About Our Business
We sell Composting Worms, 2 breeds, one is the Red Wiggler and the other is The European Nightcrawler. We ship worms all over Canada, In Canada the worms are shipped via Canada Post.
Please check out our Products page we have more then just Worms
OUR PRODUCTS
LIVE IN THE USA! WANT TO BUY WORMS
We are now able to send worms to US readers of FriendlyWormGuy.com. You now can buy European Nightcrawlers and Red Wigglers. We can ship to any USA customers (except Hawaii)
Here is the USA ordering BUY NOW page. Email me Friendlywormguy@Gmail.com
US buyers, Orders are for 1 pound and greater orders only.
Here is a little about how we started (enjoy)
Originally, We were more interested in selling the worms to fisherman and stores in our area only.
We later decided on using European Nightcrawlers as they would not require refridgeration. Making raising alot less difficult and handy for the fisherman to keep alive while out fishing. Although, with worms comes cleaning the beds and why waste good natural fertilizer castings (worm poop). Also, we needed to keep our egg capsules for reproduction of our worms. Two good reasons to figure out how we would affordably seperate them from the worms to start our business.
Finally, we decided to use a grain cleanner (fanning mill) built in 1913, by Young brothers in Almonte Ontario. The grain cleaner we last purchased is equipped with an electric motor. This makes the work load much lighter. It is the grain cleaner in the picture on the right. It is a “New” Chatham Mill. Ha, ha, new 75 years ago, maybe. Some of you farmers out there will know what we are talking about. Anyway, we were hoping very much that we could at least seperate the castings from the worms and the eggs. You can imagine how excited we were when we saw it worked and it seperated all three.
It is now 7 years later, we started off with our advertising with the “Around and About” Newspaper from the neighboring town which also reaches our own hometown of Massey, reaching 6000 homes. I wrote in it facts about castings ,worms and recycling with worms on 5 different occasions. The Newspaper also had a really nice write up done about our business in the “Mid North Monitor” Newspaper. The article was written by Rosalind Raby. That article is on our site if you would like to read that as well.
We also went to a show and discussion as the guest speakers in Espanola with the Horticultural society there. That went well and we were treated very kindly by the wonderful people that attended. Also, we appreciated some great tips by some very avid gardeners who have splendid looking yards. Which ,by the way we hope to some day make our yard look at least half as nice as their beautiful home gardens.
We went to the horticultral garden expo in Espanola and sold products and showed our worm bin and educated more of the public. We would really like to thank Michael Dunn, President of the Espanola Horticultral Society, for this very successful day for us. That is the place we also met Rosalind Raby, and she had wrote that great article done on us.
We now have went to several schools to show students the worm bins, how to recycle with worms and spoke about how castings (worm poop)can enhance soils to make plants grow better. The students had alot more enthusiasum than I had first imagined. An excitement of interest in the classes filled the atmosphere. Most students had wanted to dig their hands in and check out the worms. Also, a handful of students in each class who were a little more squimmish, but enjoyed it just the same. Our goals with the schools is to make science and learning even more fun. We will promote recycling and vermicomposting within the schools. It will give even more education and interest to our next generation of people. This will be a part of making this world a little more “GREEN”. Every little bit from each person helps.
Later on we were invited to do talks with the Horticultural society from Spanish, Elliot Lake and in Sudbury as well. We were treated very well at these places as well and enjoyed meeting the many nice people!
Many great ideas were brought up by lots of experienced gardeners at each talk we’d been at. One was to freeze left over table scraps for later use when the worm bins are already full enough. A great idea! That way there is no waste!
Our goal as well is trying to educate about recycling and all natural fertilizers to the public. Our family is working hard at being “GREEN”. We hope to expand our business more. Every effort in trying to make our lives more “GREENER” is better than not trying at all. Every little bit counts. Everything starts with small first steps. We hope to at least be a player in doing something that helps in any way to make our earth that much more a “GREENER” place for future generations. We also have children growing into that next generation! There is an interest out there in all ages ,we have seen it. Reaching people one on one will make the world of a difference. People today are very conciencious of our health and fast changing life styles. There are some things the common public cannot change easily but yet there are some things in which we can always change. There are alot of people who make up this great world and if everyone (or even just half of us) gets involved in things, together the possibilities are endless.
Lorie and Jeff Sonnenburg
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#1. January 4th, 2008, at 7:35 PM.
could you post some pictures of the results of the grain separator
that is worms separated from compost spearated from coccoons?
how did you manage to think of using such a machine?