up:: La Finka - Projects MOC
tags:: #lafinka #project #perma
skills:: #skill/crafting #skill/woodwork
lead:: ThisCouldBeYou!
status:: #status/idea
start:: #y/2024/fall
estimated completion:: #y/2024/fall

Overview

Vermicomposting is the art of employing composting worms (Eisenia fetida) to convert food waster into a biologically rich material that plants thrive on. It is an alternative way to managing food waste than a standard compost pile.

Source: Jim's Worm Farm

Purpose

To feed kitchen waste directly to composting worms to turn them into castings that can be spread in the garden providing much needed nutrients and microbes to the soil.

Objectives

Design a vermicompost system at La Finka

• Vermiculture bin design
• process for maintaining worms
• process for harvesting casting,
• Keep the worms happy in extreme heat & cold.
• Document the process
• as worms continue to propagate beyond our capacity, give handfuls of worms to the friends.

Background Info

ToDo:: Background Info

Project - Details

Scope

• Cheap design
• Handles Reno's temperature swings for year long composting
• Scaleable
• Simplified & Repeatable process

Milestones

A - Prototype Bin Design

• Multilayered bin
• Q:: Worm bin Capacity = ?
• Insulated and protective

**B - Harvesting Process **

• Easy process to harvest
• transplant worms

Tasks

• ToDo:: Vermiculture Bin Design
• ToDo:: Establish & Document Process
• ToDo:: Identify best Storage practices for weather

Project - Resources

Budget

• $50
• Use recycled materials & Containers

Materials & Tools

• Worm Tub [tasktype:: acq]
• Worm Bins [tasktype:: acq]
• Worms [tasktype::acq]
  • Red Wigglers
  • Q:: What species of worm is best for Reno?

Equipment

• List_Of_Equipment

References / Examples:

• Vermicomposting For Beginners
• Ultimate Guide to vermicomposting
• Podcast: Worm Farmers Handbook
• Basics of vermicomposting

Documentation and Media

Photos and Videos:

Links or embedded media showing progress or highlights.

Documents:

Links to relevant documents, such as plans, blueprints, and research papers.

Technologies

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Questions / Unknowns:

Collaboration and Participation

How to Get Involved

• Interested in leading this project? Get in contact.
• Do you have a bin design?
• Do you got worms?