The
problems that I encountered in the past are:
The
weather was unpredictable, which made it rough on me and
the earthworms, we (me and them) were frozen, rained on,
burnt up in the summer sun and generally made to feel
miserable. I did not perform to my optimum, nor did
they....My performance suffered drastically, as did
theirs, they did their part, as did I, but we were
fighting a continually changing environment, with new
challenges daily...that sapped our energy and depleted
our resources.
The beds
were under constant attack by pests, both the detrimental
as well as "just pest" types. These pests
(moles, birds, mice, insects, lizards, frogs, toads,
spiders and everything else took their toll on the
earthworms, as well as me. Many a time I opened the lid
to find a field mouse pouncing out at me...plus numerous
other critters. The obvious being, they were eating the
earthworms, cutting the production of castings and worms
both. They were also sending my heart a fluttering
seriously endangering my sanity....and health.
The Major
Problem was the removing of the castings from the beds.
This was being done partially successfully by the other
growers. They were tumbling, rolling, shaking and waiting
while one end of the bed dried out. Some were putting
different types of feed on one end and a few days later,
taking the feed with the adult worms out....but the
babies and un-hatched egg capsules remained in the
castings.
Some of the
more industrious, hauled the entire bed out into the hot
sun, (OH, my back) left it in the sunshine, scrapped off
the different layers as the worms were stressed enough to
go deeper down. The eggs remained in the layers being
removed....The worms were stressed and so was the growers
back...it worked to get worms to sell, but not for the
castings.
So, what is
the difference?
These AVSA
Units (beds/bins) were designed to be used indoors, out
of the weather.
The Pests
are easily controlled and don't "eat their
fill" at your expense. Saves on the blood pressure /
stress level as well!
The
castings (vermicompost) is quickly and easily removed
through the front door, and the need to bend over and
shovel is gone... just scoop it into a wheelbarrow and
away you go.
With AVSA
the worms and eggs are safely secured in a special
compartment that keeps them safe and sound, where they
are unharmed and unstressed by the entire process.
Since
the AVSA units were designed to be stackable, the cost of
indoor floor space quickly pays for itself, as do the
units..
AVSA
removes all of these past problems and promises a future
full of solutions.
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