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Re: Compost.

At 07:10 PM 2/25/98 -0700, you wrote:
>Dear Leyda:
>    Besides my outdoor compost pile that isn't doing super this winter
>because it is too dry,  I also have a can of worms condo arrangement
>going in the support room of my greenhouse.  The non smelly red wigglers
>handle quite a bit of my kitchen compost. The kitchen waste becomes worm
>compost every three weeks.  They're inside because red wiggler worms
>need temperatures above 40 in winter.
>   The very thought of worms makes my husband laugh nervously but
>really, they're not too difficult.
>    Since the can of worms doesn't accommodate all my kitchen wastes I'm
>toying with getting another can of worms.
>Best, Vicki
>
Do you have a problem with fungus gnats?  I considered setting up a worm
composter in my furnace room.  I thought I could start with sterile
materials , newspaper and peat moss adn thus have sterile compost that
wouldn't need pasteurizing but someone told me the gnats would be a huge
problem.

Ruth Z
Ruth Zavitz                                     
rzavitz@execulink.com                            
Freelance Writer & Gardening Consultant, zone 6 Southern Ontario
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