Bathtub Worm Farm For $25 & Tour Of A Real Worm Farm

In this video I'm going to be building a worm farm out of a bathtub I found in the woods and materials from around the Homestead. The only thing I had to pay for was $25 worth of red wiggler compost worms. I got the compost worms from a business in Winston-Salem called Mission Worm. If you're interested in getting some of your own compost worms, check out Trappers website I will leave his information below. And let him know I sent ya.

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[koltoncrane]

One suggestion is to pop the drain out of the bath tub. Then put on some sort of pipe somehow so you can put on a ball valve. In Mexico and some areas they collected the liquid water to water plants. Some say don’t use it on human food plants because it maybe have bad microbes so some suggest just making worm tea. But I’ve tried using the water from draining a worm bin and it made my tomato plants bigger compared to ones I didn’t water with worm waste water.

[A-V]

Looks like you've provided your worms with a nice cozy new home. Nice job! You mentioned that egg shells were included in the food you gave them - which, I assume, is intended to be the grit they need for processing their food. Other forms of grit you might consider using are clean sand, pulverized oyster shells, etc. I myself also use egg shells - and I apply it quite liberally. What I was unable to see when you added it is whether or not it was crushed. If it's whole eggshells that you added then they'll be unable to utilize it. I recommend putting it into a blender or food processor or spice grinder to make it fine enough to be of use to the worms. Good luck with it!

[tenntanovo]

Hello from Brazil!
As a sugestion, you could use biochar in the tub or in the bucket collecting the drainage.
Hope it was of help.

[matthewwalker]

You might want to black out the water drums to help prevent things from growing in them

[ronrussell]

Two suggestions, put the food scraps below the leaves and wet your leaves.

[janicerevell]

I found that in my worm bin with just kitchen scraps is to bury the food scraps in each corner so the worms are going from one pile to the other and process it and it prevents the smells as they are usually fed once or twice a month depending on the size of the bin and the number of worms. The better the food supply, the more worms will be made, but I decrease in the winter because they get cold but not freezing as they are protected in a garage. I even had one at my work and no one really knew because it was working so well. thanks for the excellent channel

[VincentMillet]

All i put in mine is kitchen scraps and cardboard and it works great.

[itsasickness]

You won’t be disappointed, I followed Geoff Lawton’s design as well. Started mine on 11-12-2019 also with a pound of worms, rabbit manure and shredded leaves. I also put lots of other inputs like greensand, rock dust, biochar etc... because I’m shooting for extremely high quality castings. If I had to guess I’m probably going to be harvesting castings in March based on what I see when I feed. It seems to be a great setup. Good luck

[JonyBuss]

Cool im about to make a worm farm too and i just moved to north Carolina as well super sweet thanks for your cool video bud

[ourselfreliantlife]

I want to do this so bad. It's definitely on our list.

[koltoncrane]

Another thing is flies can be good. I’ve heard from some that to make a better balanced worm compost is they add in frass or black soldier fly larvae poop and eco skeletons I think. The chitlin or something is important. Some worm farmer in California messes around with like 15 ingredients to add to make the worm compost even better. They even test it for bacteria and fungi to see what works best cause I guess fungi is also important. But egg shells are good. I used oyster shells. And some people add in rock dust or vermiculite.

[ancapftw]

When a dude builds a worm trommel you know he's serious about seperating worms out.

[philandhannahslittlefarm]

This is great! We have the same plan with an old tub that was laying in the bush behind our house! It will be our sons science project/first buisness!

[erector]

Your worms will be definitely happy ! Don't forget to monitor the PH some times !

[Citystead]

Nice man, I've been looking into ways of setting up a worm farm

[danield]

Great idea on the tub as a large cheap container. You may want to wrap it in insulation in the winter to cut down on paying to heat it.

[saltlifegull]

Sucks, just bought three lbs from Midwest, but always up for spending more money and you've got a GREAT VIDEO and setup:) Thanks for sharing. I'll share you info here in NW Florida. Way to go!

[DaKineGardenStuff]

I got swamp worms from Mission Worm a while ago. They are fantastic compost worms as well as a great bait worm.

[articmars]

Dude make a trade. Get them a little sweet feed and help them out for the trade off. They help you you help them. Win win👍

[Bees]

So much fun working with worms. Great for my garden.