Boulder Vermicomposting

Useful Internet Resource: the_worm_bin

October 14th, 2008

One of the great resources I’ve found on the internet for wormkeeping is a Yahoo! Groups mailing list.  I looked around, and it was clear that the_worm_bin was the most active (95 messages in September 2008) and had the most members of any mailing list I could find (920).  the_worm_bin also has a searchable archive of almost 10,000 messages (available to everyone).

There are also links and useful files, but I think the real value is in the conversations going on.  Some recent subjects of discussion include “air travel with worms”, “harvesting methods” and “bin sizes”.  I recently asked whether it was alright to put meat in a worm bin and received a number of responses.  (The answer, in case you’re wondering is, ‘yes, as long as you make sure the scraps are covered, watch out for wild animals, and don’t overload the bin’.)

Membership is free, but must be approved by a moderator.  So, if you are having a worm emergency, you’ll have to wait to post until the moderator approves you.

I joined the group recently and found it to be relatively low traffic and high in information.  One of the great things about being a wormkeeper is that it is so easy to experiment, and this group makes it easy to share that, and benefit from other’s experience.  (If you join and have a question to ask, please make sure you ask that question the smart way.)

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