Comments on: Manure: An Earthworm Inoculant for Compost?

By: Adina

Adina — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 01:49:26 +0000

Hi Karen, You can use red wigglers to compost manure. I also have native worms in my manure bins though they came with the manure, I didn’t put them there. I use old Tote Bins with screens fixed on top for manure and worms, but you can also create winrows, or boxes or troughs which will better protect your worms from predators like moles and armadillos. I don’t know which book you should read on this subject. If you worm your horses you should only use manure that has had some time to sit out in the weather before adding it to your worm bins, or use the manure farthest away from the worming dates.

By: Karen B. Saito

Karen B. Saito — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 01:09:55 +0000

I have two horses and lots of manure. Where can I read more about using worms to compost manure. ie do I need bins, should the manure be rotted and what type of earthworms should I use? I don’t see many worms in the pile, which is spread over a large area, not piled too high. Thanks, Karen

By: Adina

Adina — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 21:28:32 +0000

Hi Jeanne, Thanks for your comment. My wild cherry tomatoes are finishing out too. They do seem to bush way out, and grow in many directions. My best bush ever was a volunteer that put itself outside the wire fence holding in my compost pile . That bush was rooting into the compost the whole way up, and it lasted far into the summer months.. it also dropped lots of berries into my compost and this year every shovel full sprouted wild cherry tomatoes!

By: Jeanne

Jeanne — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 11:56:23 +0000

Adina, what a wonderful time to be gardening, even if it is hot here in zone 9B. How are your native tomatoes doing? I have lots of yellow leaves and not doing well. I don’t want to lose them, they taste divine!!!! Do you find they grow horizontal more than verticle? Love your site.