Come along with me as I interview Jake about his vermicomposting (worm bins) set up and how people can start their own. He shows both his indoor set up and gives us a tour and update of his winter high tunnel worm bins experiment.
Here is an overview of what's in this video:
4:30 What materials can you use to start a worm bin?
6:45 How often and what do you feed your worms?
10:00 Jake's outdoor garbage disposal set up and what he uses it for
11:30 How Jake harvests & stores worm castings
14:00 How long does it take to be able to harvest your worm castings?
14:40 How much do you need to supply a garden & how do we use ours
17:00 How do you know when it's ready to harvest? (& using wood chips)
20:25 What to do with worms after harvesting worm bins
21:45 How to manage your worm population
23:35 A breakdown of our yearly vermicomposting schedule
24:20 How to quickly increase worm population
26:30 How Jake prepares bins for harvesting
27:20 How to use paper shavings
28:20 Final steps after harvesting
28:50 A tour of Jake's winter high tunnel vermicomposting experiment