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Yeah its a little cold up north and they just won't survive the trip in anything colder then 40 it seems.. :( Learning that the hard way my self.. poor worms.. I had so many! lol

 

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Thats one thing about the news paper. It soaks up access moisture

 

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I have a manufactured worm farm thats intended for indoor use. Also this time of year through big jims if you buy 1k of worms you get another 1k for free. Im trying to motivate u joe

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no but i only got anothe rmonth to wait or so before the temps are stable above freezing, so ill wait

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I have a manufactured worm farm thats intended for indoor use. Also this time of year through big jims if you buy 1k of worms you get another 1k for free. Im trying to motivate u joe

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http://unclejimswormfarm.com/

this place?

 

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Not to say you cant make a worm bin but for $80 its so efforless. Its called worm bin 360 got it from big jims too. Best garden investment in the last 2 yrs.

 

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Yep sorry uncle jims. He is a big guy though lol

 

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lol cool well maybe ill order this weekend if he is willing to ship with a garantee that the worms will be live....thats the issue with other places, either they just wont ship, or they wont garantee the worms live...all because of the cold

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Yep sorry uncle jims. He is a big guy though lol

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#108

Hada feed the new bin so heres a few more pics :D

peeled back the bedding, Dumped the rotten food, sprinkled sand then dolomite then covered it back up.

Making some Tea.. House plants are thirsty.. shoulda took a shot of the rose plant.. maybe i'll do that later.. Lookin phab!

Last shot is the final product mixed up with some perlite ready for whatever :D

 

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If they dont offer the bogo thing it might be worth a phone call. Theres a nice young lady at reception who if you mention g gnome she might hook it up lol just kidding but you could mention you know a guy who got that deal. See what she says. It must be the niece heh heh

 

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lol cool well maybe ill order this weekend if he is willing to ship with a garantee that the worms will be live....thats the issue with other places, either they just wont ship, or they wont garantee the worms live...all because of the cold

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No worries there brother they def assured me that if any at all were dead to call and they would gladly replace.

 

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this is a great video where jonh interviews the engineer of worm gold plus, and explains how he makes his stuff...good watch

 

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Thats exactly why i started makin my own. So its as diverse as possible and as biologically available.

 

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Thats exactly why i started makin my own. So its as diverse as possible and as biologically available.

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Besides that.. Take a look at bagged soil prices... FUCK THAT SHIT!

 

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Man ain't that the truth.

 

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5KG brick of coir 11$
3 Cubic feet of Peat moss 9$
3 Cubic feet of perlite 18.95
dolomite 4lb's 8.95$

total cost to raise tons of worms for a year ^^^

Add 20$ for a 50lb bag of worm food if you want a population boom in a hurry.. if not . totally optional.

 

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If i spent that much on the bagged stuff it would go very far. God only knows how long its been on the shelf

 

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Gettin started.. its cool enough outside there not very active atm plus at least 1/2 that pile is dead so .. not worried bout them crawling away anytime soon lol

More pics as the day goes on!

 

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Careful they might be playin possum. ..maybe not

 

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Careful they might be playin possum. ..maybe not

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Im more worried about the actual posssum finding them ... Sum bitch hangs around eating all the fruit from my grape vine in the fall..

And some of them are yeah i checked a few and they started movin in my hand after a min or so.. so whatever don't fry in the sun is still alive lol

 

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You do the same thing lol