Mites & Moisture Back Under Control in My Worm Bin!! | Vermicompost Worm Farm

7 days later our mitigation steps worked!! No visible clusters of mites & the castings/bedding is getting moisture wicked away!! I should be ready to harvest these compost worm castings in a few weeks so I can feed my garden with natural organic fertilizer made from my food scraps!! In this video I also go over they different feeds I give depending on the bin's current conditions, we find a beautiful worm cocoon & we explore the last feeding zone finding a couple of treats! Finally the Executive Producer saves the day again reminding me to continue my mitigation steps using one of your comments!! Epigeic worms or composting worms are fascinating natural composters & fertilizers that are in most homesteaders bag of tricks to make free organic fertilizer & soil amendments as well as fishing bait. If you've ever thought about vermicomposting or composting with worms to make organic fertilizer & natural soil amendments with your plant based kitchen scraps or food waste, this is the channel for you. I have 3 worm composing bins which you can watch from start to finished worm castings on the 3 playlists following each worm bin. If you haven't started yet, get started now and vermicompost with me!🪱🪱🪱 Visit my Channel ‪@Vermicompost‬ Happy Vermicomposting Everyone!!!🪱🪱🪱 Below are some of the items I use for vermicomposting & my channel's videos. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases at no additional cost to you if you use these links. Thank you for supporting this channel! Worm Bins I use: Vermihut 5-Tray Worm Compost Bin https://amzn.to/3Xs1eGe Urban Worm Bag V2 https://amzn.to/3XE9QsT 20 Gallon Fabric Grow Pots https://amzn.to/3EBYhdr 3 gallon Rubbermaid Roughneck tote https://amzn.to/3eKDLhO Other Worm Bins: Worm Factory 360 3-Tray Version https://amzn.to/3AHnjqK Worm Factory 360 5-Tray Version https://amzn.to/3tYfWY4 Bus bins https://amzn.to/3fd8AvP Equipment I use: 12 Sheet Cross Cut Shredder (I use it to shred cardboard) micro https://amzn.to/3gCwQIv or small https://amzn.to/3Ey0Ugx Magic Bullet Small Blender (to pulverize egg shells) https://amzn.to/3gwEzb4 Indoor Outdoor Wireless Thermometer for worm bin https://amzn.to/3wIdXbO more Additional thermometer sensors https://amzn.to/3WTFgua Kitchen scale to weigh worms & food: https://amzn.to/3HnOQjg Blue gloves https://amzn.to/3XsBg5n Digital handheld Thermometer https://amzn.to/3EWfC2j Compost Tea Bags https://amzn.to/3fCb5o1 Solar powered light https://amzn.to/3nOucAq Reusable Keurig Coffee K-cups https://amzn.to/3FNXvt6 Other useful equipment for worm farming: 5 stackable sifter with different sized mesh: https://amzn.to/3S2k184 Cameras & camera equipment I use: GoPro HERO11 https://amzn.to/3jkRpLa Flexible Tripod https://amzn.to/3CGTjcF Insta360 GO 2 camera https://amzn.to/3oxCc80 Insta360 One X2 camera https://amzn.to/3nqV6hp iPhone 13 Max Pro https://amzn.to/3nq52aU Canon EOS Rebel T8i https://amzn.to/3HcBuX6 4 Ocean bracelets I wear Multiple colors to chose from bracelets https://amzn.to/3HMbHEx Books on worms & worm farming Worms Eat My Garbage https://amzn.to/3L4FXN2 Where to buy worms: www.TheGardenAndWormLady.com #Vermicompost #wormfarm #tinywormbin #redwigglers #selfsufficiency #homesteading #vermiculture #wormcastings #baitworms #wormbin #compostworms #compost 00:00 | Intro & previous mite mitigation recap 01:24 | Digging in & bedding discussion 02:20 | Moisture mitigation worked! 03:12 | Your mite tips from the comments 04:11 | Check on the napkins & last feeding 04:57 | Beautiful cocoon!! 05:30 | Castings moisture level 06:36 | What’s left of last feeding 07:06 | Cute worm cameo 07:45 | Plan for further mite & moisture mitigation 08:12 | Feeding time! 08:36 | What types of feedings to give your worm bin 09:57 | The Executive Producer saves me from myself! 10:26 | Shredded cardboard added on top 10:54 | Another save + wrap up