First I had to throw away the frozen food, now the flour...
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had my first stragglers in the bottom of the flow thru
Comments (6)Many people who built FT are stepping up from smaller systems be it DIY or bought. Once the FT is "ready" for worm population, either an entire tray or partial bin got dumped into the FT in 1 place and let the worms explore the new frontier at their own pace. So it's not as if the worms get up rooted and moved to a different environment, instead, the worms including their usual environment is placed into a larger space. In theory, anything wrong with the new space, the worms can always stay put or move back rather than wandering further. It also means that a lot of MO came to the new FT from the dumping. I have re-read your post ""I did it...I made a flow through bin!"", so your worms are all recently bought. I think you misunderstood the concept when people were writing about their FT and reporting how much food they throw in there and it's still OK. IMHO, even with an FT, if the worms were shipped just with some of their bedding, you still have to go slow to get the worms over their shock and/or stress. I didnÂt know until I joined the forum that worms could experience shock and stress, just like us. I have read of a guy who built a wooden FT and bought the worms with the VC and manure they lived in by the garbage bags full. In this case he was able to start "over" feeding straight away, also because there was a very healthy worm population, so he reported. ""It was smelly and really wet. . "" smelly ... which means it got anaerobic because of too wet and the cardboard >> not enough oxygen.. It is a good thing you re-used the yucky newspaper because I am sure it is loaded with MO. You do need to put something over the grating so stuff won't just keep falling down, until it is finished VC. So, a few layers of newspaper should do it. Also newspaper soak up moisture more readily than a big piece of cardboard (shredded is different) on their smooth sides. And will soak through to the exposed bottom of the newspaper and evaporate (up to a certain amount). The leachate will usually come down along the walls of the FT. Good luck with your worms....See MoreOrganizing frozen foods
Comments (20)When the fridge in the garage went out four or five years ago we moved the side by side out there. I never liked the SbyS. It just seemed both compartments were too small. I have a fridge with a bottom freezer in the house and I like it better because my refrigerated items are at eye level. In the bottom freezer is the ice-maker, all my frozen herbs, nuts I have already toasted, white bread, wheat bread, containers of lemon juice and lime juice and some odds and ends. I had a 15 foot freezer in the garage which had to be defrosted. It stayed so packed that I could never find what I was looking for so we just sold it and bought a new self defrosting 21 CF freezer. It holds a lot more and I have vowed not to get it junked up with bits and pieces of items. It has one pull out tray the width of the freezer. It isn't deep and I keep things like frozen BBQ, the small amount of beef I buy, and various sausages in it. There is a bin in the bottom with a drop down closure where I keep boxed items for the grandkids such as corn dogs and other misc items. ONe shelf is devoted to frozen veggies. Large bags of nuts and ice cream go in the door. I bought 3 plastic bins from Wal-Mart. In one bin I placed packs of chicken parts, one has packs of all of my boneless, skinless chicken breasts in it and one contains pork chops and pork tenderloins. The top shelf contains a country ham which I had sliced and I used the Food Saver to put each slice in a separate bag. The Food Saver is great because anything frozen in those bags last a long time and doesn't get freezer burn....See MoreHave you ever had to buy frozen lasagne?
Comments (17)Depending on where you live in the Midwest, you may not find Michael Angelo's, I've never even heard of it. I've never purchased or eaten frozen lasagna but my son in law likes the Stouffer's. He heats them up in the microwave for a lunch when he's at work or when he's working in the evening. He always has two, one is never enough, but he's a mechanic with his own garage, so his hours are sometimes long and the work is physically demanding. Also, the Midwest is full of something called Gordon Food Service, they're a warehouse type thing that you don't need to be a member to shop at. They provide food to schools, restaurants, etc. Elery says he's gotten lasagna there and it's "OK". You do have to buy large pans of it, though. Annie...See MoreIf you had to choose one of these dog foods
Comments (15)Since your options are so limited, you might consider using an online source. Shipping is high, but base price is lower than stores and they often offer at least a 10% coupon. I live in the boonies, but my local feed store carries California Natural and the local garden center carries Wellness. My preferred food is Canidae and unfortunately, my closest Canidae supplier is a local doggy daycare that i'd prefer not to support in any way, but the Canidae is much cheaper than the other super premiums and it would be silly for me to pay $31 in shipping each month (80# of food) I hope to convince the local feed store to investigate carrying Canidae - if you have a feed store close, you may want to look into having them special order a quality food. Natural Balance is not one of my favorite foods as the main ingredient is grain or veg rather than a quality meat meal. In the example above, chicken is listed first, but its water content is counted as weight and once water is removed (making it chicken meal) it is likely that this chicken would be more accurately placed somewhat further down the ingredient list, so rice is really the main ingredient. And for what it's worth, I don't see beet pulp as an ingredient in Canidae ALS (which is also what I feed) Ingredient list: Chicken Meal, Turkey Meal, Brown Rice, White Rice, Lamb Meal, Chicken Fat (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Herring Meal, Flax Seed, Sun Cured Alfalfa Meal, Sunflower Oil, Chicken, Lecithin, Monocalcium Phosphate, Potassium Chloride, Choline Chloride, Linoleic Acid, Rosemary Extract, Sage Extract, Dried Enterococcus Faecium, Dried Lactobacillus Acidophilus Fermentation Product, Dried Aspergillus Oryzae Fermentation Extract, Dried Bacillus Subtilis Fermentation Extract, Inulin (from Chicory root), Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Fermentation Solubles, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Mixed Tocopherols (source of Vitamin E), Zinc Amino Acid Chelate, Manganese Amino Acid Chelate, Iron Amino Acid Chelate, Copper Amino Acid Chelate, Cobalt Amino Acid Chelate, Vitamin A Supplement, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Ascorbic Acid (source of Vitamin C), Niacin, Thiamine Mononitrate (Vitamin B1), Riboflavin (source of B2), Beta Carotene, Calcium Pantothenate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B6), Calcium Iodate, Folic Acid, D-Biotin, Sodium Selenite, Papaya, Vitamin B12 Supplement...See Morecolleenoz
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