Healthy soil and sustainable growing

[Harvey Ussery <harvey@themodernhomestead.us>]

Is anyone on the list doing vermicomposting on a larger scale than 
"worms eat my garbage" (Appelhof) style worm bins? If so, I'd love to 
know more about your setup and experiences.

My own approach to vermicomposting, at fair scale inside a 20x48-ft 
greenhouse, is described at
http://themodernhomestead.us/article/Boxwood+Vermicomposting.html
The scale is important to me, since I harvest worms for feeding to my 
poultry flocks.

I've never tried setting up similar bins (i.e. earth-bermed) outside. 
Have any of you? How did you solve the challenges of: moles, other 
worm-eaters like possums and raccoons, curiosity seekers like dogs, 
waterlogging from heavy rains, freezing in the winter, too hot in the 
summer, digging into the root zone of trees (assuming you sited the bins 
in the shade of trees)? Have you made harvested composting worms a 
significant part of your poultry feeding program? (Or maybe feeding of 
pigs or farmed fish?)

Thanks if you have info to share.

~Harvey

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Harvey in northern Virginia
www.themodernhomestead.us