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fincasantamarta
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 Building a large worm bin - 2008/08/10 07:11 I would like to build a large worm bin for my organic farm. Can anyone steer me to a web site with good ideas or plans? Ron
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digger123
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 Re:Building a large worm bin - 2008/08/10 17:57 We need more info Ron.

How big are you talking about?
How much casting do you need?
What is yor feedsourse?
Wood plastic?
Flow through?
Where do you live?
Are temps a factor?

If you want a good answer for your situation we need to know more.

Darren
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fincasantamarta
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 Re:Building a large worm bin - 2008/08/12 06:37 OK here are the specifics. Our farm is in western Panama near Costa Rica so the climate is tropical. The area we will start with is 10 x 20 divided into 4 bins with 2 each connected. The preferred building method here is cement blocks. The site is on a concrete pad with a slope. The feed source is organic plant material and possibly horse manure. Anything else you need to know?

Thanks in advance.
Ron
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 Re:Building a large worm bin - 2008/08/12 20:10 I don't know how detailed of a plan you need for a worm bed or if you want a lid or non-lid model. You might look at http://agalternatives.aers.psu.edu/Publications/earthworm.pdf which is an a 4 page booklet put out by Penn State on Earthworm Production. It has a line drawing of a bed made from concrete blocks.
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 Re:Building a large worm bin - 2008/08/15 19:36 Gary wasen't it you with your 4x8 brick plywood bin or was that you Red Hen? That looked like a good one.
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 Re:Building a large worm bin - 2008/08/15 21:54 digger123 wrote:
Gary wasen't it you with your 4x8 brick plywood bin or was that you Red Hen? That looked like a good one.
Thanks, digger - dis'un?

I got the design idea from Susan (RedHen), and adapted dimensions to fit my available space.
Ron, if ya wanna PM me an email addy, I'll send a little (3 slide) PPT of build info.

Post edited by: gnosnhoj, at: 2008/08/15 22:19 Y'all have fun, whatever you're doing.
Gary
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 Re:Building a large worm bin - 2008/08/15 22:09 hmm...That does look familiar. Susan Quinby-Honer
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 Re:Building a large worm bin - 2008/08/26 00:27 I don't know how big you are talking about, mine are 2ft. by 4 ft. go to this URL and you will see pictures of mine and also pictures of my worm farm.

http://kountrykuzn.com/worms/farm.html

PS - Hi Red Hen, it's been a while since I have been on the forum, but I'm still worming. KuznLes

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fincasantamarta
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 Re:Building a large worm bin - 2008/08/26 06:42 Thanks for all the tips. I 'll let you all know how we make out.

Ron
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