Search...
Home Subscribe
Pie
Home Subscribe
Recent topics Flagged topics Hot topics Best topics
Search...
Search within organic Search permies
Advance search Google search
Register / Login
Energy efficient DIY wood stoves
  • Post Reply Bookmark Topic Watch Topic
  • New Topic
permaculture forums growies critters building homesteading energy monies kitchen purity ungarbage community wilderness fiber arts art permaculture artisans regional education skip experiences global resources cider press projects digital market permies.com pie forums private forums all forums
Better Wood Heat DIY Rocket Mass Heater DVD WDG garden Build your own rocket oven! native bee guide ebook Oehler complete underground house and green house set
this forum made possible by our volunteer staff, including ...
master stewards:
  • Carla Burke
  • Nancy Reading
  • John F Dean
  • r ranson
  • Jay Angler
  • paul wheaton
stewards:
  • Pearl Sutton
  • Leigh Tate
  • Devaka Cooray
master gardeners:
  • Christopher Weeks
  • Timothy Norton
gardeners:
  • thomas rubino
  • Matt McSpadden
  • Jeremy VanGelder

vermiponics

 
Robert Ray
gardener
Posts: 3261
Location: Cascades of Oregon
817
posted 14 years ago
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
    Send
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
I'm thiking about adding worms to the growing media of my ebb and flow aquaponic system. 
Has anyone had any experience with this?

Our inability to change everything should not stop us from changing what we can.

 
josh brill
Posts: 86
1
posted 14 years ago
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
    Send
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
many people put worms in there beds for aquaponics. it helps break down solids and recycle nutrients.  there is a post on backyardaquaponics about using just worms i believe.

http://www.breezymeadowsorchards.com/learn/permaculture-design-course
Breezy Meadows orchard & Nursery Permaculture Design Course. Join us at our permaculture farm in the wilds of Tinmouth, VT. Hands on experience on a working farm that produces food 365 days a year.

 
Tyler Ludens
pollinator
Posts: 11853
Location: Central Texas USA Latitude 30 Zone 8
1261
I like...
cat forest garden fish trees chicken fiber arts wood heat greening the desert
posted 14 years ago
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
    Send
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
I would worry about them drowning. 

Idle dreamer

 
Robert Ray
gardener
Posts: 3261
Location: Cascades of Oregon
817
posted 14 years ago
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
    Send
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
Me too, and having to clean the bed up if they did die would be a mess. Maybe I'll try it with a small container first.

Our inability to change everything should not stop us from changing what we can.

 
josh brill
Posts: 86
1
posted 14 years ago
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
    Send
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
They dont drown in the beds because of the high dissolved oxygen in the water.  There are plenty of people with very happy worms in their systems.

http://www.breezymeadowsorchards.com/learn/permaculture-design-course
Breezy Meadows orchard & Nursery Permaculture Design Course. Join us at our permaculture farm in the wilds of Tinmouth, VT. Hands on experience on a working farm that produces food 365 days a year.

 
jacque greenleaf
pollinator
Posts: 494
Location: Klickitat, WA (USDA zone 8, Sunset zone 5)
8
posted 14 years ago
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
    Send
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
Hmmmmmm. Does it make a difference what the growing medium is? I.e., clay pellets vs. fine gravel?
 
Robert Ray
gardener
Posts: 3261
Location: Cascades of Oregon
817
posted 14 years ago
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
    Send
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
Don't know yet, most you tubes I've seen show gravel.

Our inability to change everything should not stop us from changing what we can.

 
To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing - Elbert Hubbard / tiny ad
Learn Permaculture through a little hard work
https://wheaton-labs.com/bootcamp
reply
reply
    Bookmark Topic Watch Topic
  • New Topic
Boost this thread!
Similar Threads
More...