Anyone raise worns? Worm farmer
I decided to play around with it. Very small scale. Red worms came from Wal Mart. I can tell you for sure there ain't 30 worms in that worm container.
I think I'm having trouble. Found 3 worms trying to climb out of the bedding container. From what I understand from watching U tube videos thats trouble. they don't like their surroundings.
anyone?
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I use shredded cardboard, paper and dirt… I get a good even mix and then spray a little water until damp… you don’t want it getting too wet because you can drown them but you don’t want it too dry either. Put a lid on it but not too tight because they need air,, you need to keep them dark and cool. They get hot pretty easily.
Throw veggie and fruit peels in there.
They are actually pretty easy to keep.
With all the rain we’ve gotten here , I’ve been going out with my granddaughter and getting several dozen to start up my yearly worm farm… I don’t keep them over the winter because I don’t fish during the winter.

I did , but when they kids put the lid on tight they could no longer stay in the basement and went to the garage where they froze

if they are trying to escape , in my case not enough air in because the kids fed them then snapped the lid down , I had just been setting it on a little off

I started with what they say was a pound , it was a ice cream container of compost and worms , when they were trying to escape it was handfuls of worms to scoop up probably the original containers worth but with no soil and x2
that was a bout a year in.

If you a talking about red wigglers, they grow like crazy in our compost pile.
It is in the shade about 2-3 foot high.
They also did well in the pig poop piles that I wind rowed when we raised them for 4 H

When I was a child, a man who raised red worms would get stable manure from us to put in his concrete beds.

Hang a light bulb over the bed, they don't like the light and will stay under the surface, otherwise they will climb out and stampede away. Doesn't matter how tight the lid is, they have no bones, and can ooze out of any sized crack.

Back when I was a kid we kept them in old wash tubs in a walk in cooler dirt newspaper even a few coffee grounds this was for night crawlers

I just use dirt, in a small plastic bin. I feed 'em avocados, banana peels, and coffee grounds. They had babies so I guess they're doing pretty good.

Boy you ought to go into business!!!
Way to go!

This is very good tip.

Keith