Garden cart worm bin notes
The biggest mistake I made
with the do it
yourself garden cart worm bin was to not allow enough space at
the bottom for the tea to drip to.
The next error was to use a
drinking container spigot as a drain valve. It needs to be bigger with
the ability to be turned on and left on as opposed to the push button
mechansim of the spigot.
The good news is that the
worms did great! Which goes to show you how easy it is to grow your own
worms. Once the kinks are worked out I think this garden cart will make
a fine over sized worm bin. One that will provide buckets and buckets
of compost tea in the future.
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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The drain is easily fixed. just get a 3/4 inch bung valve and screw it right into the hole where your yap is now. if the hole is not quite large enough, use a file to make it just big enough to just start the threads. it will get tighter as you screw it in as pipe threads are tapered. make sure you get a plastic valve as the metal ones are quite expensive and for your application the plastic will last forever. you can get them at most places that sell plumbing supplies. if you would happen to make the hole too big just screw on a 3/4 inch conduit nut to the bung threads.
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