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Re: [GWL]: Can o worms & gnats

Hi Ted.  I have a Can-O-Worms bin in my dining room and it works well.  Have a lace table cloth
over it so it looks like a table and unless I point it out that we are not eating alone to
guests, then nobody is the wiser.  I have the older model with 5 legs that are not too sturdy.
It seems to not get as many fruit flies as my home-made bins.  Mine has a tap on the side so I
can retrieve some liquid gold.  Right now I am on the second layer so that the worms should be
coming up to the food and bedding and in a few months I'll harvest the bottom layer which should
be almost free of worms.  I do not think that my model is being made anymore.  They are making
something called the Worm-a-roo.  The distributor that I know is in BC.  Call 1-800-609-1223.
I do presentations in schools and find that my Can-O-Worms does not travel all that well because
it has to sit on a car seat or something under it to allow for the tap.  Also the legs are tricky
to put back on, so I end up transporting my box instead.
I am a freelance writer on recycling and composting and have written 2 children's books on
composting.  Pee Wee and the Magical Compost Heap and Pee Wee's Great Adventure: a guide to
vermicomposting.  They are designed for students K-5 and are a teacher's guide if you are
interested.  I sell them to school's, two books for $8.00.
I have an environmental club at my local school.  As a fundraiser, we have sold the castings to
teachers and parents.  If you want any further information about teaching resources, etc. on
composting,  please keep in touch.  Larraine Roulston, Pickering, Ontario at this e:mail or
905-420-5625.


Ted Patterson wrote:

> 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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