Inside the Compost Where Worms, Hens, and Kitchen Scraps Feed Each Other

Inside the Compost Where Worms, Hens, and Kitchen Scraps Feed Each Other People with a small place keep getting told the answer is more land. It isn't. The answer is wiring the animals and plants you already have so each one feeds the next, and on a quarter acre that means a feed bill that finally comes down. Twenty-two years on a quarter acre, never more, and the full breakdown by lot size is in my guide, The Small Place Book. Link below. What's covered: - A worm bin that runs on garbage: a pound of red wigglers eats about half its weight in scraps a day and doubles every few months - Soldier fly larvae in a two-tier bin, eating five pounds of waste daily and coming out around forty percent protein - Why you start the worms, run them through a full season, and only then add the soldier flies - Four layers plus Ruby, eight years old and done laying, and the gradual switch off pellets that kept the eggs coming - Comfrey, borage and sorghum, and where each one goes so leaves, flowers and grain feed back into the loop - The build order, worms first and plants last, and why buying everything in a six-week window once put the feed bill at three hundred dollars a month - The annual number: a hundred to a hundred thirty dollars of layer feed for all five birds, and why monthly thinking misses what the system actually does These are my numbers from my place, not a promise for yours. Check what your town allows before you build anything, and start smaller than you think you should. #smallacreage #quarteracre #homesteading #wormbin #soldierflies #backyardchickens #composting #comfrey #feedbill #smallfarm #backyardhomestead #growyourown #regenerativemedicine how to feed chickens for free on a quarter acre, how to cut your chicken feed bill in half, worm bin and black soldier fly larvae for chickens, raising chickens on a quarter acre, how many chickens can you keep on a quarter acre, red wigglers for chicken feed, solider fly larvae for chickens, composting with worms and soldier fly larvae, diy chicken feed from kitchen scraps, small homestead no feed bill, chicken worm and soldier fly loop, self sufficient backyard homestead