:15 pm

Sandra Eckert
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It's getting cold in Kansas. Does anyone have any thoughts about the pros and cons of using heat tape (the kind used to wrap water lines under mobile homes) as...
4 Nov 28, 2003
7:15 am

Alice
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you would want something under it or you will be spending most of your energy heating the concrete floor. I would guess you don't need one at all though if...
1 Nov 27, 2003
8:29 pm

David Flentje
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Then it would definitely be safe wouldn't it. I have never used one, but I thought they got a little warmer than that. I use fresh ground veggies mixed with...
2 Nov 26, 2003
7:50 pm

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Nope, the worms won't chew on it, and if it gets hot, the worms will move away from it, so long as it doesn't get hot enough to melt your bins. I have known...
1 Nov 26, 2003
3:16 am

canadianrebel
kuznles
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Yep, except they have taken in more money and no one has been paid anything by them yet that I know of. Most of the crs growers are going belly up. KuznLes ...
1 Nov 21, 2003
5:04 am

canadianrebel
kuznles
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Anyone familiar with the organic network inc, ( www.theorganicnetworkinc.com <http://www.theorganicnetworkinc.com/> ) They were CRS in a former life but from...
1 Nov 21, 2003
4:31 am

James McDougal
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Subject: Target Vietnam Veterans Association - By Dick Forrey We asked our local Target store to be a sponsor of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall during our...
4 Nov 20, 2003
4:07 am

Alice
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I have ordered my worms and am getting the bin ready. If I add leaves do they have to be decomposed? I just raked up some leaves that are falling off the...
12 Nov 18, 2003
3:19 pm

Gail Scarbrough
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By the way Gail, I took black nylon screen and hot glued it over the holes in the bottom of my bins, I doesn't stop them all, but it will stop most of them...
1 Nov 17, 2003
8:01 am

Les Barker
kuznles
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I read Sue's post in which she asked about whether egg cartons were bad for worms....got me to wondering whether anything else is bad for the worms??? ...
3 Nov 17, 2003
7:56 am

canadianrebel
kuznles
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Hi, I use all my cardboard egg cartons for my kids. I just soak and put through my outside garbage disposal. It's mixed in with my food scraps and have not ...
7 Nov 17, 2003
7:50 am

canadianrebel
kuznles
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I don't think this is necessarily bad for the worms, but the one time I put one in I got *tons* of white worms just after. They eventually went away. Marge In...
1 Nov 16, 2003
9:40 pm

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