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RE: [GWL]: Can o worms & gnats

At 6:08 PM -0700 8/6/01, Nan Sterman wrote:
>Anyone tried the can o worms for vermicompost?  Any recommendations?

I believe these days there are several newer worm compost quote-unquote
systems that are worthy of consideration -- all flow-through systems.

You'll find some detailed reviews for an assortment of worm bins at the
Worm Digest website:
http://www.wormdigest.org/articles/index.cgi

The reviews are in the on-line articles from issues 23 & 24.

I haven't used the can o worms or any of the off-the-shelf systems.
Instead I have several DIY worm boxes made from modified rubbermaid bins,
sitting in a root cellar room of my basement.  For several years the worms
have been eating my garbage just like Mary's book says.
By the way, the standard black box or cone outdoor compost bins will
actually make a pretty decent worm box in temperate climates.
Any of the systems require some attention and management.  I like to think
of the worm bins as the livestock portion of my suburban homestead.  Just
like manure for a farmer, I use the worm compost to provide microbial magic
to my potting soil and innoculate my outdoor leaf compost.
And, yes, I did have a bad infestation of fungus gnats, from running the
worm bins too wet.  Gardens Alive sells a Bt strain that kills the gnat
larvae and  worked well for me -- just in time to keep my wife from
banishing the worm bins outside to some distant corner of our yard.
-Ted Patterson     Wayne, PA

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