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1) Vermicomposting tower: 4 layers with mixtures of cardboard food and clippings. Goal is to let them break down the materials while also producing worm castings that are great for the garden - I've been mixing them with water to uppot things

[ID: 4 visible levels of a black tower, with an open spigot at the bottom pouring into a purple gardening can]

[ID: Worm castings on top of visible grass clippings and worms]

2) Compost ball: Provides an enclosed space that insects & moisture can move in and out of but rodents and my dogs cannot. I use this to break down any food items until they're no longer desirable to any mammals, and then layer them into the main compost pile

[Blue sphere with a closed lid and small holes in it, surrounded by grass clippings and with long dried stalks to its right]

3) Main compost: Shallow hole filled with successive layers of leaves, cardboard, grass and weeds, straw, biochar, decomposed food, broken down stalks and very old wood, and sometimes manure if I have access to any that needs aged.

Another thirty redworms begged to come home with me.

They didn't look very lively, but I guess that's expected after being in a fridge. They'd all disappeared under the bedding this morning, so I guess they were alive.

I have a worm bin! The brand is worm cafe, but most of them are pretty similar. I've used DIY bins as well. The reason I switched to a worm bin is because my knees are garbage and I don't have to bend down for this one.

I take parts of fabric that I cannot use and snip them off the main bit. I only have one piece of tiny fabric that qualifies at the moment.

Then I snip them into fabric confetti(easier on the worms, fungus, and other critters if it's smaller).

And then I sprinkle the confetti in the worm bin.

It takes about 2 months for the worms to eat it. Beetles are faster but unpredictable. I let beetles live in the worm bin, but I don't purposely add beetles. I didn't see any beetle larva this time so full credit to the worms right now.

You can do the same with almost any organic based fabric or paper. A compost pile will break down cotton as well, but I'm unsure how long it takes. I think my old pile used to take 4-6 months during the warm seasons.

A DIY bin plan is available at:

my sister got me worms for secular winter gifting season!!!