COMPOST BARREL GARDENING

[itzaplant]

hello i figured i would document this just in case anyone would like to try this at home
this was pretty easy to make and after watching a video on it i made some adjustments to make it easier

The basic idea is to feed compost down the tube and have worms eat and areate the soil
provideing non stop feeding for the plants ..i figure in a year or so this might be
working real well after things settle out and compost start
Getting the compost out is as easy as pushing it out of the tube at the bottom
close the tube and add more food compost to feed the worms

things needed
55 gallon barrel...$15
drain pipe...$10
caps ...$10
soil ...free from grows
torch..$14 new
hole saw
jig saw
2x4
2 cinder blocks
worms ...$20 lb
compost...free

here are pics of what i have done the barrel isnt all the way full but after a few more
pulls i will have more than enough soil to finish this project also it is good f0r me
to split up the planting
i have alredy planted the bottom with lettuce
i have also added the worm from the worm farm so that process has also started

 

[itzaplant]

COMPOST GARDENING

COMPOST GARDENING

and the rest

 

[blynx]

Very cool project!

After the worms have processed compost and you remove it from the tube, do you add it to the top of the soil in the barrel?

 

[Babbabud]

Compost in a large bucket

 

[Payaso]

Kind a like growing strawberries... I see. The feeding is what makes this interesting.

 

[itzaplant]

yes that is what made it interesting to me we will see what happens i will post every week or so...be cool if i could get it in line and throw it under a 1k light

thanks for checking this out
as alway thanks to my brothas babba and blynx...love you guys

 

[itzaplant]

well i have figured out one thing so far>>>if you don't fill it up all the way you will encounter any and a smell>>i don't think it is anything you cant fix with a full barrel

 

[Bag]

tagged !

 

[itzaplant]

took care of the ants will the filling of the dirt now let see if this thing can start to amture in the next month or so

 

[itzaplant]

compost barrel

compost barrel



one week in and i got some sprouts...wife bought the 2 plants ...said it looked empty so i put them in

 

[OrganicOzarks]

Great application of a worm tower.

 

[Bag]

looks just as good as that youtube vid but way way cheaper, pow !!

 

[dontstepongrass]

this looks interesting...

 

[resinryder]

Looking good buddy

 

[Payaso]

Sprouts! Life begins... and grows on...

 

[itzaplant]

alright 14 days in and here we go...my son has basically been feeding the compost tube when we have the compost to put into it...i put my hand in the soil and the worms seem to still be on top and i don't know why... i also planted more seed to see if the seed i planted earlier was no good

dsog
baggie
resin ryder
liaon
payaso
thanks for yall checking in ...i hope that this will inform a few people and get them started on something like this

 

[blynx]

Barrel is looking good. What kinda of sprouts did you plant? what other plants do you have planned for the barrel.

Red wiggler worms are the most common composting worm and they only live in the top 6" or so of soil. I've noticed in my compost pile that red wigglers really don't seem to live in the soil at all if there is material for them to eat. They congregate in that material.

You might try adding some night crawlers. They burrow up to 6 feet down. They they will eat and aerate the soil.

 

[itzaplant]

just rolling with spinich and lettuce at the moment and some herbs...nothing to big to start...i got another barrel...maybe do one in night crawler only
thank for the information on the worms>>i will have to try a different method