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My First Worm Farming Experience - How to Farm Worms Without Mis-hap!

I started worm farming in 1995, pretty early in the whole "organic, eco-friendly" scheme of things. I had an abundant supply of horse manure and wondered what I could do with it. I came across a video on worm farming, made by the most boring man in the country! However, his information was invaluable and after some preparation I ordered a couple of pounds of what he called Blue Nose Worms.

I had prepared several breeding tubs, as per instructions and loaded them with the prescribed amount of horse poop. Each container received around 250 worms.

In all my naive wisdom, I did not think that the containers needed lids, and in addition, having been told that the worms breed best in warm conditions, I decided to keep them inside. Well, I lived in a very cold climate, and did not want my little beauties to get cold and stop breeding. So, I bought a couple of old filing cabinets at an auction room and located them in my spare room. Perfect; each drawer was the same size as one of my tubs.

Ideal, I thought, warm, dark and easy to access to water and check; I didn't even have to go out side!

Each filing cabinet drawer got a plastic tub of blue nose wrigglers, randy and ready to breed 'til their hearts' content!

I checked them regularly during their first few hours of captivity, and, exactly as described in the manual, they burrowed into the poop and disappeared.

The following morning I awoke excited to see how my wee wonders were doing (I don't really know what I was expecting) in their new home.

I didn't have to look far from my bed side! As I swung my feet out on to my lovely hard wood floor, I immediately became aware of a purpley, writhing mass covering 90% of my bedroom! WORMS! Thousands of the little squirmers! They were everywhere..piled up in the corners, slithering across the open spaces and appearing and disappearing under the skirting boards.

My little composting wonders were also expert Houdinis and had managed to wriggle up the sides of the plastic containers and escape to make a bid for freedom. Maybe they knew that when they had achieved their task of changing horse poop into compost, they were destined for the fisherman's hook, I don't know!

It took me most of the day to collect as many as I could and re-instate them - with lids - into their breeding tanks.

The moral of the story is to always read ALL the instructions and never, ever, keep worms in your spare room; it can lead to divorce, separation and even worse murder (of the worms you step on, that is).

Go to the site below and get going on your quest to save the planet; Worms create totally organic fertiliser and nitrogen rich 'juice', reduce land fill and keep millions of fishermen happy.

I have been a worm farmer for 15 years and worm farming is magic and rewarding. I even "hatch" eggs in my hands- it's like having babies! There are lots of worm Farming secrets to be learned, and to make the most of yours- check out this site; http://www.farmingworms.com where there are lots of tips and links to get you up and running before you can say red wrigggler!

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