permaculture

["Bryan Innes & Joanna Pearsall" <permaculture@eartheal.org.nz>]

One thing I wanted to point out - the composting process and the worm
> composting method are qualitatively different ways processing waste - that
> is, one relies on the activity of micro-organisms, while the other relies
on
> worms to eat the stuff and create worm droppings.

Actually they are not that different.
Compost works with micro-organisms. Worms do not eat anything other than
micro-organisms, and they help the development of them too (Remember-
Everything gardens!). It is still micro-organisms that are breaking down the
organic matter.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Elijah Smith" <elijah@hilobay.com>
To: <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, 19 February 2002 14:37
Subject: Re: [permaculture] Worms eat my crap? & more


>
> Thanks for the comprehensive replies, everyone!  It's given me a lot to
> follow up on.
>
>  I like the worms, because
> they are faster, they don't take as much management as a compost heap, and
> if it's been eaten by the worm, it's pathogen-free (from what I've
heard) -
> no "wait for seven years for the ascaris worms to be sure to be dead"
stuff.
>
> Anyway, I'm on a septic pit system with a flush toilet now, and one of
these
> days I'm going to start by putting a wormbox underneath the toilet.  It
will
> drain back to the septic pit, but the solids will be composted and used as
> potting soil or whatnot.  Down the road we'll get a wetlands processing
the
> liquids.
>
> I've also heard of having the incoming pipe be directable into two areas,
so
> you can move the waste to a different area, wait a few weeks for the first
> to comost, remove it, redirect the waste back into the first area, etc.
The
> worms can move between the chambers.
>
> Here's another idea I've been kicking around: Have a collection tray for
> chicken shit under the chicken coop, at a slight tilt.  Run water over the
> tray daily, and allow it to continue into drip line irrigation in the
garden
> (?).  Remove solids for your bananas.
>
>  Elijah
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Pacific Edge Permaculture + Media" <pacedge@magna.com.au>
> To: <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 2:47 PM
> Subject: Re: [permaculture] Worms eat my crap?
>
>
> >
> >
> > > From: Felicity Wright <flickwright@ozemail.com.au>
> > > Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 11:06:24 +0000
> > > Subject: Re: [permaculture] Worms eat my crap?
> >
> > > We are in the process of buying their mini stand alone model ('oh no,
> > > that's just a bucket, mum!' say the kids) so we can stick it straight
in
> > > the existing toilet space and trial the system for ourselves. When the
> > > base is full you swap it for another and leave the original one to
> > > compost - plus worms, they recommend.
> >
> > Stuart White trialled this with his home-made research model in suburban
> > Lismore. He used wheelie bins as the receptacle. I understand the
project
> > was successful.
> >
> > Stuart is now a research fellow at the Australian Technology Park in
> > Redfern, Sydney.
> >
> > ...Russ
> >
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