On Apr 26, 10:28*am, zxcvbob > wrote:
> notbob wrote:
> > Do any of you rfc'rs do it? *If so, how?
>
> > I have access to a buncha Mom's old storage containers, some been out in
> > the sun so long they're about to fall apart. *Others, newer. *Can I
> > utilize these? *I can imagine/fab false bottoms and holes. *Air
> > circulation. *I have most of a 25lb bag o' organic potting soil. *Can
> > provide food wastes. *I have organic plant food, which is mostly worm
> > casings. *Seems to me real worms would be even better.
>
> > Strikes me that growing good tomatoes is more than a hanging gimmick grower
> > and a garden hose.
>
> > I ate some homegrown tomatoes about 20 yrs ago. *This when mrkt
> > tomatoes were already crap and had been for a long time. *These
> > homegrown tomatoes were astonishing! *Flavor I'd not tasted in 20 yrs
> > before or anytime since. *Unfortunately, grown by ppl from a very
> > remote part of my in-law's family, which soon passed on, so I never
> > really learned the secret. *I wanna rediscover that. *I think good
> > soil is the answer. *Again, got any compost and/or worm fans out
> > there?
>
> > nb
>
> Are you actually going to compost it, or grow Red Wiggler worms and let
> them do the work?
>
> (the latter will work, the former won't unless the containers are *huge*)

Any old worms will do. Here's a couple of pix, one of my composter:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/1552229...7629905002931/
>
> -Bob

--Bryan