Greetings. I remember seeing instructions for setting up a worm bin on here somewhere recently, but can't find it. I just moved 2950 miles across country, am living in my house without furniture and am what you might call disorganized, not to mention a bit disoriented.

But -- I've already begun collecting kitchen scraps and have no place to put them. With snow outside, a little tough to start a compost pile. WORMS are the answer!

Can anybody help, with basics of bin, bedding, etc?

Thanks!

There are various vermicomposting methods to choose from these days.
Some methods are indoors, however my method is outdoors.

On my 3 acre organic farm, since I do all no-till raised beds, using constant quanties of homemade rich horse manure, fish waste, sawdust compost, all year round, my whole garden is a gigantic worm bin!

Earthworms love rich compost, corn products, and leaf products. They need a balanced protein (nitrogen) and carbon materials diet.

If you feed your soil, the earthworms will come.

Happy Gardening!

Hey, thanks for the info, Al. I hope to reach your status one of these days. At the moment, however, I have 1/4 acre of grass -- not another plant, other than weeds. And there is snow and rain and, and....I just moved in, waiting for my furniture to arrive, cleaning, etc. Whine. I plan to get a couple of raised beds built soon, but need to wait until the yard dries out a bit so a delivery truck can get in without turning everything into mud.

For now, I'm looking for a worm bin for my back porch, a place to put current kitchen wastes. It just goes against my grain to throw this valuable stuff in the garbage! I also need to find a source for worms nearby, but don't expect that'll be a huge problem.

My website has detailed instructions on how to set up a worm bin. I would be happy to answer any questions you have and can walk you through building and maintaining a successful vermicomposting bin. Then, you can use the VC to enrich your soil and draw the local earthworms to your new place!

Here is the page for the worm bin:
http://www.txwormranch.com/Worm_Support.html

email any questions and I will be happy to help!

Redworms are best suited to worm composting. They are often found in aged manure, compost heaps, and piles of leaves. They are also known as red wiggler, brandling and manure worms. Redworms are best suited for composting because they thrive on organic material, such as food waste. Dew-worms, on the other hand, are better suited to life in the soil and shouldn't be used in a worm bin.