Guest guest Posted February 3, 2004 Report Share Posted February 3, 2004 >I think we got that booklet with our little worm bin we used to keep >in the basement. I was thinking that the one you were recommending >earlier had to be lots bigger. > >Belinda The one I have is just a big box of plywood with a wooden lid. I've also grown them in trash cans. Really, you can grow them in anything. The horse lady I talked to made big wood bins and just dumped the manure in ... she made more boxes so she could handle all the manure. Someone told me to put a layer of straw in, then manure, and let the worms climb " up " as needed. In my bin, it is full of peat moss, and I dig a hole with a gloved hand and dump garbage in, then cover it. The main reason for the box is to keep rats and cats out ... You may not have that problem with manure (though the chickens might get in to eat worms!). The boxes can be any size, mine is a size I can open the lid pretty easily. -- Heidi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 3, 2004 Report Share Posted February 3, 2004 > > >The main reason for the box is to keep rats and cats out ... >You may not have that problem with manure (though the >chickens might get in to eat worms!). The boxes can be >any size, mine is a size I can open the lid pretty easily. so, but where did you get the worms? (i know. that sounds *really* stupid.) -katja Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 3, 2004 Report Share Posted February 3, 2004 >so, but where did you get the worms? >(i know. that sounds *really* stupid.) > >-katja Not stupid at all. They can be hard to get. I got them at our local hardware store, $12.00 for a thousand. You can also attract them locally by burying garbage ... -- Heidi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 3, 2004 Report Share Posted February 3, 2004 You can also take a bucket and a shovel and ask a local farmer if you may dig around the edge his manure pile or sawdust pile. Judith Alta -----Original Message----- From: Heidi Schuppenhauer [mailto:heidis@...] >so, but where did you get the worms? >(i know. that sounds *really* stupid.) > >-katja Not stupid at all. They can be hard to get. I got them at our local hardware store, $12.00 for a thousand. You can also attract them locally by burying garbage ... -- Heidi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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