Plastic box marked out. (Blue ok?)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v299/Kenkew/Wormbin02April05.jpg)
Holes drilled at corners and heavy scissors complete the cutting out.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v299/Kenkew/Wormbin03April05.jpg)
Extra hole drilled for drainage.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v299/Kenkew/Wormbin04April05.jpg)
1/2" mesh cut to size.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v299/Kenkew/Wormbin05April05.jpg)
Almost ready.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v299/Kenkew/Wormbin06April05.jpg)
How very clever of you ! :D
Thats great, thanks for posting- might try it meself
I made something similar last year using the stacking plastic boxes. They can either slide into each other or stack up on top of each other in the manner in which your photo shows - which is how I originally set them up. - It wasn't a great success because the worms never made their way up the system due to the gap between the top of the food in the lower bin and the underside of the top bin (apparently, worms cannot jump :))
I googled for info and most of the home-made versions have the boxes arranged so that the underside of the top box rests directly on top of the food/bedding in the lower box - when it becomes full, you bung scraps into the top box and the worms migrate up the stack through the wire grill.
I collected about 10 L of "worm juice" that dripped and collected in the bottom chamber - it is great for feeding pots & hanging baskets around the garden; they produced a great show. You may have to find a way of preventing the worms from falling through the lowest grill into the liquid chamber - where they drown, throughout the season I must have lost about 3 dozen worms that way.
Apparently worms are colour blind too - so they won't mind blue (someone actually commented on this on one of thesites that I visitied - so I though that I would pass this inofmation on).
I made my system using black boxes, they got really hot in the sun - I had to move it behind the shed into the shade to avoid cooking the worms. White boxes would reflect the rays from the sun and keep the contents cooler whilst black absorbe the heat from the sun and roast the contents - blue is probably somewhere in between - a gentle slow roast - worms should be tender and tastly after 4-5 hours .... sorry I digress ...
-- Hope that is clear
Wow Ken you have been busy recently!
I was interested in your posting about the wormery so I did a bit of googling and came across this link.
Hope it adds some useful information
Ron
http://www.mastercomposter.com/worm/wormcomp.html#BIN
what's happened to your pics kenkew ?:'(