I’ve got Red, Green, Camo, Brown, Purple available
The Worm Inn facilitates “Continuous flow” vermicomposting
The Worm Inn is designed to be suspended by a shelving unit, a sturdy cross-bar, or a laundry hamper stand,
After designating a place for the Worm Inn, such as a basement, a utility closet, a storage area, a garage, or a classroom, the bag is ready to be filled.
The only things required for set-up are: The Worm Inn
Bedding
This includes cardboard items such as egg carton containers, paper towel inserts and newspapers – avoid glossy inserts
Food scraps
It’s best to let the food scraps sit for a few days so the microbial waste can develop, as this is what the worms actually feed on
Amount – 1-2 lbs of food waste per week is a good amount to sustain a pound of worms
Worms
1-3 pounds of Red Wigglers
To fill the Worm Inn:
some bedding is placed in the bottom to absorb moisture
then a layer of food scraps
followed by the worms
then the rest of the food scraps
finally, a thick layer of more bedding
the whole system is sprayed down with water as the contents need to remain cool and damp
As the system settles, the worms move upwards, digesting the microbial waste of the food, which results in the castings, a rich fertilizer. These castings (or vermicast) are left below as the worms constantly move upward toward more food.
$69.99 plus $10 Shipping, This is a USA product, that ships to Canada and The USA
I’ve got Red, Green, Camo, Brown, Purple available
On check out.. make sure you tell me what colour you would like.Thanks Jeff
Written by Jeff on February 26th, 2010 with no comments.
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This charming children’s book by Larraine Roulston is written to teach children all about wormeries and composting.
Pee Wee’s Great Adventure: A Guide to Vermicomposting has Pee Wee describing an amazing adventure from a classroom worm bin to a backyard composter. Instructions are included on how to care for worms and harvest their castings.
This book is printed on 100% recycled paper, is acid free, processed chlorine free and is printed using vegetable based inks.
Retails for $7.50 and ships anywhere in Canada for $3.00
Total $10.50
Written by Jeff on December 24th, 2009 with 1 comment.
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, From our Family to yours!
What a great year it has been, We have shipped worms all over Canada and the USA. We have a super sale on our worms and complete worm bin kits at the moment, I had said I would run the sale till Dec 25TH. The sale has been going so well and we still have lots of worms, So we are going to keep the sale on for another couple of months, The sale will run for all of January and February 2010 or till we run out of worms. Here is the link to this great SALE
There will be Great things going on with us in 2010, we have a number of shows and places where we are going to be guest speakers all about composting with worms, There is also a big composting project starting in February at one of our local High schools (I will keep you posted on that one) It will involve myself the teacher and the students.
In the last couple of years my worm casting have started to sell very well, weather it was sales at one of the shows or a school fundraiser, I am sure the coming year is going to be as good or better then the past few years for worm castings sales. Why do I know this?? because worm castings are the best organic fertilizer on this planet….
Thank You so much to all my past customers and I look forward to suppling all my new customers with my super products for years to come.
Jeff,Lorie,Dagan and Dylan Sonnenburg
AKA The Friendly Worm Family…
Written by Jeff on December 22nd, 2009 with 1 comment.
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WOW! SAVE! SAVE! SAVE! $10.00 OFF a pound of worms or $10.00 off the complete WORM BIN KIT. These PRICES are most likely the best in Canada at the moment, So get your orders in.
The Prices below are the SALE PRICES $10.00 already removed!!
EUROPEAN NIGHTCRAWLERS
Yes the red wiggler is the most common worm for composting in North America….But the European Nightcrawlers are starting to break walls down in the composting business, The Euro is on its way to being as good or better then the Red Wiggler. The Euro is also twice the size of the Red Wiggler, So that makes the Euro a Very good fishing worm as well.
Half Pound of European Nightcrawlers
$25.00 plus $10.00 shipping anywhere in Canada. Total $35.00
1 pound of European Nightcrawlers.
$45.00 plus $10.00 shipping anywhere in Canada. Total $55.00
RED WIGGLERS
The most common worm used for home worm composting. They are very easy to raise, have great appetites, and breed readily in captivity. They are thought to be more effective at processing wastes than European Nightcrawlers.. But like I said above, I feel pound for pound both breeds are as good as each other at composting in a home composter.
Half Pound of Red Wigglers
$20.00 plus $10.00 shipping anywhere in Canada. Total $30.00
1 pound of Red Wigglers
$35.00 plus $10.00 shipping anywhere in Canada Total $45.00
Complete Worm Bin Kits
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Great for anyone who wants the ‘full package’, our worm bin kits come complete with a 40L bin, worms, bedding (shredded recycled paper), spray bottle, and how-to instructions for maintaining the system. The worms will be in the bin inside a cloth bag, you just make bedding damp,add some food waste then open the bag of worms and add the worms. |
| 1/2 lb of Worms + 62L bin – $49.99 CAD plus $20.00 shipping.Total $69.99 |
New To Friendly Worm Guy Products
This charming children’s book by Larraine Roulston is written to teach children all about wormeries and composting.
Pee Wee’s Great Adventure: A Guide to Vermicomposting has Pee Wee describing an amazing adventure from a classroom worm bin to a backyard composter. Instructions are included on how to care for worms and harvest their castings.
This book is printed on 100% recycled paper, is acid free, processed chlorine free and is printed using vegetable based inks.
Retails For $7.50 plus $3.00 shipping anywhere in Canada TOTAL $10.50
New PRODUCT.. The Worm inn
I’ve got Red, Green, Camo, Brown, Purple available
The Worm Inn facilitates “Continuous flow” vermicomposting
The Worm Inn is designed to be suspended by a shelving unit, a sturdy cross-bar, or a laundry hamper stand,
After designating a place for the Worm Inn, such as a basement, a utility closet, a storage area, a garage, or a classroom, the bag is ready to be filled.
The only things required for set-up are: The Worm Inn
Bedding
This includes cardboard items such as egg carton containers, paper towel inserts and newspapers – avoid glossy inserts
Food scraps
It’s best to let the food scraps sit for a few days so the microbial waste can develop, as this is what the worms actually feed on
Amount – 1-2 lbs of food waste per week is a good amount to sustain a pound of worms
Worms
1-3 pounds of Red Wigglers
To fill the Worm Inn:
some bedding is placed in the bottom to absorb moisture
then a layer of food scraps
followed by the worms
then the rest of the food scraps
finally, a thick layer of more bedding
the whole system is sprayed down with water as the contents need to remain cool and damp
As the system settles, the worms move upwards, digesting the microbial waste of the food, which results in the castings, a rich fertilizer. These castings (or vermicast) are left below as the worms constantly move upward toward more food.
$69.99 plus $10 Shipping, This is a USA product, that ships to Canada and The USA
I’ve got Red, Green, Camo, Brown, Purple available
On check out.. make sure you tell me what colour you would like.Thanks Jeff
Written by Jeff on November 12th, 2009 with 1 comment.
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This great little school in Whitefish, Not only has composting worms in the classrooms and a great recycling program in place, RH Murray can now Clean all its waste water as well!
This article is from www.NorthernLife.ca news paper,(Sudbury Ontario) dated July 30, 2008
Here it is, enjoy!
R.H. Murray School in Whitefish is using an advanced wastewater system to treat its waste more efficiently. At the same time it is protecting nearby groundwater and streams, said Terry Luck, wastewater representative for Bionest Distribution Inc., based in Pembroke.
The $100,000-plus system was installed Monday. The company has installed 300 similar systems in southern Ontario, 6,000 in Quebec and 200 in Western Canada, said Luck.
Peter Firla, environmental engineer with Trow Associates, designer of the Whitefish installation, said the school needed a new wastewater system to replace the use of a sewage lagoon it has been using since the 1960s.
“The school has concerns over liability, mosquitoes, odour and illegal dumping regarding the lagoon and they wanted a new system designed and installed,” said Firla. The clay soil on site did not offer the proper percolation rate for a standard septic system, he said.
Because a commercial sized septic and field bed system requires a lot of space, the school asked Trow to come up with a smaller sized system.
“We had just investigated a system for a client locally using the Bionest technology and went with that.”
Between the standard-sized 25 cubic metre septic tank and the field bed, is a 15 cubic metre unit that measures 1.5 metres high, two metres wide and 4.5 metres long. The unit is called a Bionest wastewater treatment system.
The system will operate more efficiently over a longer period of time and requires less space on the site, said Firla.
The downsized field bed that can handle 10,000 litres per day is sized at 30 metres by 30 metres.
“A smaller field bed means less excavation, less aggregate used and less space (is) required,” said Firla.
The wastewater leaving the field bed is cleaner than that of a conventional septic system process. This is important because the liquid eventually seeps into ground water or ends up in nearby water bodies.
“The wastewater will have a lower BOD (biological oxygen demand) going into adjacent water bodies. It will tie up much less oxygen that is required by fish or other life,” he said.
Firla said he would recommend the system to other clients in the north. For more information about the system, go to www.bionest.ca
Written by Jeff on August 11th, 2008 with no comments.
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For a while now I have been trying to come up with an upward flow worm bin, that has stacking trays deep enough to bury the food waste, to make the bin work very well! Yes they are all over the internet, I have tried a few. but in almost all the cases, the trays were NOT deep enough to bury the food waste well. on average the trays were only 3″-4″ high. And in turn the bin maybe gets fruit flies etc,
This is a picture with 1 tray added. I will also say, I am not a person that is very good with woodworking, I know how to raise worms! I know what kind of environment the worm needs to live and compost well. so I was able to get a friend of mine to help me build these bins. I told him the way we needed to build it and he did.
First of all my trays are 6″ high, not 3″ or 4″ high. This gives us a whole 2″ higher, yes it doesn’t sound like much but it really is. 2″ is a great deal to bury that food waste properly
This is a picture of the bin complete, with all trays added. I made these bins to put them into our local school board’s classrooms, The reason I added the 2″ to each tray is to make sure these bins will not produce fruit flies, The main concern of the School Board is the fruit flies, These bins will not produce fruit flies, if all food waste is buried properly. In the short future I hope to have one of these bins in all our local schools. if all goes well!!!
Written by Jeff on May 20th, 2008 with no comments.
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HI All
It has been over a month since the last post about the composting in the 1/2 classroom.
This past Monday was a big day for the students and I, Our bin is in great shape!! We now have alot of baby worms, and alot of egg cocoons as well.
We were able to see 5 BABY European n/c hatch out of 1 COCOON!!
(sorry I wasn’t able to get pics)
We are sure doing a great job, and our worms are very happy! We know we are taking great care of them, because on average we should be getting about 2 baby euros out of 1 cocoon not 5
ontil next update!!! The Friendly Worm Guy
Written by Jeff on May 4th, 2008 with no comments.
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Update On trying to get two small schools to be 100% garbage FREE!
If you would like to read the first part here it is first part
In just 2 weeks and 1 email sent to the staff of my school, we have reduced our garbage to 1/4 of what we had going to the garbage bin. In this very short time we have made great steps in getting this school 100% garbage free! WE CAN DO IT!!!!!!!
Also Update on the Worm Composting in the 1/2 Classroom
Today we found our first little baby worms, I was able to get some good pictures of the bin.
With moisture concerns I had, I added a black plastic bag to the bottom of the bin before we started the bin, it has been a success. The bin is not drying out very quickly,the plastic down first then starting the bin works great! after the first tray is full. Then it will be time to add the next one above, should be fine just adding the next one with just bedding and food waste. The first tray is holding alot of moisture, in turn tray #2 will not dry out like the first would have without adding the plastic bag. The worms can migrate up through the mesh to the new tray above. When that time comes, the first tray has alot more composting to do yet!
I was able to get a great picture of a worm egg (cocoon). This cocoon is not very old it is still a greenish colour, it will turn to a dark brownish,reddish colour before the little worms emerge from the cocoon.
Hope you enjoy the pictures, I will update again soon!!! Thanks Jeff
Written by Jeff on March 28th, 2008 with no comments.
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2 months ago I started composting with Worms in my local schools.
So far every Monday I am able to get into this School and do Composting with this grade 1/2 classroom, In grade 2,3 and 4 the students take soils in science, so the worm bin fits great into the curriculum. The Students and I started this bin from scratch,
We shreaded egg cartons and drink holders into bedding for the worms.
We added an apple core and a banana peel, and let it sit for a week, then we added a half pound of European Nightcrawlers.
It was very hard for grade 1/2 students to wait to have this bin ready for the worms, Some thought it was a bee keeping hive, and some said it was for ants, and I asked if we should have bees or ants in our classroom with the holes in a bin like this.. They loved to see it was for worms!
My goal is to have a Worm Bin in everyone of the 45 plus schools in our school board. I talked to one of the high school woodworking teachers and he will have 5 bins ready to go by the end of March 08. At this time I am offering these 5 bins to teachers in our board for FREE,
The only catch is the teacher will need to take these bins home for summer break, so they can keep the worms alive to bring them back in the fall,the beginning of the new school year. After the 5 free bins are handed out. The teachers will be able to buy the bins complete with worms for cost from me! My wife and I will teach them how to take care of the bins as well. If there is any questions with the bins, we are only an email away.
I am doing a Pilot project with 2 schools to see if we can make these schools 100% garbage FREE.
Please check back here on a regular basis for up dates to this project.
Thanks Jeff The Friendly Worm Guy.
Written by Jeff on March 10th, 2008 with 7 comments.
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