Getting started with worms

...ng per week (1/10 square meter per half kg.) However, keeping worms is not rocket science, nor is it an exact science!–and whatever bin you choose can be made to work. Bin Types There are all sorts of commercial worm bins for sale, ready to use, like the Worm Factory and similar stacking systems. You can also make your bin yourself. Worms are not picky! Humans can worry themselves a lot over bin details and design, but as long as the worms have th...

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Video Tour of the Root Simple Compound

...QXIwRTDqgE Johnny Sanphillippo from Faircompanies.com shot a nice video tour of our house. Excuses for the audio–it was shot during a very windy day. And I really need to get around to painting the garage! You’ll see our chicken coop. The video also features our rocket stove, horno and emergency potty plus a spin around the pantry. But the real star of this video is our 1920 bungalow. I wish they still build houses like this (sorry Dwell). Thank y...

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How to Make a Bee Skep

...s along with Mr. Spock’s Music From Outer Space and a classified 16mm film rocket test film from the 1950s. Should you not be so fortunate as to find a skep in your local thrift store, Modern Farmer Magazine has a post on how you can build your own. Looks like a fun project. How skeps are used The following series of videos show how skeps are used. Part 6 documents the steps leading up to the honey harvest. It’s a labor intensive process. To get a...

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