Try sporting goods. They will have bedding, containers of all sizes. At 01:58 AM 1/23/2006, you wrote: >Ok, so nobody will act like I am too crazy when I ask for worm bedding and >food at Wal-mart? Which department? At least if I start in the right >department it will cut down on the weird looks. > > >Jen > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "jim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 2:59 PM >Subject: [BlindHandyMan] worm bin > > > > hello jenniffer. > > > > i have dun that very thing. > > > > get a tote bin with a lid from the local hardware stor or where ever. > > go to wall mart and buy worm bedding and worm food. > > mix up the bedding like the box says and shake on some worm food like the > > can says and there you have it. > > > > you can buy worms on the internet. > > they come in a neet little bucket all in a big worm ball. > > you just put them in the bedding and they are happy. > > you can also feed them coffee grounds. > > > > keep the lid tight because the little buggers like to crawl out and tend > > to > > dry up on the floor. > > yuck. > > > > enjoy > > jim > > i jennifferAt 05:00 AM 1/22/2006, you wrote: > > > >>So has anyone here had experience here with a worm bin? They can be done > >>in > >>much smaller spaces apparently. Even in an apartment I have been told. I > >>have found commercially available ones for over $100, but I keep hearing > >>reference to making ones own for cheap. Any thoughts? > >> > >>I think my boys would find this fascinating, but I worry about a smell and > >>the like. Also, what if I kill the worms. I am not that soft hearted, > >>*smile*, but that seems like it would be a real stinky mess. > >> > >> > >>Jennifer > >> > >>----- Original Message ----- > >>From: "Dale Leavens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>To: <[email protected]> > >>Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 12:32 AM > >>Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] How to Make a Compost Bin from a Garbage Can > >> > >> > >> > You could of course use an ice-cream bucket but it would be pretty > >> > small. > >> > > >> > We have a friend who packages kitchen vegetable debris in those new > >> > biodegradable plastic type bags and just buries them in the ground. > >> > > >> > Three or four years ago I built a sort of log house just a little over > >> > four > >> > feet square notching the logs just deep enough to leave about three > >> > quarters > >> > of an inch between them for air flow. I made a sloped gable and a > >> > hinged > >> > plywood top to make loading it easy and a raising door at one side so I > >> > can > >> > fork out compost from the bottom. Usually I just leave the top open so > >> > there > >> > is enough moisture from the rain though occasionally I do have to spray > >> > a > >> > little in with the hose. From time-to-time I fork it over just to make > >> > sure > >> > there is enough air and to spread the hot cooking stuff around the less > >> > active stuff. It looks like this cute little log cabin at the bottom > >> > corner > >> > of my garden a little over four feet square and just under five feet to > >> > the > >> > top of the roof. > >> > > >> > Just now ai don't have a grass catcher on my mower but while we were on > >> > holidays the kid across the lane cut the grass and threw it in, good > >> > green > >> > stuff to get things really hot. I grind up other garden debris too > >> > including > >> > hedge trimming and in the fall, all the annual and perennial material > >> > and > >> > rose bush pruning and of course I push bags of fallen leaves through > >> > the > >> > shredder and add them. Most of that doesn't cook much until the spring > >> > but > >> > before I put my gardens to bed for the winter I will have about a yard > >> > of > >> > wonderful rich soil to add. You wouldn't believe what it has done for > >> > my > >> > lilly gardens this year. Hundreds of huge plants and the fragrance is > >> > divine! > >> > > >> > I generally just leave my garden fork sticking into the pile, you > >> > wouldn't > >> > believe how hot it can get sometimes, I can hardly handle the tines. > >> > > >> > I should have a piece of perforated pipe down the middle to permit more > >> > air > >> > into the middle of the pile it would work better. > >> > > >> > > >> > Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada > >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > Skype DaleLeavens > >> > Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. > >> > > >> > > >> > ----- Original Message ----- > >> > From: "Sheila Enerson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > To: <[email protected]> > >> > Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 10:02 PM > >> > Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] How to Make a Compost Bin from a Garbage > >> > Can > >> > > >> > > >> >> Could I use a plastic ice cream bucket? > >> >> > >> >> Sheila > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> -----Original Message----- > >> >> From: [email protected] > >> >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> >> On Behalf Of Boyce, Ray > >> >> Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 4:09 PM > >> >> To: [email protected] > >> >> Subject: [BlindHandyMan] How to Make a Compost Bin from a Garbage Can > >> >> > >> >> Hi > >> >> Compost is nothing more than decomposed plant material, so you don't > >> >> need > >> >> a > >> >> fancy bin to make your own compost. You can create compost in a heap > >> >> on > >> >> the > >> >> ground, but most gardeners think that containing your compost pile > >> >> makes > >> >> it > >> >> look tidier. Here's how to make compost in a recycled garbage can. > >> >> > >> >> Steps: > >> >> 1. > >> >> Punch holes in a garbage can. The microbes that actually do the > >> >> composting > >> >> need oxygen to do their work. > >> >> > >> >> 2. > >> >> Chop plant debris into small pieces and place them inside the garbage > >> >> can. > >> >> Ideally, you should use 50 percent green material and 50 percent dry, > >> >> but > >> >> you > >> >> can use shredded newspaper for the dry material if necessary. You > >> >> don't > >> >> need > >> >> to fill the can all at one time - just put in the plant material you > >> >> have > >> >> on hand. > >> >> > >> >> 3. > >> >> Spray water over the chopped plant material inside the can, until the > >> >> material is damp but not soggy. > >> >> > >> >> 4. > >> >> Put the lid on the can. > >> >> > >> >> 5. > >> >> Place the filled garbage can on bricks or several 2-by-4-inch pieces > >> >> of > >> >> lumber to keep the can off the ground and prevent it from rusting. > >> >> > >> >> 6. > >> >> Turn the can as often as daily, or at least once a week. Lay the can > >> >> on > >> >> its > >> >> side and roll it around to mix the plant material inside. > >> >> > >> >> 7. > >> >> Add more plant material at any time. > >> >> > >> >> 8. > >> >> Keep the compost about as moist as a wrung-out sponge by spraying it > >> >> with > >> >> water when the plant material begins to feel dry. > >> >> > >> >> 9. > >> >> Harvest your compost after one month. Use a wire screen or piece of > >> >> chicken > >> >> wire to strain out the unfinished compost. > >> >> > >> >> Tips: > >> >> > >> >> Compost can be used to top-dress garden beds or as potting soil for > >> >> indoor > >> >> plants. > >> >> > >> >> Once the plant material inside the can is no longer warm to the touch, > >> >> the > >> >> composting process is finished. > >> >> > >> >> ********************************************************************** > >> >> This message and its attachments may contain legally > >> >> privileged or confidential information. If you are not the > >> >> intended recipient, you must not disclose or use the > >> >> information contained in it. 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