Home |
Search |
Today's Posts |
#46
|
|||
|
|||
"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message ... snip Perhaps this has got rather off-group, so I shall stop :-) Probably ... |
#47
|
|||
|
|||
wrote in message ... On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 22:08:58 +0000 (UTC), "Franz Heymann" wrote: wrote in message news On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 15:55:13 +0000 (UTC), "Franz Heymann" wrote: "bigboard" wrote in message ... Mike Lyle wrote: [snip] I have a small wormery that produces excellent compost and liquid plant food, and takes all of my organic kitchen waste. It sits next to the bin in my kitchen and was worth every penny. What have you got against them? The fact that it takes six weeks to dispose of 1 week's kitchen waste. You pamper your worms Franz. Since we last spoke on the topic, I threw those Tubergen bulb trays in the waste bin and rehoused my worms in a wormery made by drilling plenty of holes in the bottom of some old chicken pellet buckets. They stack nicely. The worms still don't eat. Are they a species of hibernating worm? The equipment is in my garage, which also houses the central heating boiler on the opposite wall. They just lie there laughing at me. LOL it sounds like Tom and Gerry Franz |
#48
|
|||
|
|||
Franz Heymann wrote:
wrote in message ... On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 22:08:58 +0000 (UTC), "Franz Heymann" wrote: [...] Since we last spoke on the topic, I threw those Tubergen bulb trays in the waste bin and rehoused my worms in a wormery made by drilling plenty of holes in the bottom of some old chicken pellet buckets. They stack nicely. The worms still don't eat. Are they a species of hibernating worm? The equipment is in my garage, which also houses the central heating boiler on the opposite wall. [...] I expect a man of your background has taken the temp inside the wormery. I've no idea of the range they like. Light level? Mike. |
#49
|
|||
|
|||
"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message ... In article , Franz Heymann wrote: That's true, and entirely understandable. Physicists deal, more often than not, with such a profusion of clean data compared with folk in the medical and social sciences that in practice they can afford to be somewhat cavalier with specifying their confidence limits. Well, it WAS true in Rutherford's day, but has become decreasingly less so both theoretically and practically. The recent (bad) television program reminded people of Einstein's difficulty in accepting (and even understanding) some really trivial concepts because they were non-deterministic and (worse) acausal. This is not the forum for such details of physics, but I feel compelled to let you know that QM is non-deterministic, but it is quite strictly causal. Yes, I do mean that quantum mechanics is conceptually trivial; it is the consequences and details that are not. And over the years, I have been unsuccessfully trying to get a glimmer of understanding of uncertainty into the heads of merely good physicists and similar, when they have got beyond the point that simple confidence limit amalysis is enough (yes, the best ones can handle it.) It usually is enough. There are only very rew instances in which the statistics are so poor that a deeper analysis is necessary. Physicists usually try to postpone a final analysis until sufficient data is available. Perhaps this has got rather off-group, so I shall stop :-) I agree. If you are interested in following ir up, try posting to sci.physics. (Where you have to duck to avoid the emanations of the kooks) Franz |
#50
|
|||
|
|||
wrote in message ... On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 00:34:54 -0000, "Mike Lyle" wrote: I saw one on TV once. "Maggotry", on the other hand, sounds like an obscure criminal offence, possibly less common in these days of widespread street-lighting. Somebody, who idolised/sucked up to the blessed Margaret? LOL Martin, that's your best so far. Franz |
#51
|
|||
|
|||
wrote in message ... On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 22:08:59 +0000 (UTC), "Franz Heymann" wrote: wrote in message .. . ... said the man with the failed worm farm :-) I do not have any failed worms on my farm. They are thrivind and rotund. They just don't eat fast enough Seriously, should I perhaps put a trowelful of garden soil in their hostel now and again? Have you tried urinating on them? I think they deserve it. I am trying to persuade them to eat, not ****ed. Franz |
#52
|
|||
|
|||
"Janet Baraclough" wrote in message ... The message from "Franz Heymann" contains these words: I do not have any failed worms on my farm. They are thrivind and rotund. Rotund doesn't sound much like brandling worms. You're not using earthworms, by any chance? I bought them at great expense from a firm which sold them as worms for composting. Hoever, Kay used to have a url to a site on worm composting. I think it was produced by her better half. (The site, that is, not the compost. {:-)) There, it was stated quite unequivocally that it was unnecessary to obtain special worms for a wormery, and that garden earthworms were as good as anything. Franz |
#53
|
|||
|
|||
"Janet Baraclough" wrote in message ... The message from "Franz Heymann" contains these words: I do not have any failed worms on my farm. They are thrivind and rotund. Rotund doesn't sound much like brandling worms. You're not using earthworms, by any chance? I bought them at great expense from a firm which sold them as worms for composting. Hoever, Kay used to have a url to a site on worm composting. I think it was produced by her better half. (The site, that is, not the compost. {:-)) There, it was stated quite unequivocally that it was unnecessary to obtain special worms for a wormery, and that garden earthworms were as good as anything. Franz |
#54
|
|||
|
|||
Franz Heymann wrote:
"Janet Baraclough" wrote in message ... The message from "Franz Heymann" contains these words: I do not have any failed worms on my farm. They are thrivind and rotund. Rotund doesn't sound much like brandling worms. You're not using earthworms, by any chance? I bought them at great expense from a firm which sold them as worms for composting. Hoever, Kay used to have a url to a site on worm composting. I think it was produced by her better half. (The site, that is, not the compost. {:-)) There, it was stated quite unequivocally that it was unnecessary to obtain special worms for a wormery, and that garden earthworms were as good as anything. You can get composting worms from your garden, but earthworms, ie Lumbricus terrestris, would not be any use at all. Wrong type completely. -- If you sit down at a poker game and don't see a sucker, get up. You're the sucker. |
#55
|
|||
|
|||
In article , Nick Maclaren
writes In article , Franz Heymann wrote: I asked because somebody once said they needed gritty matter to help masticate (if masticate is the word I want) their food. I think that they were giving you the bird. One way to get a good crop -- regards andyw |
#56
|
|||
|
|||
"Mike Lyle" wrote in message ... Franz Heymann wrote: wrote in message ... On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 22:08:58 +0000 (UTC), "Franz Heymann" wrote: [...] Since we last spoke on the topic, I threw those Tubergen bulb trays in the waste bin and rehoused my worms in a wormery made by drilling plenty of holes in the bottom of some old chicken pellet buckets. They stack nicely. The worms still don't eat. Are they a species of hibernating worm? The equipment is in my garage, which also houses the central heating boiler on the opposite wall. [...] I expect a man of your background has taken the temp inside the wormery. I've no idea of the range they like. I haven't measured it. What I can say is that feels comfortable to me, day and night. Light level? Pitch dark most of the time Franz |
#57
|
|||
|
|||
In message , bigboard
writes You can get composting worms from your garden, but earthworms, ie Lumbricus terrestris, would not be any use at all. Wrong type completely. Presumably the ones (like earthworms but thinner and darker) that take up residence voluntarily are the right ones? -- Klara, Gatwick basin |
#58
|
|||
|
|||
Klara wrote:
In message , bigboard writes You can get composting worms from your garden, but earthworms, ie Lumbricus terrestris, would not be any use at all. Wrong type completely. Presumably the ones (like earthworms but thinner and darker) that take up residence voluntarily are the right ones? Yes! There are a couple of different species, known by various names such as Brandlings, Red Worms, Tiger worms, Compost worms, etc. -- Linus: I guess it's wrong always to be worrying about tomorrow. Maybe we should think only about today. Charlie Brown: No, that's giving up. I'm still hoping that yesterday will get better. |
#59
|
|||
|
|||
"bigboard" wrote in message ... Franz Heymann wrote: "Janet Baraclough" wrote in message ... The message from "Franz Heymann" contains these words: I do not have any failed worms on my farm. They are thrivind and rotund. Rotund doesn't sound much like brandling worms. You're not using earthworms, by any chance? I bought them at great expense from a firm which sold them as worms for composting. Hoever, Kay used to have a url to a site on worm composting. I think it was produced by her better half. (The site, that is, not the compost. {:-)) There, it was stated quite unequivocally that it was unnecessary to obtain special worms for a wormery, and that garden earthworms were as good as anything. You can get composting worms from your garden, but earthworms, ie Lumbricus terrestris, would not be any use at all. Wrong type completely. Firstly, the worms were sold to me by a firm which specialises in worm composting accessories. Secondly, that url to which Kay used to draw our attention was written by someone whose professional research is concerned with a study of worms. Do I believe him ot you? Franz |
#60
|
|||
|
|||
Franz Heymann wrote:
"bigboard" wrote in message ... Franz Heymann wrote: "Janet Baraclough" wrote in message ... The message from "Franz Heymann" contains these words: I do not have any failed worms on my farm. They are thrivind and rotund. Rotund doesn't sound much like brandling worms. You're not using earthworms, by any chance? I bought them at great expense from a firm which sold them as worms for composting. Hoever, Kay used to have a url to a site on worm composting. I think it was produced by her better half. (The site, that is, not the compost. {:-)) There, it was stated quite unequivocally that it was unnecessary to obtain special worms for a wormery, and that garden earthworms were as good as anything. You can get composting worms from your garden, but earthworms, ie Lumbricus terrestris, would not be any use at all. Wrong type completely. Firstly, the worms were sold to me by a firm which specialises in worm composting accessories. In which case they will not be 'earthworms'. Secondly, that url to which Kay used to draw our attention was written by someone whose professional research is concerned with a study of worms. Do I believe him ot you? As I studied the ecology of Earthworms extensively at university, I would suggest a third possibility: you have incorrectly remembered what you read on this site. If you would care to provide a direct link to your evidence, I will, of course, apologise. Similarly, if it turns out that you are mistaken, perhaps you could do the decent thing? -- "I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones." -- Albert Einstein |
Reply |
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Forum | |||
Compostumbler | United Kingdom | |||
ComposTumbler | Edible Gardening |