Michael J. Koch, Jr.'s Page

Charlie and I visited the worm amigos today, and they are exceeding expectations! We found tons of eggs in a whole barrage of different stages. Tons of green (new) eggs, slightly brown (middle stage), dark brown (last stage before 'birth'), and Charlie even found a spot crawling (pun wasn't originally intended, but they were crawling) with tiny white brand new worms!!! Today was the 4th week in a row we have fed them. The temperature, moisture, food consumption, and worm morale levels are really… Continue

What an awesome day!!! Darren completely set us up with a better bin design, fresh casting, manure, and straw! We started the day out at Darren's vermicomposting site in the far reaches of Spanish Springs. He explained how he started his bin, how he maintains it, and new ideas on expanding his knowledge of the vermicomposting world. One thing that I thought was interesting, was his "Experimental Bin." Darren takes a small population of worms from his stock and puts them into a seperate bin and a… Continue

14th
I went out to the S2S site to water and feed the worms and noticed a heavy amount of maggots in the compost. Fed them about a half garbage can full of food.

16th
Delia and I went out to feed the worms! There was a VERY FULL garbage can full of food waiting for us as the DC. Most of the food that we had previously added was practically decomposed and looks like AMAZING soil!!! There were still a lot of maggots, but Delia was going to contact someone about if there was anything we could do t… Continue