I live in a small town in
the Western Australian Goldfields, and I would just like to say you
would have the best, most informative videos on the web.
Regards,
Brent W.
Hi Christy,
Thank you for making the nice videos about worms I learn a lot from you.
Greetings
Tom
The Netherlands
Hi Christy,
First I want to thank you for a great site. I really enjoyed your
e-course as well. Was able to get a lot of helpful information.
Particularly the videos. I have only been vermicomposting since Sept.
And am just about ready to harvest my first batch of castings. Recently
joined vermicomposters.com Anyway just added some photos of my worm farm to
share. So thanks again. Will continue to enjoy your site.
Troy B.
Thank you so
much for posting videos about worm bins. Your videos are great and I've
learned a lot from them.
Karen
Christy,
Thanks I hope that you don't mind but I belong to The Garden Forums website
and there are folks on there that have not heard of you and your love of
worms. I told them that I decided to buy from you because of a video I seen
of you harvesting worms by hand.
Chris M.
Christy,
Did I tell you the worms arrived in good shape and seem to be happy eating
my kitchen scraps?
Jo Ann N.
Hello
Christy,
I received the Worm Factory yesterday on time and in good shape.
I am looking forward to transferring my “herd” from my single-storey bin to
the new multi-level one.
Thank you for the quick service and excellent videos on the web.
Roy R.
Factory is all set up - so once
you have a batch acclimated and ready I am ready for them. Your videos are
warm and wonderful, full of worm love.
John B
My Lanzones
(Lansium domesticum) that has been sitting on my frontyard without any signs
of fruiting for many years, all of a sudden fruited this year after just 2
or 3 months on vermitea and vermicast.
BEN
Christy,
I love your videos and I've learned a lot from watching.
Steve
Hi Christy, I wanted to tell you
how much I enjoyed your pod casts. I just found them by accident. I been
trying to figure this worm thing out for awhile. You did a good job of doing
that. Also, your pod casts were so friendly. I sort of felt like I was
sitting across the table from you.
I can't wait to get the worm tower and get started. Keep up the good
work Christy! your a special person!
Tom P
Hi Christy.
The worms arrived today! I even saw one of the babies when I was looking in
my bin. I couldn't believe how tiny it was. :)
I live in an apartment building so the manager brought the package to my air
conditioned apartment so they were just fine. Although I wonder what she
thought of this box labeled "LIVE WORMS". :)
Thanks again!
Carla
Hi Christy,
Just to let you know I received the 2 lbs. of red worms Thursday, June 5th,
2008. I received them in very good condition and am very happy with them.
I'm using horse manure and they seem to be comfortable with that. I don't
know how long it will take for the castings to appear, or when to harvest as
of yet, but I'm sure that as I keep a close eye on things I will find out.
Thank you very much for such a wonderful product.
Best Regards,
Dave
Received worms yesterday and
they’re real healthy.
Thanks,
Michael
My worms arrived today and they
are in good condition.
Thank you,
Amy
Yes, they arrived on Friday and
they're great. Moving around and eating our veggie and fruit scraps already.
Thank you!
Liz
Christy,
I did receive the worms today and did not see any that were not alive. I
have transferred them to a 10 gallon tub that I modified with holes,
according to the directions. They are all moving and seem to be "happy".
Thank you,
Cathy
The worms arrived alive and
well, and are fast finding a new home.
Jack
Hi Christy.
Worms safely arrived yesterday P.M. While I've no experience or much
knowledge about worms, I'd say they were fat and happy. They've been
enthroned in nice new digs...with much to feast on to welcome their arrival.
Thanks Again. Larry D
Hi Christy,
Just wanted to let you know that we received our worms and they all looked
fat and happy .....even the lil' babies!!
Thanks again!
Sandra G
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All Harvest Methods Are Not Created Equal!
Here are some pictures of some harvesters available
for home and commercial worm farming.
Bottom line, time is money. Therefore, the
majority of commercial worm farmers are going to use the trommel
harvester. These harvesters tumble the bedding and worms
to help break up the material so the worms will fall free.
This process beats the worms up and dries them out.
After separating the worms from their bedding
they are placed in a material other than the bedding material
they have lived in and fed from. The moisture content is
different and the worms are stressed out.
I harvest my worms from healthy beds where the
worms are thickly massed in the top layer of the bin. I
harvest by hand taking bedding material with the worms and put
them in holding bins that hold 1/2 - 1 pound of worms. I
like to hold the worms for a few days to let them settle in
after being disturbed. I feed and water as normal and the
worms don't miss a beat. Once I'm ready to package for
shipping I carefully separate the worms from their bedding.
This does take time, but is less disturbing to the worms than
being tumbled and beat -up. The worms are weighed and then
an equal amount of their bedding is added back into the mix.
The worms are gently packed into a double layered paper bag with
holes punched in it and packed in shredded newspaper. All
of the materials used for shipping are compostable, including
the box.
As you can see by the testimonials to the left,
my worms arrive happy, healthy, active and ready to start
handling your organic waste. Simply put, my worms are not
stressed out. They never even know they have left their
home environment.
Plans are in the works for a series of videos that would take you from start
to finish (so to speak) of how to have your own worm bin composting project.
Once the set-up process was complete the series will continue with the
maintenance of the bin including feeding and harvesting worms and castings.
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