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Vermicomposting Pine Shavings and Poultry Manure

19 years ago

Was wondering if anyone has tried this in their worm piles.

I have several Cubic Yards of pine shavings with varying amounts of poultry manure mixed in that I need to compost. Only a portion of the mix is fairly recent/fresh so I dont think it is very hot anymore. (the other reason being that it just got doused by 11 inches of rain in the last two weeks)

I could do this by more conventional means but would rather have the worms available for fishing and feeding to chickens on occasion.

If I did this how many worms would be a good start?

Should I make separate worm beds in a shaded area or could I use my raised beds in my garden area if I kept them moist enough?

I know I would not be able to feed just the wood shavings and chicken manure to them. So how much rabbit/cow manure or other green wastes would need to be added to the pine shavings to amend it and make it more palatable to the worms?

Robert

Central Texas

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