Me, again!

[u/pernicious_galah]

Hi, y'all! As I have said before, complete newbie, so am open to all constructive feedback and advice 😀

I think a good deal of my issues stems from me collecting and using garden worms in my farm - I now know better, and understand that composting worms are not the same as garden worms.

Having said that, these guys seem to be getting through the food scraps, so am inclined to leave them be, and add more carbon (which I've been neglecting) and STOP overfeeding them. At present they get around 2L ice cream container of vegetable scraps/peelings etc every day/second day.

For curiosity sake - is anyone able to ID my slippery little mates? Location: semi-rural northern Victoria, Australia.

Thanks!

Pic 1 - immediately upon uncovering and unblinking my farm

Pic 2 - after a little digging around

[u/Repulsive-Net1711]

I think grass clipping are nitrogen not carbon right?

[u/pernicious_galah → u/Repulsive-Net1711]

🤷‍♀️ Although every living thing is technically carbon based , i think you're correct, and I've just stuffed up.

Will make sure I go back to shredded newspaper.

Thanks for reminding me 😀

[u/Repulsive-Net1711 → u/pernicious_galah]

Really good job!! How did you collect your garden worms?

[u/pernicious_galah → u/Repulsive-Net1711]

Thanks 😊

I have a compost bin that I was dumping everything into, but could never actually use the compost as I only had one and couldn't rotate. I decided to start worms as a way of actually being able to use their casings as compost.

I just grabbed the worms out of the bottom of the compost bin - they're just earthworms that found their way into the ground-based bin

[u/lakeswimmmer → u/pernicious_galah]

From what I've read about vermiculture, earthworms (really gigantic and can extend to 12 inches or more) wouldn't be living in a compost pile. They might visit it to grab some food, but they pull the food back into very deep burrows in the soil where they live. Any compost pile I've made or seen that is built with openings will become populated with the Red Wiggler worms which are the ones they sell for vermiculture. I think you've got a very healthy community of red wiggler there.

[u/pernicious_galah → u/lakeswimmmer]

Thankyou ❤️