Guest guest Posted February 6, 2007 Report Share Posted February 6, 2007 My vermicomposter is full right now and i have to give my little worms a chance to eat it all! And it's too cold outside to take the composter to the balcony and harvest.... So I saved all my veggie cut offs, onion peels, etc.. basically everything vegie that i put in the composter and saved them in a plastic bag in the fridge last night I used all the " junk " with a potato, and carrott -boiled it in 10 cups of water for 2 hours with some salt, thyme and pepper. Strained it a few times and came up with some veggie broth! I freezed it in some ice cube trays and now just have to add a cube whenever I cook I'm pretty excited about how well it worked - it's -35 celcius with the windchill this week and we're eating a lot of soup. It's not a question of " Are we having soup? " It's " What kind of soup today? " mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 6, 2007 Report Share Posted February 6, 2007 Where are you, Mike. Your temps are even lower than mine. Congratulations on a new use for cut offs. I juice a lot of fresh vegetables and make broth with the pulp. I leave out most of the beets, though. They have such a strong taste that they overpower everything else. I have used pulp for making vegetable bread, too. Katie Mike <realshows wrote: My vermicomposter is full right now and i have to give my little worms a chance to eat it all! And it's too cold outside to take the composter to the balcony and harvest.... So I saved all my veggie cut offs, onion peels, etc.. basically everything vegie that i put in the composter and saved them in a plastic bag in the fridge last night I used all the " junk " with a potato, and carrott -boiled it in 10 cups of water for 2 hours with some salt, thyme and pepper. Strained it a few times and came up with some veggie broth! I freezed it in some ice cube trays and now just have to add a cube whenever I cook I'm pretty excited about how well it worked - it's -35 celcius with the windchill this week and we're eating a lot of soup. It's not a question of " Are we having soup? " It's " What kind of soup today? " mike Cheap Talk? Check out Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 7, 2007 Report Share Posted February 7, 2007 I wish I had room at my house for a composter. We compost leaf humus for gardens at work, and woodchips also. This spring I might make a small area for a compost pile at work (there should be room somewhere on 30 acres....). AmyF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 7, 2007 Report Share Posted February 7, 2007 Just gotta love those Canadian winters, Mike. I used to live up in Abitibi - we had -40 for 3 months and even colder at night. There is something about that cold that really makes you know you are alive and brings out the innovative in a person. Enjoy those soups! Christie , " Mike " <realshows wrote: > > My vermicomposter is full right now and i have to give my little worms > a chance to eat it all! And it's too cold outside to take the > composter to the balcony and harvest.... So I saved all my veggie cut > offs, onion peels, etc.. basically everything vegie that i put in the > composter and saved them in a plastic bag in the fridge > > last night I used all the " junk " with a potato, and carrott -boiled it > in 10 cups of water for 2 hours with some salt, thyme and pepper. > Strained it a few times and came up with some veggie broth! I freezed > it in some ice cube trays and now just have to add a cube whenever I cook > > I'm pretty excited about how well it worked - it's -35 celcius with > the windchill this week and we're eating a lot of soup. It's not a > question of " Are we having soup? " It's " What kind of soup today? " > > mike > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 7, 2007 Report Share Posted February 7, 2007 In a message dated 2/7/2007 4:55:31 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, realshows writes: I wish I had room at my house for a composter. try a vermicomposter - it fits in the house I'll have to check it out. Not much room in the house either. My resale shop runs have been sadly restricted by finances and space. :-( AmyF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 7, 2007 Report Share Posted February 7, 2007 > I wish I had room at my house for a composter. try a vermicomposter - it fits in the house mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 7, 2007 Report Share Posted February 7, 2007 Amy, You can make a worm bin out of 2 10-gallon rubbermaid containers. Drill or poke holes in the bottom of one and just under the lip around the top and set it inside the other one. It needs to sit up a bit; I used 4 rocks, one for each corner. This way you catch all the good worm " tea " which is beautiful fertilizer. Start with a nice layer of shredded newspaper or coconut coir or peat moss (if you can get the latter two, sometimes a little $$), dampen it down well, pour in your worms, add a large-ish double handful of veggie trimmings and ignore them for a couple weeks - presto worm bin . Some finely-ground eggshell every once in a while seems to help them reproduce. hth, Peace, Diane , akfral wrote: > > > In a message dated 2/7/2007 4:55:31 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > realshows writes: > > I wish I had room at my house for a composter. > > try a vermicomposter - it fits in the house > > > > I'll have to check it out. Not much room in the house either. My resale shop > runs have been sadly restricted by finances and space. :-( > AmyF > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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