Anyone worm farming?

[Guest]

I remember, when I was young my mom had a worm fram. She used them in the garden and sold them for bait, other people wanting to get into worm farming , ect. I remember one time, she told me she made good money from farming worms. Don't have the room now, but if I ever do, I might look into that, and refresh my memory. If anyone needs a money making hobbie and to help your garden florish, this may be for you. Just an idea for you guys.

[becky3086]

I may never be able to understand why people buy worms. When I was a kid there were certain nights we went "nightcrawlin". We would all be out in the yard and field just picking up the night crawlers but if we didn't have any at fishing time we just went and dug in the garden or by the chicken coop or by the dog dish(worms like dog food)...whatever but we always found some. After a while my father took the leftover worms and put them in an old bathtub in the yard and fed them coffee grounds and after that we just went to the bathtub for worms and the neighbors went to the bathtub for worms. We live between a bait store and a marina here so no worm farming for me but I don't buy worms either. I have thought about farming crickets for my own use though, they seem easy to raise.

[dilli]

we have four worm bins.. two of which are quite large and two smaller ones. We use them solely for the gardens and occasionally for a chicken snack.. Between their compost and teas, regular compost and teas and other animal and human waste we are able to grow all our gardens naturally.. they are a great, low maintenance addition to any home.

[eeyore]

Dilli,

I have chickens (and started ducks this year) could you write up something about how to do it? Thought about adding rabbits, and thought they would go well with the rabbits.

Any info would be great

[dilli]

hope the admins do not mind me posting a link to what I have already written on them

http://frugalhomesteads.blogspot.com/2009/12/worm-composting-or-vermicomposting.html

http://frugalhomesteads.blogspot.com/2010/03/squiggletown-manor-large-worm-bin.html

[Matt In Oklahoma]

hope the admins do not mind me posting a link to what I have already written on them

http://frugalhomesteads.blogspot.com/2009/12/worm-composting-or-vermicomposting.html

http://frugalhomesteads.blogspot.com...-worm-bin.html

That is awesome! I'm saving that one to my library!
ya know for research so I can call LD3 at 2am and demand some when the SHTF! LOL
naw seriously I might try this later, thanks for sharing this info

[becky3086]

Love that blog. Can't believe I wasn't already following it. Well, I am now, please check out mine as well.
I did want to mention that I do have a mealworm box that I keep for feeding them to the quail, although I tend to forget since the box is inside. It is going to get moved outside this summer and I may start a larger tub of them. Mealworms are probably the easiest thing I have ever raised.

[dilli]

ty Becky and Matt.. meal worms are cool too as are maggotries. Meal worms are pretty decent to cook with and have some good nutrients. I am hoping to set up a maggotry for the chickens at some point to cut down further on buying food for them. When i used to grow my mealworms I kept them in a fake butter container in the fridge... used to love when people would open it thinking they were fetching "butter".. people learned quick around my place to always check what was in the container before setting it on the dinner table

[Klayton]

@becky3086 let me know how that raising crickets turns out...

@dilli I read somewhere that they sell breeding cages for some form of wasp so you can feed the larvae to chickens, as opposed to breeding the ever pesty housefly for the same chore???

[dilli]

@dilli I read somewhere that they sell breeding cages for some form of wasp so you can feed the larvae to chickens, as opposed to breeding the ever pesty housefly for the same chore???

interesting.. never heard of it and may have to look it up although I really hate stings more than pesky flies. The flies dont send me into anaphylaxis

[Erg]

We've got our own private worm farm. Certainly easy to do. Even easier if you've got several compost heaps/boxes.

Best for chickens, atleast mine seem to love and flourish from eating 'em, are the beatle grubs. Everytime we dig into our compost, we've got dozens of them hiding in there.

One thing I haven't started doing and am planning on it...raising rabbits. <rubs hands together and grins>