http://blog.working-worms.com Sat, 27 Mar 2010 23:07:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Read some irreverant culinary unhistory about the great worm eating competition run by Martin Luther, called the Diet of Worms at the uncyclopedia  http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Diet_of_Worms http://blog.working-worms.com/2010/03/the-diet-of-worms/ .   NEWS FLASH   We are in the process of gathering data for a comprehensive  new business directory for both wholesale and retailer sellers of worms, worm farming bins and other composting equipment and related products.                                .   The listings register will be put up on a country by country basis and will be further sub divided into regions and major cities to make ... http://blog.working-worms.com/2010/01/business-directories-for-worm-farmers/ The Importance of Microbes in Your Worm Farm By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Steve_Coe]Steve Coe Earthworms of all kinds, including the various red compost worms used in vermiculture, rely on a symbiotic relationship with specialized micro-organisms (microbes or bacteria), to enable them to digest their food. This relationship is a beautiful example of a partnership that ... http://blog.working-worms.com/2009/11/the-importance-of-microbes-in-your-worm-farm/   The relationship between earthworms (including  the various composting worms) and the aerobic microbes or bacteria that accompany them is one of nature's most perfect examples of symbiosis. The worms have millions of beneficial bacteria associated with them, both externally, on their skin, in the mucus secretions that keep them moist ... http://blog.working-worms.com/2009/10/microbes-their-role-in-vermiculture/   I'm beginning to think that a Working Worms Forum  would be of more use than the current blog - which is a bit one sided - Is there any interest? Steve http://blog.working-worms.com/2009/09/worm-forum/ Hi,   Do you know where I can get some Black Soldier Fly larvae? Do you have any I can take off you or buy from you?   I need them for my pet reptile.     Many Thanks, Neill http://blog.working-worms.com/2009/09/where-can-i-find-black-soldier-fly-larvae/ From: Adrian Glanvill [mailto:glanvillconsult1@telkomsa.net] Sent: 08 September 2009 01:21 PM To: info@working-worms.com Subject: Where and How? Importance: High   Hello, Could you please direct me to an Inexpensive source of Eisenia fetida (SP??). I have contacted a number of work farm suppliers, but the prices they quote are prohibitive I feel. I can dig worms out of my garden ... http://blog.working-worms.com/2009/09/south-african-source-for-red-worms-eisenia-fetida/ Hi Again,   You start them going in bin 2 (middle) with about 2 to 3 inches of bedding – coconut coir or similar is best, but any natural fibrous material is ok – a lot of folks just use crumbled cardboard (the coarse corrugated kind). Keep on putting  fresh bedding over ... http://blog.working-worms.com/2009/08/diy-worm-farm/   Tony/Robert   Thanks for the reference – excellent website -  but I think you might have missed something – they usually start off light coloured and get darker as they approach the change into pupae. You say they seem to have expired – I wonder if they are not just pupating and ... http://blog.working-worms.com/2009/08/black-soldier-fly-or-not/        BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY - WORM COMPOST WANTED -----Original Message----- From: David Wong [mailto:wongtraders@yahoo.com] Sent: 01 August 2009 07:14 PM To: info@working-worms.com Subject: Worm Compost   Dear Sir/Madam,   We are a trading company based in Hong Kong. We are interested in your vermicompost (worm compost) product.   We will be looking to buy in bulk and so please provide us with your ... http://blog.working-worms.com/2009/08/business-opportunity-worm-compost-wanted/