We've been vermicomposting with worms for a while now and have beautiful worm castings made from our produce scraps, used coffee, and paper towels.
Because the worm castings are full of worms, and we don't want to loose any of these compost workers we bulk harvest the finished vermicompost every couple months separating the worms from the castings. To do this we simply make a pile twice the size of the amount of castings we want and shine a light on half of it. Within 8-12 hours almost all of the worms move from the side with the light to the side without the light. Then all we do is just take the lit side of the pile for our plants and soil, while returning the other half, with all the worms, to the composting tubs.
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Cool! How long does it take for the worms to make usable compost? And where do you keep this bin?
Sorry to be slow to respond to comments lately. We will try to be better about it!
Anyway, the worms can make usable compost in under a month. This can be sped up by blending the food first (the worms can break it down faster).
We keep them in the basement, and generally feed them once a week with kitchen scraps consisting primarily of coffee grounds, paper towels and egg shells. They do get some veggie scraps but the chickens get most of that.
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