Raising Worms! / Vermiculture

  Ok you've heard of the lemonaide stand, right? Make a few quarters go to the corner store and buy penny candy. Wow I remember those days. Well did you ever think of raising worms? Now a days you can go into the local hardware store and buy fertilizer ranging from plain dirt potting soil to supreme feeding fertilizer for your plants. Those bags cost $7. bucks on up and most times they aren't even a whole pound of soil!  Well here's a great solution that you can do in your basement and use the simple items you throw out every night from making dinner or cutting up cardbord boxes for the dump. Yep all you need is a couple large rubbermaid totes, a drill, some cardbord or egg cartons, veggie scraps & coffee grounds (cut up small and preferably kept a week or two to help establish microorganisms).
Steps to make a Worm Bin
1.)  Drill 10-20 holes in the lid and sides of the upper bin. (10-20 total)
2.)  Drill 4-8 holes in the bottom of upper bin
3.)  Take a couple milk cartons and place them in the bottom bin for the upper bin to rest on (you want good air flow.) Place your drilled bin on top of those milk cartons.
4.) Add thick layer of shredded cardboard in bottom of top tote (shred the cardbord up as small as a dollar bill or half that size if possible)
5.)  Add some food wastes
6.)  Add more bedding
7.)  Add more food wastes mix with a bit of garden soil (remember worms like a bit a grit)
8.)  Soak down upper layer with a spray bottle of water
9.)  Add one more layer of bedding
10.) Let the bins sit for 1-2 weeks before worm introduction, then you can add your Red Wiggler worms!