For worm bedding we shred all paper (not shiny and no env. windows) combined 50/50 with shredded leaves, mix well, soak, and put into bin. FREE!

This is the first video of making a worm bin that actually details all the materials, steps, and the why for everything necessary. Thank you so much. I'm going to give one a try soon.

@davidsouthworth7434

3 жыл бұрын

I agree. It was a very detailed video and very informative one. Very good.

@mikekristin7201

2 жыл бұрын

I'm at the very beginning of starting and out of my house nursery and stumbling across this in such a perfectly succinct and welcoming manner is exactly what I needed today. Here's to helping me make tens of dollars this spring selling plants lol

@beebob1279

2 жыл бұрын

Better than those styrofoam ones they sell for the fishing worms. Just not big enough. I'm still concerned about the cold weather. I guess it goes in the basement.

@ganeng3373

Жыл бұрын

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You can also invest in a paper shredder (~$30-$40) and use the paper shreds for the bedding. Useful if you work from home and have a bunch of paper waste. Also a good way to recycle spam mail into something useful. :)

@barbaradace7952

2 жыл бұрын

Just avoid shredding COLORED papers or shiny coated papers, as they can contain chemicals toxic to the worms. I keep a separate bin of plain black-and-white paper to shred for my worms...also, if you eat a lot of eggs, rip up the pressed-paper egg cartons and they make good bedding. Also grind up the egg shells fine (use a blender), and put them in the bin from time to time: not only does that enrich the soil, but worms need grit in their gullets to help digest their food and this provides it for them

@grammym1643

2 жыл бұрын

I asked my dentist and they provide me with bags of shredded paper! They love saving the money to dispose of it and my worms love it!

@Dreamydazefarm

2 жыл бұрын

Definitely can use paper or leaves 🍁 also

I love how detailed you are in all the steps. Your videos would be great for kids and young gardeners, too.

I see those bins all over the place anymore. 8 bucks at Costco. I use them for long term food storage and didn't think about worm bins. My worm bins don't survive winter because it's just too cold here and the soil freezes. I saw that you use a heat pad for your bin during the cold months. Nice idea. I guess the basement would be about right for them. It's dark, sometimes moist, and cool.

@chewyfingers1288

2 жыл бұрын

You may want a small light over top of it to keep them from coming out. I’ve heard stories of night crawlers left in the dark end up covering the walls

I used to raise worms for the compost but now I put the worms directly into the garden and eliminated another farm chore. The worms are happy in the garden and I am happy to have them in the garden. I also harvest nightcrawlers from around my greenhouses and specific locations around my farm and add the to the garden, usually 50 - 100 worms twice a week.

Love your back yard, though I would not call it a yard. I've been binge watching your videos and enjoying them very much. Your approach to gardening is very practical. It's easy to see that you love what you're doing. You talked some about plant markers in one of your videos and years ago someone mentioned using the cheap metal blinds you might find at a second hand shop for just pennies. You write on them and as I found out, no amount of weather fades the writing on them. Thanks for sharing your knowledge, which is quite priceless.

@Rhonda858

2 жыл бұрын

I love the idea of using thrifted or old metal blinds and cutting them up as plant markers....that is a awesome idea because I just bought a few packs of plant markers and they where made out of plastic and came in packs of 10 and they cost me $5.99 a pack! Which to me is ridiculous especially since they are made of plastic and eventually the writing on them will fade. ( even though i use a black permanent sharpie)

I asked you for a video like this, sorry I didn't see this video in your playlist. I found it thank you.

A worm bin is something I still do not have set up yet, your video just motivated me to do so ! it's long over due. Thank you for the detailed instructions! :-) Best regards, Rob

Learning a lot from your videos. Much of this stuff knew from reading, but seeing a worm bin created live is much more rewarding. I believe much needed education one day will be through the web. Thanks so much for posting.

I have fallen in looove with your channel and all the affordable garden projects/hacks you share. Thank you for all you do!!!

@taiwotawonyo1122

2 жыл бұрын

Kindly list the ingredients

@lillyg88

2 жыл бұрын

@@taiwotawonyo1122 hit the “more” button and scroll down. He lists everything you need for the project.

My local Costco has those bins for $10. So excited to do this.

Thank you Dan! I love how you went through all the steps thoroughly and said where to buy from, you explained everything- I have no questions- for a woman, that's amazing haha 😂 I'm going to Home Depot soon. Thanks so much!! God bless you, your family & your food forest!!

I bought a few of those black plastic tubs at Costco last year for about 7 bucks each (I use them for strawberry beds, too - they're pretty handy)

Thank you for sharing this. I vermicompost inside all of my growing containers both inside and outside.

Thank you sir , gonna apply this here for our garden and raised beds here in Colorado. God bless y'all

I've not seen this method before. A bit more elaborate than mine but it inspires me to up my game . Thank you for this video

It is nice to see some recent, informative material on KZread.

Thanks for sharing this! I was just thinking to go back to your videos about the worm bin :)

Thank you! You are a great teacher and I now feel like I can do it.

Thank you for this, subscribed. No worm will ever leave such a happy place.

That's a nice set up but not nearly large enough for my garden. If you replace your washing machine keep the tub and use that. I have acquired several over the years. They work wonderfully. I cover the top of the bin with cardboard and a piece of plywood to keep them from getting too wet from the rain.☺🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛

I love your demonstrations. Thank you so much 🥰

Thank you. Have always wanted to make a worm bed. So now will give this a try. God bless

Just ordered my worms, thank you!

Thank you for explaining what the second bin is for and how to set it up. This is the first video to do so and I was feeling confused/frustrated on how to set up my bins.

I can't wait to get going on my first "wormery" this all looks easy enough. 👍

Thank you Dan. What a fantastic video. And so informative. Thank you.

I have been doing different kinds of worm bins for years and this is a nice design. I actually used a barrel cut out a hole to sit a plastic tub in the side of it put it on blocks and just put a cut off jug under the drip hole in the end of the barrel.Works great but I like your’s and I will try it.

Smashing video, very clear and nice watching, Thank you👍 God Bless🙏🏻💖💖

This was wonderful and well described-thanks a billion!!

Thank you for keeping us in tune with worms, didn't know they laid eggs👍

Your videos are gold! Thank you so much! 🙏

Thanks Dan and videographer for making this informative video. I viewed it a second time in ⏩ mode to burn it in my memory. Mangalore, SW of India on the Arabian Sea coast.🙏

Brilliant! Gonna try this

I used grass clippings in my worm compost bin but I sun-dried it first and added it in small clumps. What I found was the worms seemed to lay their eggs near the grass clumps. I found this when harvesting the compost and found the grass clumps had an abundance of baby worms in and around the grass. The labels on the fruit are food grade and can be eaten by humans or the worms, but the tape on the boxes I would never allow in the compost bin because of the chemicals that can leach into surrounding areas poisoning the worms or compost itself.

The very best thing I have found to mix with the coir is torn up raw cardboard like egg cartons or formed cardboard (raw) that is used to protect electronics and other stuff in their boxes. I hate using regular cardboard as some people do, the worms don't eat it, it has glue in it and it takes forever to break down but not with the other kind, it is great! Also mix in some dried out manure (they are also called manure worms so ...), chop and mix it all up and start adding decomposing food scraps cause worms eat the organisms, not the food and no onions, peppers, fats, citrus, salty stuff, etc. Works really well so hard not to do well and true, keep it in a cool place and keep moist for sure.

Thanks Dan.

I was hoping you had a how to video after watching your tub harvest . Awesome, well thanks again for sharing your knowledge and tips . I cant wait to do this ,Great video once again . take care

Awesome video you explained the whole process that I’ve never seen before. Kudos ✌️☮️🌲

Thank u for all ur useful vids, bless ur life and the work of ur hands 🙏🙏🙏

Excellent video for a newbie!

Best EVER tutorial

Fantastic, thank you so much for sharing I'll be trying this.

Brilliant thanks for your directions...

Best gardening videos! Thanks!

This is great and straightforward. I have the exact same bins where I have some minor, accidental cracks or nail holes on the bottom. Now I know what to do with them, make some more holes and use them to my advantage! THANKS!

I suggest that the fruit to be cut up. No whole apples, etc. Makes it easier for worms to gain access.

Thank you. I'll be making one!

Thanks a million for publishing this. I need to watch it a few times yet😀

Thank you. I learned so much.

Great! I just watched the bathtub video, def going to do this one!

Excellent video. I’m doing this!!!

Wow!! Thankyou so much!!!😁😁

Great job. Looks easy enough to make.

I saw a guy make a worm bin from a self wicking planter. Helped to keep the bin most and the worms never crawled down into the water. Also you can extract worm tea out of the one drain hole in the bin . I am turning my back yard into mostly wicking buckets as I live where rain is almost nonexistent. 👍

Super cool. Gonna do it. Thank you.

I do use coir but also shredded paper from shredder. Great vids!

Awesome show thank you. Great info

New to your channel, But I love how well you explain things! Can someone tell me how long it takes from when you build this to where you’ll actually get the warm casings? And how often do you add food to it?

New sub here! I love your channel and information! I grow my own organic food to improve my health and I love making what I love doing, easier ♥️ I don’t know much about raising worms, but I know their great benefits, I can’t wait to try what I learned from you!

Awesome, glad I came about your video.🇨🇦

excellent, thank you

WANT. Sending hubby to Home Depot.

Super job and many thanks for the very thorough list of materials needed!

Thank you very much for this informative video. I'm going to build two of these. Much appreciation from BC Canada. :)

I just found your chanel and this vid. Totally looking forward to making this bin.

Hi Again, We found resin drainage grates at our local habitat store for .25 each. Bought about 35 and used them as lifters...where you used your bricks inside first tote. Bricks may be made of material not good for food...but you mentioned that. We use them to make our own self watering bins as well. But really anything that lifts and made of resin is a safe choice.

very useful video,

Hi from the uk 🇬🇧 yet another very informative video thank you for sharing x

You can do all of it for next to no $. My worm farm is in a previously discarded industrial sink. A bathtub works great too. It is set up like yours on blocks. The bedding I use is a mix of shredded cardboard, paper & leaves. Spent straw or hay works too. I occasionally add the choir but only occasionally. No $ spent & I have a happy established colony of worms. I’ve been giving them away for friends to start their own vermicompost bins because I have so many worms.

@Cobbmtngirl

4 ай бұрын

I take that back. I did buy shade cloth to line the sink with & prevent worms from going down the drain. Yes, red wigglers are the best. They are more tolerant of extreme temps. Mine was covered in snow last year for about 2 weeks with no apparent ill effect.

Thanks for sharing.

Awesome video

Thankyou 4yur knowledge bless you 🇳🇿 👍💜

I love this

You showed us how to do it but what is it for? For those who don't know? How do you use it? what does it do and how does it benefit the garden and exactly what part do you use?

Just stopping by to binge some of your videos :)) ✌️♥️

Great vid mate. Many thanks.

New to your channel. I have had a hard time finding a step by step that was this helpful. Thank you!!

Super video on this subject. We'll done sir.

Thank you 👍

Gaff Tape! …holds the universe together!

Wow thank you.

Awesome!

Nice the right way to build a worm bin. My first attempts failed.

Excellent video. I like your style :)

This has got to be the best worm bin video on KZread! I'll go tomorrow to Hornbach, get my boxes and spigot and build this setup so I can transfer my worms to it. Thank you very much!

Nice garden shoes.

Thank you

Thank you 🙏

Thx Dan

I am in Houston Texas and I Have 5 bins going now after 6 years of vermicomposting but here recently I've had a infestation of mites! I have dried out my bins and left the tops off to dry them out, I've reduced feeding them to only 1 a week and I bury all the food and I do not add water to the bins very often since they are already pretty moist. I have stopped feeding the worms any fruits and started only adding vegetables to try to reduce the mites. I have attempted eradicating the mites by bating them out, drying the bins out, used garden lime powder, adding diatomaceous earth to the tops of the bins, tried spraying them down with neem oil extract mixed with water and insecticidal soap ( I heard that it would effectively kill the mites but wouldn't harm the worms as long as I sprayed it only on the surface of the bins) but let me tell you that NOTHING I have tried has helped! I have heard from other videos not to worry about the mites and just allow them to live with the worms but they have gotten so overly populated it seems that they are competing with the worms for food! Every time I feed the worms when I go back a few days later and check on the food scraps they are always covered with thousands of mites ( so I take the scraps out and go clean them in a big bucket of soapy water to kill the mites that fall off and then I rinse the food off with clean water and go return the food to the bins and re-bury it below the surface but every time I go back the mites are always the ones I see eating the food very rarely do I see a worm near the food. I'm almost to the point of giving up! But I have so many worms I wouldn't know what to do with them and I actually enjoy vermicomposting before the mites over took the bins.. I even had an issue last summer with black soldier flies getting into my bins but I was able to control them with DE and removing the larvae every time I found them which grossed me out but it wasn't as bad as these dang mites they seem to be invincible to anything that I'm trying to get rid of them! Any suggestions on how I can gain control of my bins and win the battle of the mites before I throw in the towel and give up?

Really good video Dan! I have constructed worm towers for my raised bed but have not started a worm bin yet. Gonna give it a try!

Love it

I live in Florida, I've just put some soil, leaves and small branches in a large garbage bin and now it's full of earth worms. Roaches too. All good for composting.

I like using cardboard because its free and the worms love it! I have read that they like the glue and it facilitates them to multiply.

This is a great idea using the two bins like this including the spigot drain. I'll make it with lower drain outlet like you suggested. thx

great video, very informative. oh and i want your shoes. so neat you are, i saw you take the shaving and put them in your pocket, instead if just brushing them on the ground 😆

Great vid from Big Dan the Plant Man lol tks!

I built this today and it was simple and easy. Great video and I give you the credit. I have a question about watering. Should I plan to add water periodically?