Larry Shier, Author at The Blue Worm Bin

Understanding Plant (Soil) Succession

The term “plant progression” or “plant succession”

Why Autumn is the Best Time to Plan A Garden

With my kids going back to school next week and the upcoming Labour

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How To Calculate C:N Ratio for a Compost Pile

I’ve had frequent conversations about composting over the years.

Leachate, Extracts or Tea?

There are 3 types of liquid we can encounter with compost or vermicompost.

Why Carbon Materials Are Important to Worm Farms

One thing frequently overlooked by newer worm farmers is the importance

Can I use worms I find to compost?

Frequently I’m asked can I use worms I find to compost? The short

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What is Effective Microorganisms

What is Effective Microorganisms (EM1) After my first two posts about

Uses and and benefits of EM1

E Benefits of EM1 Continuing the series on EM1 and bokashi today let’s

A History of Bokashi and EM1

A History of Bokashi and EM1 While studying microbiology in Okinawa Japan

The Truth About “Worm Wee”

What is Worm Wee? Worms do not have a urinary system nor a bladder,

Acidic Worm Bin?

Acidic Worm Bin This topic is a particular pet peeve of mine. It seems

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Is This Worthwhile?

Perhaps it’s the rainy weather here this spring. Perhaps it’s

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How Should We Harvest Worm Castings?

This may not be the post you were expecting to see if you’re looking

BSFL Introduction Part 5

Photo by Matt Maney (FB) One of the things I love and admire about BSFL

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It’s On!!

I’m sure most of you know who Bentley Christie at red worm composting

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Introduction to BSFL Part 4

If you’ve decided to run an outdoor BSFL setup and use wild BSFL

BSFL Introduction Part 3

Photo by Quoc Huy Nguyen Dinh Now you’ve started acolony or believe

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Should I be Buying Worms by Weight? or Count?

The two ways of buying worms When you’re looking to buy worms, some

Black Soldier Fly Composting Intro Part 2- Starting a Colony

Image courtesy Shawn Marie Hardy Part one of this series was pretty brief;

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Black soldier fly composting (an introduction)

Photo courtesy Shawn Marie Hardy- adult soldier fly I’ve discussed