Those little green worms are actually called cankerworms (a variety of inchworms). The worms seem to devour anything we throw in: cooked food, uncooked food, bokashi waste, even shredded paper – they love it all! We raise worms in order to recycle our food scraps into compost. Toxoplasma gondii. It may have originated in Malayan port cities such as Malacca and Penang where British refrigerated ships' technology would provide the required ice.[21]. As a good composting will neutralize all the bad stuff, thus making it worms safe. Not one dead one could I find and they were very vigorous. I’ve been feeding my worms exclusively on finished composited matter for year’s without a hitch. This includes grains, fruits, vegetables, and beans. my worms are having babies we have 100000 babies. Also, pineapple is too high in acid. How It Works. The cendol in Indonesia is usually served in a tall glass, assembled with liquid gula jawa or palm sugar syrup in the bottom, followed by green jellies, poured with coconut milk, and topped with shaved ice. A common way to eat mopane worms is in the same way that I did - fried with a combination of tomatoes, garlic, peanuts, chillies and onions. Today, however additional ice cubes or shaved ice is commonly added into this dessert drink. Ireng is Javanese word for "black". The dodol dawet (Javanese for "selling dawet") is performed during Midodareni ceremony, a day before the wedding. For that we are to add lime into the soil as an ammendment to bring down acidity from things like soil that is too acidic as well as peat moss, which is valuable but acidic. There are two variety of cankerworms – fall and spring cankerworms. The Red Composting worms are a much smaller worm than the European Night Crawlers. Browns: Paper, junk mail, paper egg cartons, cardboard, dry leaves By setting up a vermicomposting (worm composting ) system, you won't have to throw away as much waste -- an important consideration, especially if your school or family are charged by the garbage bag, can or weight for waste disposal. Some items will take a long time, or eternity, to break down in a worm bin. Are we agreeing or not? I do have some dry food in a container from a fishing worm site that I had saved for any prolonged times away from home. I don't know if my bird ate green worms or eggs from her bird food. Limestone is better than hydrated lime for this purpose. [citation needed], Cendol in Indonesia refer to the green jellies, In Indonesia, the most famous variant is Javanese es dawet ayu from Banjarnegara, Central Java. As the night crawlers feed, they ingest the product, which turns them green as it is absorbed through the digestive system. In other words, can I alter the diet to produce castings better suited for an edible garden and then in another bin a different diet better for trees or bushes? Do the night crawlers ever feed on smaller worms like red wiggles or smaller worms? Worms will enjoy a variety of fruits and veggies, like bananas, pumpkin, apples, lettuces, eggplant, berries, squash, and greens. Grass clippings from treated lawns are toxic. Forgot to mention: I definitely cover up all scraps by abount 2 ” of bedding. I grow beans and they can’t handle too much nitrogen. i had some fish heads and sea egg shells soaking for a month or so and the smell was bad like it was well and truly fermented and i added some to my worm bin and it now smells will that have a bad effect on the vege plants if iuse it for that. In addition to cabbage, the worms can feed extensively on broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, collards, kale, mustard greens, turnip greens, radishes, turnips, rutabagas, and kohlrabi. 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