Circle of life
April 5th, 2009This afternoon I was able to harvest my first batch of high-potency compost from my indoor vermiculture bin. Exciting!
I didn’t really get into this for the end product — the intent was more to have a better way of disposing of vegetable scraps. Still, I’m sure the house plants will love it.
Pretty sure the wermz have multiplied, also. There’s got to be at least twice as many in there now as when I started. Makes me wonder whether there’s a maximum werm density, and if I’m anywhere close to it.
Things I have learned:
- to add food slowly and in small pieces
- to stir regularly, especially when there’s lots of food
- that “harvesting” the compost takes longer than I expected
- and that the cat should be kept far away from this process
And in a couple of months, I get to do it all again.