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Aussie Worm Farmer - 2009/04/22 18:04Hi my name is Alex I'm new here. I live on a farm in the Yarra Valley, Victoria Australia. I have been pottering around beeding worms for the last few tears. I havew built up quite a large operation taking advantage of abundant supplies of horse & pig manure we have here. It reckon its about time I strated to streamline what I do and get some order into the wor side of things.
Some of the locaal worm growers her in Australia are a little reticent to pass on information.
I am interested in the best practice and procedures for breeding worms in an 'outside' context. Any pointers will be appreciated.
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wellsworms
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Re:Aussie Worm Farmer - 2009/04/22 19:18 do you have any ground dwelling critters that eat worms of not go with wind rows of eatable material .hay grass manure garbage [no meat]if you have ground dwelling critters make raised beds many examples on the web any other questions will answered by someone here we all had questions when we started
Post edited by: wellsworms, at: 2009/04/24 10:58FEED IT TO THE WORMS WELLS,vermont jerry walker 2008
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Blinker
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Re:Aussie Worm Farmer - 2009/04/23 05:19We are fairly free of ground dwelling worm predators. Though we get the odd fox poking around after the chooks. They usually don't last long without getting shot or chased by the farm dogs. Can you pointme in the right direction re the windrows. Height, width, cover material????
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Re:Aussie Worm Farmer - 2009/04/24 06:55http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/fs/active.pdf try hear you will have to scroll down till you find virmicomposting horse manureheal the earth with worm farming. John Lance Indain Valley,virginia
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Re:Aussie Worm Farmer - 2009/04/24 10:55 windrows 4-5 ft wide start 5 ft high let mush down to about 1-2 ft make a continus pile a big snake if you will seed one end keep adding to the other harvest when the worm population has bloomed . just keep harvesting as they progresscover with old hay or sawdust
Post edited by: wellsworms, at: 2009/04/24 10:57FEED IT TO THE WORMS WELLS,vermont jerry walker 2008
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Re:Aussie Worm Farmer - 2009/04/24 11:01john how do i get the info after finding the subject on the chart?FEED IT TO THE WORMS WELLS,vermont jerry walker 2008
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Re:Aussie Worm Farmer - 2009/04/24 18:47Thanks for the pointers. I'm sure I'll be back with more questions soon.
Cheers,
A
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do you have any ground dwelling critters that eat worms of not go with wind rows of eatable material .hay grass manure garbage [no meat]if you have ground dwelling critters make raised beds many examples on the web any other questions will answered by someone here we all had questions when we started