received my 3 pounds of worms from Jerry Gach the worm dude today
all worms came in alive and well packed
gave them a sprinkle bath to rehydrate them with a spray bottle
put them all in the 55 gal flow thru which will be easier for now till they multiply
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Sunday, October 28, 2012
10/28 new demo bin
put away the pretzel bin for now and made the demo bin from pretzel bin
didn't look like many worms in there but just dumped it in the other bin
was quite a few in the coffee grounds
didn't look like many worms in there but just dumped it in the other bin
was quite a few in the coffee grounds
Saturday, October 27, 2012
10/27 fed bins
gave the blue bin lots of potato peels and radish tops and 2 burger buns crushed up
the stackable received a few banana peels
and the juvi bin the lettuce scraps
haven't seen any hummers since around oct 25th,,but did give some new water out there if any do come thru
were 2 male hummers the same anna and a juvi with a patch on the throat and red sides about halfway up its neck
the stackable received a few banana peels
and the juvi bin the lettuce scraps
haven't seen any hummers since around oct 25th,,but did give some new water out there if any do come thru
were 2 male hummers the same anna and a juvi with a patch on the throat and red sides about halfway up its neck
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
10/23 fed flow thru and blue bin
gave the flow thru a few more banana peels and the corn stalks & cobs
gave the blue bin a few banana peels and stirred it up,,lots of babies and juvis and a couple adults
gave the blue bin a few banana peels and stirred it up,,lots of babies and juvis and a couple adults
Monday, October 22, 2012
10/22 leaves and birds
gave leaves and cardboard to the stackable
gave leaves to the isopod bin
and 3 hummers are showing up now
a juvi anna with just red on the sides of his head and a patch on its neck
the regular male anna and poss a female
gave leaves to the isopod bin
and 3 hummers are showing up now
a juvi anna with just red on the sides of his head and a patch on its neck
the regular male anna and poss a female
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
10/16 watered blue bin - moved adults
gave almost a gallon of water to the blue bin
no adults seen yet but there was a almost hatched cocoon on the corn cob
moved more adults over to the stackable
no adults seen yet but there was a almost hatched cocoon on the corn cob
moved more adults over to the stackable
Monday, October 15, 2012
10/15 split stackable
moved the worms over to the juvi bin and kept most adults in the stackable
found an escapee in the flow thru in the bottom
found an escapee in the flow thru in the bottom
Saturday, October 13, 2012
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Sunday, October 07, 2012
Thursday, October 04, 2012
10/4 fed pretzel bin
fed the pretzel bin 2 banana peels
the male anna has still been showing up plus 1-2 females
the male anna has still been showing up plus 1-2 females
Saturday, September 29, 2012
9/29 isopod bin mixed -- fed stackable
mixed up the isopod bin,,most leaves looked like mud and very wet
gave them more coffee grounds
still watermelon left,,waiting for that to finish before giving them the apple mix
still 2 hummers left
a male anna and a female
fed the stackable about 2-3 pounds of the apple mix that had a good layer of mold on top
gave them more coffee grounds
still watermelon left,,waiting for that to finish before giving them the apple mix
still 2 hummers left
a male anna and a female
fed the stackable about 2-3 pounds of the apple mix that had a good layer of mold on top
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Friday, September 21, 2012
9/21 pretzel bin
moved most of the contents to the blue bin
found 75 out of the 80 worms started with
hundreds of babies and a few juvis in there
very few cocoons seen
made the bin again with cardboard,egg crate and coffee grounds
gave the bin 6-8 pieces of moldy bread throughout the bin
only 2-3 hummers hanging around
found 75 out of the 80 worms started with
hundreds of babies and a few juvis in there
very few cocoons seen
made the bin again with cardboard,egg crate and coffee grounds
gave the bin 6-8 pieces of moldy bread throughout the bin
only 2-3 hummers hanging around
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
9/19 split stackable
split half the stackable to the juvi bin
cut up the watermelon for them to eat it faster
did see babys feeding off the watermelon already
cut up the watermelon for them to eat it faster
did see babys feeding off the watermelon already
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
9/18 fed stackable
fed half a watermelon to stackable
cut up apples cole slaw blueberries carrots celery for the next feeding
cut up apples cole slaw blueberries carrots celery for the next feeding
Friday, September 14, 2012
9/14 fed blue bin - new coffee grounds
gave coffee grounds to the blue bin,,saw very few worms in it
gave a piece of carrot pancake to the stackable
gave a piece of carrot pancake to the stackable
Thursday, September 13, 2012
9/13 2nd feeder bread stackable
gave 1 peice of bread to the stackable
and put up the 2nd feeder out back
and put up the 2nd feeder out back
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
9/12 fed stackable
lots of sprouts from the cantaloupe left over in the bin
gave a good clump of coffee in it
lots of cocoons thru the bin
no maggots were seen and no broccoli left and no plum
gave the pretzel bin some water and poked around some,,most worms were down in the bin a few small babys in there
isopod bin seems well,,seen babys in there and some on the coffee
gave a good clump of coffee in it
lots of cocoons thru the bin
no maggots were seen and no broccoli left and no plum
gave the pretzel bin some water and poked around some,,most worms were down in the bin a few small babys in there
isopod bin seems well,,seen babys in there and some on the coffee
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