Healthy soil and sustainable growing

[Liz <liz@allslash.org>]

At 03:26 PM 12/5/2007, you wrote:
> Why vermicompost rather than any other kind of compost? In a 
> snowy-winter climate, I'd be concerned about how to keep the worm 
> boxes protected from the cold for several months. Do you have a barn 
> or other building that stays warm enough to keep worms alive in the winter?

One of the reasons I'm interested in vermicomposting is precisely 
because of wanting to compost during the cold weather. I hope to get 
one of the plastic bin type composters. I'm going to have to figure 
out how to keep ants out of it (water-filled dish under each leg, or 
something like that).

Liz in SW VA
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