Worm Farming

For years, I have wanted to do a vermiculture project - grow worms to eat our kitchen waste. I attempted a worming experiment once in Oklahoma that did not end well for the poor worms. They got too hot and the box I made did not get enough air, nor did it drain well and most of the worms perished. We held a funeral for them in the back yard garden.

Last year for Christmas, Mrs Red Clay Farmer bought me a Worm Factory 360. Because of all the traveling I was doing this year, I was not able to start it until this fall. This gave me lots of time to do some research on the proper care and feeding of worms.

I will report on my worm project in later posts. In the meantime, here are a few links to the most helpful sites I found:

http://www.wormfarmingsecrets.com/ - Duncan Carver does a great little email newsletter
http://www.rodaleinstitute.org/200309/Connettts.com/ - Interesting article about a commercial grower
http://www.bae.ncsu.edu/topic/vermicomposting/vermiculture/nc.html - NC State University Links
http://www.bae.ncsu.edu/topic/vermicomposting/index.html - NC State University Links

And if I can find it again, NCSU had a great PDF file about vermiculture. Once I locate it I will post a link here.

The Red Clay Farmer