Worm Farming Supplies- Choose the Container and Add the Bedding
For the worm farm container, you can use foam containers from the grocery store, used dresser drawers or a discarded trunk. Any sturdy square or rectangular container will do. Drill several holes in the bottom of the container to let exess liquid drain out. Put a brick in the bottom of the container.
Be sure to wet the bedding and compress any excess liquid out. Use torn up newspaper, cardboard, leaves, chopped up straw, and other dead plants for bedding.
Worm Farming Supplies - Add the Worms and Add Food Waste
The best worms to use are the red worm ( also known as the red wiggler). They are voracious eaters. They will eat and expel their own waste daily. They will crawl down into the bedding because they do not like light. Be sure to bury crushed egg shells with other food, this will maintain the proper pH level in the bedding. Do not use meat, bones, dairy products or fatty foods, they will attract rodents. Bury the food 6 to 7 cm in the bedding to prevent fruit flies.
Worm Farming Supplies - Cover the Worm Bed and Harvesting
Cover the bedding with newspaper. Add a bit of water to the box when in starts to dry out. It should bethe consistency of a lightly squeezed sponge. Keep the worm farm out of hot, bright sunlight and heavy rains. After a few months your wrom farm will be ready to harvest. There should be little or no original bedding material bedding visible and in its place will be rich, brown worm castings. Move the contents of the bin to one side and add fresh bedding material. The worms will move from the content side into the side with fresh bedding material. After a few days, the content side will be vacant of worms and you can harvest its content for the rich, brown worm castings.
For the worm farm container, you can use foam containers from the grocery store, used dresser drawers or a discarded trunk. Any sturdy square or rectangular container will do. Drill several holes in the bottom of the container to let exess liquid drain out. Put a brick in the bottom of the container.
Be sure to wet the bedding and compress any excess liquid out. Use torn up newspaper, cardboard, leaves, chopped up straw, and other dead plants for bedding.
Worm Farming Supplies - Add the Worms and Add Food Waste
The best worms to use are the red worm ( also known as the red wiggler). They are voracious eaters. They will eat and expel their own waste daily. They will crawl down into the bedding because they do not like light. Be sure to bury crushed egg shells with other food, this will maintain the proper pH level in the bedding. Do not use meat, bones, dairy products or fatty foods, they will attract rodents. Bury the food 6 to 7 cm in the bedding to prevent fruit flies.
Worm Farming Supplies - Cover the Worm Bed and Harvesting
Cover the bedding with newspaper. Add a bit of water to the box when in starts to dry out. It should bethe consistency of a lightly squeezed sponge. Keep the worm farm out of hot, bright sunlight and heavy rains. After a few months your wrom farm will be ready to harvest. There should be little or no original bedding material bedding visible and in its place will be rich, brown worm castings. Move the contents of the bin to one side and add fresh bedding material. The worms will move from the content side into the side with fresh bedding material. After a few days, the content side will be vacant of worms and you can harvest its content for the rich, brown worm castings.
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