I keep my worms in my kitchen :-)
My worm composting experience
I have made a spot on my back patio -- it'll be quite unobtrusive. However, I am quite prepared to bring them in to the garage when necessary (when the weather gets colder). I know that a lot of people keep them in the kitchen -- frankly I don't have the room. The unit itself if not unattractive. My bin has already arrived and the worms are being shipped on Monday. The grandkids arrive on Wednesday -- they are going to help out with this -- good learning experience. Don't forget, when spritzing to keep things somewhat moist that you shouldn't use water straight from the tap; let the chlorine evaporate for at least 24 hrs; preferably 48. I am planning on using my rain barrel water.
Hello All of you,
I am wanting to start my own worm farm, can you tell me, by steps, what I need, and how to do it, please.
I have got a friend with lots of nice long fat worms and I do not want to kill them.
Please help asap as I will be away from a computer soon.
Thanks my friends,
Debi & Elli-May
Degarotty - I notice that you are in Australia - so you might want to check out this article from your home Country:
http://www.amonline.net.au/factsheets/earthworms.htm
If you type "Earthworms" into Google, you'll find lots of info.
Debi & Elli-May,
You'll find a wealth of information here:
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/f/wrigglers/all/
There's a difference you need to be aware of. Earthworms live *in* the soil, and composting worms live *on* the soil, in the decaying leaves and other organic matter. If you want the latter, you should consult my two articles here on DG (search for 'vermicomposting'). There are also threads in the Soils and Composting forum which I wrote a few years ago.
I'm not sure from your note what you mean by a 'worm farm'. Are you trying to grow quantities of worms for sale? This is called 'vermiculture'.
Hope this helps!
Hi All,
I am just wanting to get worms to eventually introduce to my soil to make it better.
Debi
Debi.............when you add the makings of compost to your soil the organic content goes up.
When your soil is right your native worms will be there in great numbers. Simply adding worms to the soil without working to make the home desirable for the worms will serve no usefull purpose. The number of worms your soil can support are allready in your soil. If you have no worms then a major problem exists............poisoned soil or soil with little or no organic content.
Go to work adding leaves, grass clippings, shreaded paper, straw, hay and all the weeds you can find. Raw manure in the late fall is great. A cover crop is a must for ideal conditions. Making compost is not the only way to build soil allthough it is one of the best additives you can place in your soil. If you do this and maintain a modest mulch you will have bunches of worms all the time. You build the soil and they will come and increase in great numbers.