New Worm Bin
A young volunteer adds shredded cardboard to prepare the bin for its new residents. The plywood bin was built by volunteers.
After their new home is ready, the red worms are added to the top of the moistened bedding. They waste no time burrowing in and getting to work. Photos by Les Dublin
Comments
Very cute photo - startin' 'em young! Do you mail order the worms, or do you take them from other existing worm bins? Red earthworms? Other species?
Posted by: Tyler | March 27, 2006 03:07 PM
We had to buy them this time, but if all goes well, we'll have enough for more worm boxes some day!
Posted by: Donna | March 27, 2006 03:26 PM
How do you extract the worms when it's time to start a new batch?
I've found that when it's harvest time, coffee grounds with filters added on top will attract masses of worms under each filter. Just scoop them up and save/transfer to new batch.
Much less labor intensive and more thorough then the usual methods one reads about.
Posted by: Anonymous | March 31, 2006 02:05 PM
That's a great suggestion - I think I'll build a worm box when we get a little sun.
Posted by: Tyler | April 1, 2006 12:03 AM
ionolsen22 Very good site. Thanks for author!
Posted by: topicstarter | October 18, 2006 02:16 PM
Hi, good post. I have been wondering about this issue,so thanks for posting.
Posted by: CreditCardsOffers | June 1, 2009 06:19 PM
I really liked this post. Can I copy it to my site? Thank you in advance.
Posted by: JakeHilfter | June 7, 2009 03:26 PM