[Adoptacomposter] adoptors united worm-date

Mon Sep 3 14:01:12 CEST 2012

Hi, yes I started a 3-level worm tower on my balcony in June.
The worms @ Bethanien are still in good condition and happy environment :-)
What I realize is the easy part is building and starting the worm bin.
The difficult part is keeping the ecosystem in balance and knowing when
and how to HARVEST!
Keeping moisture levels down depends on adding more dry bedding, as Shu
Lea says - add plenty of paper scraps, leaves, mulch, etc.
Drying and pulverizing the food before it goes into the bin also helps.
Anyone have any experience with harvesting the finished worm compost?
best Alex

On 9/3/12 8:16 AM, shu lea cheang wrote:
> Re: [Adoptacomposter] adoptors united worm-date
> wait.... i think alex has her own worm at home.... dont think your
> worms dead..
> check your composter bag and if wet, put papers, newspapers in it...
> take the compost out of bag, and make insulation to keep worm in and
> warm....
> as i mentioned, if you do some clothes ,old sweaters, newspaper
> installation, it will also
> suck up the water, moist....
>
> for alex.. if all liquid come to yuour unit, your comptost would be
> most rich.
> but anyway, i am not expecting lots of liquid from your composting yet...
> as it takes some time to rot....
>
> best
> sl
>
>
>> ok, just filled it in, great idea, thanks.
>> yes, i did not understand i was supposed to bring my worms home.  so
>> they are probably no longer alive?
>> where to get new ones?
>> sks
>>
>>
>> On 01/09/2012 23:31, Alexandra R. Toland wrote:
>>> hello group,
>>>
>>> whoa - I just emptied a full stinking tray of liquid and drowning
>>> worms from the bottom of my bin at home today and think it would be
>>> a GREAT idea to all meet and maybe take a quick look at the
>>> construction of our worm tower. My "suite" is on the bottom left (so
>>> Tilia can reach it too) and I'm wondering about how to prevent all
>>> the castings and juice from the rest of the apartment from drowning
>>> out my adopted worms - yikes!
>>>
>>> maybe we can set up a worm-date to really get the boxes going, take
>>> the bags out, share bedding, talk about food (preparation), and if
>>> necessary make some adjustments/improvements to the construction...
>>> Since we're all probably super busy, I've started a doodle to avoid
>>> a string of mails about dates:
>>>
>>> http://doodle.com/46tpf46vqf5q4d9r <http://doodle.com/46tpf46vqf5q4d9r>
>>>
>>> Look forward to meeting everyone!
>>> best, Alex
>>>
>>> On 9/1/12 8:56 PM, s.k. stanley wrote:
>>>> hello group,
>>>>
>>>> Just to forward some interesting projects related to food and
>>>> data.  I am a theorist and writer, so interested to make a writing
>>>> project about the urban metabolism related to writing and
>>>> processing writing, relation to food, processing food as data,
>>>> happy to meet up once every week or two weeks, perhaps during the
>>>> trip to drop the compost off?    Would be interested to know what
>>>> other people are trying to make from this project, besides the
>>>> compost!  skatherine
>>>>
>>>> see below:
>>>>
>>>> As of now until August 31 you can register for the Open Data
>>>> Cooking Workshop in Helsinki that prozessagenten are organising
>>>> with Pixelache. The workshop takes place on September 15 - 16 and
>>>> is an experimental research on the representation of data with
>>>> culinary means. The workshop explores ways to represent local data
>>>> through the inherent qualities of food such as colour, form,
>>>> texture, smell, taste, nutrition, origin etc. It offers to its
>>>> participants the opportunity to translate data in concrete,
>>>> sensually experienceable matter, from the language of numbers into
>>>> the language of food, and thus to gain unexpected insights into
>>>> both media and learn about their inner constructions and relations.
>>>> Find more about the workshop and open call here
>>>> http://www.pixelache.ac/helsinki/open-data-cooking-workshop/
>>>>
>>>> If you would like to participate, simply send a short email to
>>>> opendatacooking at pixelache.ac <mailto:opendatacooking at pixelache.ac>
>>>> that tells us a bit about your motivation and background.
>>>> Experience in working with data is welcome, but not required.
>>>> Actually we would like to explicitly encourage people with an
>>>> interest in cooking to participate.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> p r o z e s s a g e n t e n
>>>> susanne jaschko
>>>> prozessagenten.org
>>>> On 01/09/2012 12:47, Gaia Bartolini wrote:
>>>>> hallo!
>>>>> thank you.
>>>>> I might go in 1 hr ad start to re arrange the compost..
>>>>> have a beautiful day.
>>>>> Gaia
>>>>>
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>
>>>>> On 31. Aug 2555 BE, at 18:27, "Alexandra R. Toland"
>>>>> <a.r.toland at mailbox.tu-berlin.de
>>>>> <mailto:a.r.toland at mailbox.tu-berlin.de>> wrote:
>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I will not come to the opening tonight unfortunately because my
>>>>>> daughter is sick. :-(
>>>>>> I read a little about "open compost systems", these are usually
>>>>>> flat spread out on the ground or in large containers with an open
>>>>>> top...
>>>>>> I think the container system that we have needs to be "dressed"
>>>>>> for two reasons:
>>>>>> - to protect from pests (mostly flies, but also rats, mice and foxes
>>>>>> - to retain warmth in winter
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Since I have some experience with worms and have not yet seen a
>>>>>> worm bin in a semi-open box with so many holes,
>>>>>> I was planning on laying the sides with cloth and then layers of
>>>>>> cardboard and then filling the bedding with the food buried in
>>>>>> the middle towards the bottom.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Would love to see us experiment with different ways. maybe we
>>>>>> could meet sometime soon when the sun is shining again?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> best Alex and Tilia
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My neighbors Peter and Gaby adopted one of the last free boxes,
>>>>>> filled in the name label and fed the worms and will register
>>>>>> online to the list as well.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 8/31/12 4:31 PM, Gaia Bartolini wrote:
>>>>>>> hallo Shu Lea!
>>>>>>> thank you!
>>>>>>> i only went today to the compost but i collected 1 week food and
>>>>>>> worms are growing already!
>>>>>>> just to refresh my memory.. i set a t-shirt at the bottom of the
>>>>>>> box..will that be enough or the all substance must be wrapped?
>>>>>>> how do i proceed than? soil leaves how much of the bukashi?
>>>>>>> thank you again and you can link my name like:
>>>>>>> Gaia aka Allegra /Liebig12
>>>>>>> its my artist studio and project space where I also curate shows
>>>>>>> and various happenings!
>>>>>>> www.liebig12.wordpress.com <http://www.liebig12.wordpress.com>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> thank you again!
>>>>>>> are u going to be at the opening tonight?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> best g
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 29. Aug 2555 BE, at 15:28, shu lea cheang <
>>>>>>> <mailto:shulea at earthlink.net>shulea at earthlink.net
>>>>>>> <mailto:shulea at earthlink.net>> wrote:
>>>>>>>> dear list
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> this list now only subscribed you who has adopted a composter
>>>>>>>> please check here who
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> http://www.compostingthecity.mobi/berlin/html/credits.html
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I want to link each of your name with your work, your website
>>>>>>>> so, if your name has no link yet, please tell me which link you
>>>>>>>> like to have.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I am happy to inform we have now 9 official adoptors!
>>>>>>>> please make sure you are all sign on on the net with your avatars
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> and start upload text/images blog of your experience as adoptor-
>>>>>>>> this could include, the dishes you made, thus the food waste
>>>>>>>> you put inside
>>>>>>>> the composting units. and surely related , your concern, stuff
>>>>>>>> like that.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> for your information, there is hungry city opening
>>>>>>>> tomorrow(friday) night
>>>>>>>> at berthanian... please go, and maybe you can all make a plan
>>>>>>>> to meet
>>>>>>>> co-adoptors there.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> For this list to begin, if you would each like to introduce
>>>>>>>> yourself,
>>>>>>>> your work, it will also be very cool!!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> also we still need 3 adoptors... so if you know of anyone we
>>>>>>>> should bring in?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> or maybe some hungry city people/artists...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> very good to have all of you
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> sl
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Please do make some upload of images and texts . and inform me
>>>>>>>> if you
>>>>>>>> have trouble doing so,
>>>>>>>> also know on your blogging, each upload, there is an X mark,
>>>>>>>> click on
>>>>>>>> this if you by any chance want to
>>>>>>>> delete an upload
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