Scott's Vermi Adventure

Eggs are usually on the do not feed list, so I just had to give them a try. After a very successful experiment with raw eggs, I was curious if it made any difference if the eggs were cooked, so I set up a feeding experiment with hard boiled eggs.

Sometimes when I do worm feeding experiments, I already know what the results will be. I just want to document those results, so that others can learn from the experiments. Sometimes I do them because I don’t know what the results will be. Gelatin was one of those experiments, and the results were not what… Continue reading Gelatin is a favorite kid food, but is it a favorite worm food? I decided to find out.

Who in their right mind would feed their worms raw eggs? I would. But then, I may not always be in my right mind when it comes to feeding worms.

People often say that you can’t feed hot or spicy foods to your worms. Is that true? I decided to find out by feeding jalapenos to my worms.

One of the things you will often find on people’s do not feed lists is dairy. I am always interested in how far you can break the rules, so I did a worm feeding experiment with yogurt. Here are the results.

Last summer, I posted something about fish fillets in my worm bin. I dug around a few weeks later to see how things were progressing. I didn’t find any sign of the fish fillets. I did find loads of worms in the area where they used to be. I have finally been successful in feeding… Continue reading Feeding worms meat

One of the regulars in a Facebook worm composting group likes to use this guideline: If it was ever alive, the worms will eat it. And that is true, with a very few exceptions. After that, it is a matter of personal preference. Feeding is as much an art as it is a science. As… Continue reading What kitchen scraps can you feed your worms?

Here is what you need to know about horse manure: It is about the best thing you can feed your worms The C:N ratio of horse manure is perfect. That means you don’t need to mix it with bedding. It is already both a nitrogen source and a carbon source. Don’t worry about dewormers. They… Continue reading Feeding Worms Horse Manure

To maximize microbe production in the worm bin, there needs to be a balance of carbon and nitrogen in the bin. We call that the C:N ratio. Carbon is used by microbes as food energy, while nitrogen is used for protein production so the microbes can reproduce. In conventional composting, you would balance the carbon… Continue reading Balancing Carbon and Nitrogen (Bedding and Food)