DIY Worm Compost Bin - Getting worms ready for vacation
Channel: Plant Obsessed
Date: 2022-05-21

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkVsnzyeLg4O8N44LH1qlIw/store This bin is x3 ten-gallon totes I purchased at a big box store for about 7$ USD each.  Today we get them ready for vacation.  Plant Obsessed Merch here -- https://www.spreadshirt.com/shop/user/plantobsessed   There is currently about 4 pounds of worms in the bin total. They are the uncle Jim mix of red wigglers, blue worms and European night crawlers.  To make the stack of 3 10 g/38l bin I placed ½ in (13mm) air holes in the sides of the totes and holes in the bottom of the top 2 layers for the worms and liquid to move throughout the bin. I drilled half inch holes and covered them with screen on the top layer upper walls. The middle layer has smaller holes.  The lowest layer does not have holes in it. The middle layer of the worm bin has 1 sixteenth inch holes (3mm) drilled in the bottom.  This layer was meant to only drain off liquid from overly wet food.  The worms had their own plan and demanded I place bedding down there.  I did and we have lived happily ever after.  The top layer has 1 quarter inch holes drilled in the bottom to allow the worms to migrate down or up.  This bin needs harvested about every 5 or 6 months.
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