Dry Oats vs Food Scraps Worm Bin Experiment Day 1. Four years past their expiration date these oats were blended in my magic bullet blender & put to one side while food scraps were put on the other to see which will attract more compost worms to feed while making natural fertilizer & soil amendments in the form of worm castings for my garden!!

In this video I also revisit the last feeding including half of a banana which attracted a bunch of mites...I filmed a time lapse capturing their movements in vivid detail! And of course the burlap sack is still here looking just as intact as last feeding. This bin is past the 50/50 castings to bedding mark and is getting pretty full so I will probably use less or no bedding from here on out so they can concentrate on the bedding that is left as it transitions to mostly castings.

Epigeic worms or composting worms are fascinating natural composters & fertilizers that are in most homesteaders bag of tricks to make free organic fertilizer & soil amendments as well as fishing bait. If you've ever thought about vermicomposting or composting with worms to make organic fertilizer & natural soil amendments with your plant based kitchen scraps or food waste, this is the channel for you. I have 3 worm composing bins which you can watch from start to finished worm castings on the 3 playlists following each worm bin. If you haven't started yet, get started now and vermicompost with me! Visit my Channel at    / vermicompostlearnbydoing  

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00:00 | Intro What to look for
01:04 | Banana + mite time lapse x2
02:24 | Conditions of bedding & castings
03:23 | Burlap sack revisited
04:41 | Experiment setup
05:28 | Expired oats added
06:40 | Food scraps added
07:42 | Wrap up & discussion