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- From: kelly@cco.caltech.edu (Kelly F.)
- Newsgroups: rec.gardens
- Subject: Re: Worms and Home Composting in Winter
- Date: 31 Dec 1992 05:45:05 GMT
- Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
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- References: <1htjioINN4pu@access.usask.ca>
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- In article <1htjioINN4pu@access.usask.ca> goldie@herald.usask.ca (Hugh Goldie) writes:
- >I recently saw part of a Canadian news program from Winnipeg, about indoor
- >composting with red worms. I would be very thankful if someone could e-mail
- >or post some details about this, particularly where to get worms and how to
- >get started. It is -37 degrees centigrade in Saskabush right now and my
- >outdoor compost heap is probably working rather slowly... :-).
-
- Organic Gardening magazine had an article on this topic in the January 92
- issue, by Mary Appelhof who wrote the book "Worms Eat My Garbage". The
- issue has plans for a *very* nice wormbin that fits well on a porch and
- doubles as a bench. It also included the following sources:
-
- Worms Eat My Garbage (book) for $10.50 (includ shipping) from:
- Flower Press
- 10332 Shaver Road
- Kalamazoo, MI 49002
-
- Mary Appelhof also sells vermicomposting supplies including redworms
- and her latest worm composting system (a plastic rectangular container
- designed for indoor use, called 'The Worms Eat My Garbage Worm-a-way'
- made of recycled plastic manufactured by We recycle Corp. of
- Milton, Ont. Its manufacture provides employment for developmentally
- disabled individuals.)
- Write to:
- Flowerfield Enterprises
- 10332 Shaver Road
- Kalamazoo, MI 49002
- (616) 327-0108
-
- Also listed were:
-
- Cape Cod Worm Farm
- 30 Center Ave.
- Buzzards Bay, MA 02532
-
- Carter Fishworm Farm
- Plains, GA 31780
-
- Early Bird Ecology
- RR1
- Smithville, ONT
- Canada L0R 2A0
- (Not sure what they sell, but i would guess worms, and the plastic bin,
- perhaps the book.)
-
- Gardener's Supply
- 128 Intervale Rd
- Burlington, VT 05401
- Free catalog, they sell the plastic bin, book and worms, and all three as
- a deal i believe.
-
- Redworms c/o Ron Clausen
- 2111 N. Century Blvd
- McDavid, FL 32568
-
- Snooks Worm Farm
- Box 14
- Harold, FL 32563
-
- May I also add:
- Rainbow Worm Farm
- 24700 County Road No. 95
- Davis, CA 95616
- (916) 758-9906
- I paid 21.00 (plus tax so it came to 22.31) for about two pounds
- of bedrun redworms, and they are very nice people. You *won't* get a
- 'flyer{ from them saying 'raising earthworms are so easy, even your
- wife could do it' as i got some certain farms located in places like
- georgia...:-)
-
- I've had bins (1'x 2'x 3' in size, 2 of them, made out of scrap wood
- with drainage holes,) outside for almost two years now, and i *love*
- them. I've had no problems with rats or flies or anything, they smell
- like dirt, not rotting stuff, and its just magic how my foodstuffs are
- turned into wonderful rich compost. I followed the directions in Mary's
- book, its a great book, and so is the OG article, and if your library
- has it, its free.
-
- I haven't tried her bin, nor seen one in person, so i can't comment
- on that.
-
- Kelly
- kelly@cco.caltech.edu
-
-