My Worm Garden Diary

On 8-27-11 I have owned my worms for 2 Sabbaths. I am convinced they are the correct worm- the red wiggler. $4 for 50 worms is not near enough for the garbage we produce, but I want to get the hang of caring for them before getting more.

So far, I have overfed them. I am so excited to have them. Overfeeding means a slightly stinky worm bin. So I won't feed them at all this week. I will water them and make sure they have fresh air.

I am impressed to have seen eaten food and castings already. My goals are to breed them to consume the amount of waste we produce and have enough to sell by summer for fishing and compost.

I, also, want to have some good compost for my garden next spring. I guess I can store the "humus" in garbage bags in the garage. We can do experiments to see if it really makes a difference in how the plants grow.

I will build a better bin for them either 1 x 2 x 1 or 1 x 3 x 1 or...

Worm Garden Goals

1) Build bigger bin with lid

2) Buy more worms in the next 2 weeks

3) Breed numbers to consume waste

4) Create rich humus for gardening

5) Breed numbers to sell for fishing and composting