Introducing the “Worm Bag”
November 29th, 2011 § Leave a Comment
The fully functional worm bag featuring Ecospun breathable poly-felt fabric and nylon stitching, a pine frame and retention tray.
If you love vermiculture, but are hesitant about separating worms from compost from other wastes in the effort of saving castings and other good stuff, the worm bag offers a greater level of efficiency in it’s simple design.
Worms prefer to live near the soil surface, so as you add compost to your bag, the worms eat, process and move upward. This leaves the majority of processed compost at the bottom of the bag that may then be released into the tray as needed.
The bag design was featured onInstructables.com and was the brain-child of “amyoungs.”
Our bag closely follows the design featured online, though we focused primarily on making this project affordable over aesthetically appealing (since it will live in our basement).
We bartered with a neighbor and farmer who brought two containers of healthy, happy red wigglers. They were introduced to a week’s worth of cut-up food wastes saved as a starter. Like people, worms love coffee – or at least coffee grounds which provide a nice source of nitrogen to plants. Other
Our oldest helps sew the Ecospun into a new home for the red wigglers.
food wastes to compliment those macronutrients are egg shells (Ca), sweet potatoes (worms love yams), and shredded newspaper (C) – these are great mixed with existing soil for a good starter.
Total cost of this project (assuming you have access to a sewing machine and tools)
is $21.25. Ecospun fabrics are made of recycled bottles and are a poly-felt fabric available at Joanne Fabrics. Use nylon thread to hold materials together and nylon cords for your cinches.
