Part I, My First Worm Farming Stories From 4 years ago

Here is my worm story..I wrote these stories about my starting worm farming for a local news paper, So remember these are from a few years ago, I know alot more these days.. HaHa These stories are the very same as they appeared in the paper, Have fun reading!!!

These Stories are GREAT for the Beginner. This is from when I was really just getting started and these basic tips were so Interesting to me, There was alot of WOW a worm can do that!!
Like everything, you forget how Amazing Nature really is……………

While working on my farm I moved some hay and manure and WOW!! There were thousands of earth worms,did you know that worms eat table scraps the same as they eat hay and manure.
I found info on worm composting and 1 pound of worms will eat at least a half pound of organic waste per day, then half that is worm castings, castings are the best fertilizer you can get, and put on your flowers, transplanting and more…
While looking at breeds of worms, I found the European Nightcrawler a breed that has been in North American for only a few years.
I am now raising this worm in my basement year round, they are good for fishing and composting.
This worm is from Holland. European Nightcrawlers are virtually unknown, but the handist fishing worm.They are normally 4″- 6″ long, they require No Refrigeration unlike the Canadian Nightcrawler, they also last longer under water… they live in a bait cup for 3-5 weeks UNREFRIGERATED, there shelf temps can range from 1 – 32 degrees.
They can be used for ice fishing as long as they don’t freeze. The fisherman that are using this worm think they are great.
I have 50,000 in my basement now! and could get up to 150,000 worms in my basement alone.
These worms are now being sold in Espanola, Massey and Spanish, in hardware, bait shops and outdoor recreation stores, they are sitting just on the counter or shelf because remember they don’t need to be refrigerated..
I am starting worm composting as well, there are composting bins in my bathroom, basement and kitchen with great success..

Next week I will talk about the amount of garbage we could keep out of our landfills composting with these bins alone and the great worm tea, liquid plant food, and the great worm castings…

THE FRIENDLY WORM GUY

Jeff Sonnenburg

Written by Jeff on February 29th, 2008 with 2 comments.
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