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  • From: "Tradingpost" <tradingpost@lobo.net>
  • To: livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] vermicomposting in place
  • Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2008 08:12:49 -0700


Agree. Heavy mulch can keep the beds from freezing, which certainly keeps
the worms from venturing out into the colder ground.

paul tradingpost@lobo.net

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On 3/7/2008 at 8:39 AM Marty Kraft wrote:

>Use mulch in the beds and they will stay, feeding on the mulch and
>enjoying the moisture.
>
>Marty
>On Mar 6, 2008, at 11:43 PM, Dean wrote:
>
>> Right now we are vermic0mposting (just got started) to build up
>> compost over
>> the winter. I would like to eventually move all the worms into the
>> garden
>> and let them aerate as they fertilize. I would think, being the
>> intelligent
>> critters they are, they would stay where it is the most comfortable
>> for
>> them, i.e. not crawl out of the garden area. My biggest concern
>> would be
>> with them goiing or needing to go so deep in the winter to aviod
>> the cold
>> that they surface in places other than the garden. Any ideas on
>> this or
>> other things i am not thinking of would be appreciated. Dean
>>
>>





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