Archive for April, 2010

 Tiny flies?

Hmm there are now some tiny gnat-like flies – like fruit flies in / around my wormcomposting bin. Not sure what to do about them. I’ve been squashing them with my rubber gloves but it’s probably a losing battle.  Are the bin contents too wet?  Or maybe they like vermicast? I can’t imagine that’s it… [...]



 More Good Compost

The amount of kitchen waste and newspaper is decreasing as they are turned into compost (really vermicast). I took a look and you can see the good dark brown / black vermicast in the mix if you dig a little. See photos. I filled in with some more food – see the peas? – [...]