Putting the worm chow grinder to the test
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- čas přidán 27. 08. 2024
- My worm chow recipe, This worm chow is for surface feeding only. Sprinkle and mist with water. Watch them go crazy eating.
If interested in purchasing a 1 Lb bag go to my website TheGardenAndWormLady.com
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If you’re interested in some worm chow I am selling them in 1 pound bags on my website. To this basic recipe you can also add flour and corm meal. Go to Thegardenandwormlady.com for all gardening/worm related products.
I am also going to add larger amounts by weight but I am looking for the packaging. Thank you for watching thank you to all my new subscribers appreciate you all.
The grinder is a beast!
I have expired peanut flour. I wonder if it will be too high in protein?
You could by oats at feed store by the 40 lb bag and grind it. Luv your channel!
@@CrackerFL yes be careful the protein is high use it sparingly. Yeah that grinders amazing.
Consider one of the home vacuum packing machines. Put a nice label inside before adding the worm chow.
Be sure your product label says something like "Not For Human Consumption" to keep the gumint at bay.
That cart is perfect for this machine!! I was really impressed with how well it pulverized the different ingredients in your experimental chow! I love seeing the behind the scenes of your business! Thanks for sharing!!🪱🪱🪱
You’re welcome, I watch all your experiments😂
@@TheGardenAndWormLady 😊 Thank you!!
I'm so glad you moved the operation outside. I was worried about your lungs. 🪱💓🪱
Oh me too, Luckily the wheels are strong and hold up to 500 pounds
Suggestion: Mark your dial for different settings you use, i.e. bird seed, oatmeal, etc. You are going to need your oatmeal finer than you do the bird seed, based on what you showed. If you don't mark the dial, you'll be having to experiment every time to get the proper setting for the individual ingredient.
I wish the machine had numbers but yes I’m making note.
I am ordering a bigger grinder like yours because I need to speed up the production 😊
I got this one on eBay it was a lot cheaper than Amazon. You’re gonna love it and it’s gonna work great for you👍🏾
Congrats on approaching 1000 subs!
Aw!!!! Thank you 😊
Thanks for sharing this delicious worm breakfast meal.
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So So glad to see you unplug the grinder before you opened it. When I was about 15 and helping my Dad service electrical appliances, he saw that I had turned the wall switch off but not unplugged the powder cord. He asked me if I was happy to trust my life to a little piece of brass held back by a brittle plastic bit. So I ALWAYS switch off and unplug anything electrical l open up. So glad to see you do that. Not just for your fingers, but for your life.
OK, so one in a million chance, or someone else turns the switch on, but how many million people are there and how many people get electrocuted each year ?
Love your videos.
You are absolutely right. I don’t even leave my air fryer plugged in.
Perhaps put a damp cloth or bag over the front of the collection bucket to catch most of the stuff bouncing back up and into the air.
Here's something that might carry some interest to some wormers. Ive been going with the dry mix, but recently started adding apple cores to the feeding bin and WOW! Currently using 3 trays and all worms have moved out of the bottom tray and are in the upper 2 tray. Thats something that normally does not happen for me and I just deal with the worms in the bottom tray when I harvest. And yes they are all over the cores to where you cant even see the cores.
They love all that sweet stuff🤣
Maybe you can try grinding wood chips if you are interested in making sawdust
You will have to use different settings for different materials. Amd I still suggest you mix the grid with something then it will make less dust.
That’s a great idea!!!
Suggestion:
Affix a smooth fabric tube to the output area of the grinder to direct the dust to your catch bin. You are losing some of your worm chow inventory to the wind! Worms would love that fine grind
I was thinking you could use one of the legs cut off of an inexpensive pair of pantyhose attached to the grinder with a hose clamp.
That is a great idea!!!! Thank you! I can’t use this machine indoors. It makes a huge mess so I’ve been using my other grinder.
Really like the setup on the cart. You can move supplies wherever you want to chop everything up. Definitely be careful with that chopper.
I will the first time I turned it on it scared me after death. Joe said I should wear some safety glasses and I agree. I love it though what a powerful machine
@@TheGardenAndWormLady don't forget hearing protection
Awesome
Today I noticed some crazy activity in my feeding tray. After removing the cover I noticed the bedding heaving up a bit , appears to be a ball of worms there doing their thing which is fine with me , but hadnt noticed that before.
I’ve also seen that too. A certain section of my Bin will be more lifted up then another section.
That's where baby worms come from! LOL!
What is the advantage of using bird seed?
Normally the two main ingredients listed are corn and millet. You might be able to buy those two in bulk.
They just seem to like it, so I just keep using it, but it does sprout occasionally, which creates more food for them.
Hello, what is the name of that grinder and where did you get it from? Thanks
Electric Grain Grinder Mill, 3000W 110V Corn Grinder Mill Electric, Dry Cereals Rice Coffee Wheat Corn Mills with Funnel, Grain grinder mill powder machine a.co/d/b5YkvHc
This is the one I use I got it on Amazon
Does it help to put it through multiple times?
Yes it does. I just had to tighten it a little more. I tighten it a little at a time cause it scares me sometimes😂
@@TheGardenAndWormLady we had something similar when I worked for a grain company. The knob would loosen due to vibration over time.
I think that’s what mine did a few times it loosened up so I had to adjust it. I really love this machine
Probably safest to stick with dry chow for your set up rather than risk grinding wet foods. It sure looks like it could produce high volumes! I remember my parents used to run soda crackers through their meat grinder to clean it after they put meat through it. Chris (channel is The Ultimate Recycler) uses a shredder/grinder to coarsely chop wet materials for the worms, but I think his machine stays outside.
Thank you so much I’ll have to look into that channel. When I was growing up my mother would put stale bread in the blender to make breadcrumbs
I think you’ll really like his channel. He does experiments with worms that live outside in ground beds. Some of his videos take months to film because each video films the beginning, middle and end of the experiment!
What kind of grinder was it again? I missed it if you said it. Its pretty cool.
I found it on eBay, if you email me I can send you pics
Veecolantonio71@gmail.com
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Wet &Dry Electric Feed Mill Grinder Grain Crusher Corn Cereal Pulverizer Machine
This is the one I got on eBay
OK worm lady , I guess Ive been doing dry chow for a while , long enough that Im seeing 2 things. In the last harvest the worms collected were quite lively and moist looking flipping around all over the place,, plus I continue to see a lot of cocoons. I dont know that the latter is related the dry chow but thats about how long Im seeing lots of them. In previous harvests it was as if they were half asleep.
Egg layer crumbles is one of the key ingredients of my dry chow which I think is making a big difference.
It’s all those great nutrients that are bringing them to good health and life
I don't understand what you used for grit. Was it crushed eggshells or corn grits?
I used oyster shell, I change my ingredients all the time to try to get the perfect chow 😅
A popular chinease made food mill grinder made to grind....food.
Putting oyster shells through it will destroy the grinding discs quickly being that it is abrasive. Might as well put limestone through the grinder since it is chemically the same as oyster shell.
Pained me to watch a good machine chew through a hard abrasive...ouch.
Not made for that.
You think so? I’ll have to keep an eye on it. Thanks for suggesting,Sometimes I just sprinkle the oyster shell in my bins without grinding it.
@@TheGardenAndWormLady you are better off getting a bag of dolomite. It's a fertilizer additive boosted with iron and magnesium
Wear hearing protection and an N95 dust mask.
Rather than try to grind shavings get saw dust
Do they sell that bagged?
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Saw mills in your area just might PAY you to haul it away!