Cotton Red
How do I remove red dye from a polyester cotton quilt?
My daughter was ironing patches on to a red shirt on top of my quilt. The heat caused the shirt to transfer some red dye to the quilt.
Try some white vinegar...
If you have been searching for a way to exercise your "green" thumb jump into this fun and unique world of "vermiculture." or "vermicompost" is an organic gardening process of natural composting using earthworms, known as the Red Wriggler (Eisenia fetida). The Wrigglers transform food scraps into rich compost and liquid fertilizer. It is the perfect hobby to support the "cradle-to-cradle" return of organic matter to its origin, mother earth.
It is also perfect for small spaces. The worms only need about 1 square foot of surface area to digest each pound of waste material generated per week. Supply your worms with a container, some bedding material, food scraps, and the worms do the rest.
They consume food scraps, hair, and dust reducing organic waste by 25% in about 60 days; and produce worm castings, which contain the richest form of fertilizer known to man. Concentrated worm castings are very potent fertilizers and must be mixed with potting soil or water to dilute the concentration. Worm castings promote higher than average growth in plants and are rich in phosphorus, nitrogen, and trace minerals.
To start your new worm venture you will need the following supplies:
· Compost Bin (DIY or commercially available)
· Compost Scrap Keeper (Holds food scraps, ceramic or stainless steel)
· Bedding Materials
· Food Scraps
· Worms (Red Wrigglers or Nigh Crawlers)
Compost Bins
You could make your own DIY worm compost bins but to keep things, clean, easy and well-organized, I would suggest investing in a commercially produced vermin-culture compost bin. They are well worth the money spent.
Vermiculture Compost Bins automatically separate food scraps from finished compost, and most-importantly, does not need to be emptied or restarted like some DIY bins. Some recommended vermin-culture compost bins include:
· The Expandable Worm Tower
· Worm Condo
· Worm Bungalow
· Down Under Farm Worm Compost Bin
· Pet Poo Converter and Worm Compost Bin
· Friendly Habitat Worm Compost Bin
· Advanced Biosafe BioSystem
Other helpful accessories to look for are worm bedding (good if you are new vermiculture), a compost scrap keeper (ceramic or stainless steel), soil moisture & pH meter, compressed coir fiber bricks (bedding) and the "Compost and Worm Reference Wheel"
Worms
Oh and of course, don't forget the worms, Red Wrigglers or Red Worms (tolerate a wide range of environmental conditions) and/or Night Crawlers (feed on deeper parts of the bin) will do the job. A mixture of the two will create rich and abundant worm castings.
Bedding
After you have made or purchased a compost bin, you can fill it with bedding. The worms prefer a cool, moist, but well-ventilated, dark environment between 50 and 80 degrees. Worms shun light and are photophobic—they shun both sun and artificial light, burrowing as deep as they can to flee the light. Heat and sunlight will dehydrate the little Wrigglers and all you'll end up are "fried" worms.
The bedding material can be peat moss, aged manure, sawdust, dried grass clippings, hay, garden loam, coir (coconut fiber), straw, damp newspaper, Hessian, cotton rags, aged horse/cow manure (fresh manure heats up) shredded cardboard, newspaper, grocery bags, and most types of shredded leaves. Oak and other highly acidic leaves are not recommended since these worms don't like an acidic environment. Stay clear of inked and glossy papers, since they contain toxic substances which can exterminate your Wrigglers.
Keep in mind the worms have a hearty appetite and will eat whatever is put in front of them, including the bedding.
Feeding
Worms will eat ½ their weight of food each day. Be careful to not overfeed your worms. Like you feed your family, only feed them once they have partly eaten their previous food. This means no desert before dinner. Worms lack teeth and prefer their food mashed, chopped or pureed.
Worms need a variety of foods, and greatly appreciate a well-rounded diet. Worms will happily consume fruit and vegetable scraps/peels (except citrus fruit, onion, garlic and chilies), tea bags/tea leaves, coffee grounds and filters, crushed eggshells, newspaper, cardboard, egg cartons and shredded/soaked pizza boxes, old flowers and small amounts of garden waste, pasta, rice, wet bread & cereal, hair and small amounts of dust from vacuum cleaner. Avoid onions, garlic, citrus, dairy products, seafood, meat, oil, and pet droppings, or the wrigglers will run for the hills.
Worms
The Red Wrigglers are the hardiest, fastest reproducers of the vermin culture world they efficiently gobble up waste and create worm castings. Well-fed worms reproduce even faster, at an alarming rate. They double there population in 3-4 months. Young red worms are a shade of white but turn red at maturity.
Harvesting Worm Castings
Harvesting the compost is easy, just push the bedding and worms to one end of the box and fill the other end with fresh bedding and table scraps. Within a few weeks, the worms will munch their way over to the fresh food and you can scoop out the compost from the deserted side of the bin.
With commercial vermi culture compost bins, the work is done for you; just collect worm casts from the bottom trays, and fill the top trays with food.
If you find that cultivating worms and worm castings are not your thing, you could always take the day off and hang a sign on the worm bin that says "Gone Fishin!"
Cotton Jones - Blood Red Sentimental Blues (Live on KEXP)
|
|
Nostalgia CCM505 Vintage Countertop Cotton-Candy Maker $29.95 Now you can enjoy the wonderful taste of Cotton Candy anytime in the convenience of your own home!... |
|
|
Big Surfboat Blue Red Multi - Luxury Velour Jacquard Beach Towel size 32x63 - 400 grams 100% Pure Ringspun Cotton - Brilliant intense vibrant colors - Highly absorbent easy care machine wash - Use for picnic poolside or as a colorful bath towel - Save 50% $9.99 Orient Originals manufactures towels of unsurpassed quality to the highest international standards. We offer a complete range of luxury, spa, hotel, resort, bath, beach, kitchen, decorative, whimsical, utility, and kids towels. We offer uncompromising quality at the lowest cost by combining our family owned vertically integrated manufacturing with Amazon's world class technology and distribution f... |
|
|
DII Country Essentials Heavyweight Dishcloth, Set of 8 $7.65 Timeless and Classic! DII Country Essentials Heavyweight Dishcloth Set of 8. Super-absorbent!... |
|
|
Vanessa Mae Ultimate Collection $3.37 2003 UK compilation for the world-renowned classical crossover star features 14 tracks. Copy Controlled. EMI Gold. 2003.... |
|
|
100 Favorite Patriotic Songs $9.98 Disc 1:1. America The Beautiful2. All Quiet On The Potomac Tonight3. Ballad Of The Green Berets4. On Top Of Old Smokey5. Coyote Warrior6. Semper Fidelis7. Breeze From Alabama8. Onward Christian Soldiers9. Come Where My Love Lies Dreming10. Patriot11. Sweet Betsy From Pike12. The Marines' Hymn13. America Is14. When Johnny Comes Marching Home15. Happy The Soldier16. American Trilogy17. Home Sweet Ho... |
|
|
Ultimate $2.99 Import exclusive compilation for the classical crossover star features 14 tracks including 2 live tracks. Highlights include, 'Red Hot' (Symphonic Mix), 'I Feel Love', 'Classical Gas', 'Picante', '(I) Can, Can (You?)', & many more. Disky. 2003.... |
|
|
Neptune's Daughter [VHS] $14.95 According to its opening voiceover, Neptune's Daughter is "a story about a guy, a girl, and a bathing suit." Oh, but it's so much more than that. Esther Williams plays Eve, a (surprise!) swimming champion who gives up her amateur status to design and model swimwear. She also plays chaperone to her boy-crazy sister Betty, who is determined to meet Jose (Ricardo Montalban), the captain of the visiti... |
|
|
Great Gundown [VHS] $9.99 ... |
|
|
Dickies Men's 5 Ounce Poplin Short Sleeve Coverall $48.00 Six Pair limit per customer.... |
|
|
Carhartt Men's Shortsleeve Work-Dry T-Shirt $24.99 The Carhartt Men's Work-Dry Short-Sleeve T-Shirt wicks away moisture so you can work comfortably. An odor-fighting treatment helps keep this standard-fit shirt from getting stinky, so you can go out in public without making everyone's eyes water. Carhartt gave the Work-Dry Shirt side-seamed construction to minimize twisting. Forward shoulder-seam placement and a tagless neck label give this tee a ... |
|
|
Jets: Pure Cotton $13.00 The first ever DVD to feature one of the great Rockabilly acts of all time - The Jets. First formed in 1974 The Jets settled on a three piece line up in 1978. A recording career soon came around and the three brothers were snapped up by EMI achieving Top Twenty hit records and albums. Touring has been in THE JETS blood since '78 Scandinavia Europe Japan USA have all been visited. The band continue... |
|
|
Dream Zone Sleep Mask, mask ( Multi-Pack) ... |
|
|
Green Sprouts Cotton Nursing Pads ... |
|
|
GladRags Color Day Pad ... |
|
|
Kroo 11245 Zipper Sleeve for 10-Inch Portable Laptop (Red) $8.99 Zipper glove for portable laptop up to 10-inch includes Asus Eee PC, HP 2133, MSI Wind, Acer Aspire One, Dell Mini, Lenovo IdeaPad S10... |
