Comments on: My Winter Worm Bed

By: Henry

Henry — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 04:18:09 +0000

Hello, thanks for the great site. I am interested in using your trench vermicomposting method at a prison where I will soon be helping to run a small farm. Can you give me some info on how you harvest worms from your trench and you winter trench? Also, would it work to dig out the vermi compost from the trench so that I can spread it around the farm beds?? I like your system because it is cheap, simple, and can process a large amount of food scraps but I am worried about losing my worms and the finished vermicompost. Any thoughts? feel free to email me at the address provided if it is easier than commenting here. Thanks

By: Bentley

Bentley — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:11:17 +0000

Hi Angela – sorry for the delay!
Yeah, I suspect that winter composting would be a tad different in Yukon! I live in Southern Ontario. We can get down to -20 or -30 (but not in recent years it seems).
Up north you would need a LOT of insulation, a LOT of waste materials, and likely some artificial assistance

By: angela anderson

angela anderson — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 16:51:55 +0000

winter composting… I live in northern canada – whitehorse yukon to be precise. your definition of winter might be a bit different than mine. where are you doing your testing of winter worm composting? what are some of the temperatures you get through the winter?