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oooh, bookmarked that. I want to get a vermiculture box and make some of my own "fertilizer tea" for the garden plants.
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John, I want to go too! Want to carpool ?
Erin
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As land becomes more scarce, this is more of a reason to allow housing and businesses to be allowed to build more than a couple stories on this island.
You can "raise" people 27 floors up. You can't "raise" cows and plants up there.
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Wasp-like parasites are introduced to Hawai'i in an effort to fight the mango fruit fly discovered in the islands the previous year, 1947.
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I would talk to people in the neighborhood once you get here and there are some I can make sure you talk to. You probably won't want to bring in the soil until your house is nearly or completely done. I'd also encourage you to be strategic about planting. Where your lot is right now is relatively quiet but surrounding your home with a lush landscape will eventually fill it with coquis. They've so far mostly stayed away from the lots on the lava because they have nowhere to live on them. Also, more plants also means more bugs, including mosquitoes. So far I have done minimal planting at the edges of my property line by digging holes, mixing in supersoil and cinder, and mulching with hay. After 3 years of never being watered, I only had one plant die.
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Here in California, we have a Can O Worms. It works unbelievably well! It's easy to maintain and very, very effective at turning lots of table scraps into soil. It is not recommended for meat scraps or dairy, but great with fruit and veggie scraps and small quantities of paper like newspaper, coffee filters, and teabags.
Waikiki Worm has these cans available, and the worms, but if you already know someone with worms, you can mooch some of those for free! http://www.waikikiworm.com/5wwcanow.html
I have no direct experience with any other worm bin, but I have seen other bin styles fail. This thing keeps going; we've had it for 6-7 years and never had to add new worms. We started with free worms from someone else and we've now started several other colonies from our colony.
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There seems to be plenty of worms available wherever there's soil. When we had our driveway graveled, the leveling of the dirt revealed lots of earthworms. (Earthworms are not native to the Islands, BTW). Likewise, when I started a compost bin, the worms discovered it and went to work.
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Generally speaking, earthworms are not appropriate for worm bins. See http://www.waikikiworm.com/3wwaboutwms.html for more info.
ArtM
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I've emailed Piper but no response so far -- when I hear from her, I'll let everyone know here.
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Just checked the Waikiki Worms website, and that Can O Worms isn't cheap! I'm sure it's a great system, tho. I'd be interested in Piper's class, tho, so will look forward to the info, John, once you hear that she's offering a class locally.
Katie
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Originally posted by Rumi in Hawaii
... and that Can O Worms isn't cheap!....
Dang you weren't kidding.
Can-O-Worms Package
• Can-O-Worms worm bin
• One pound Perionyx excavatus composting worms
• Coir bedding block
• Delivery, set-up, instruction, and guarantee
$325 (plus tax)
So I looked online for some another company that might have the same thing a bit cheaper:
abundantearth = $109.95
The only problem...no shipping to Hawaii [V] because of the worms.
Amazon for $105.00 (Couldn't find shipping information)
So it does look like there is some options.
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