Worms

Whats up guys, i was wondering if any of you out there have any worms? specifically the red wigglers, im looking to start a worm bin but its kinda hard to find worms, and sometimes when you do find someone with worms its hard to get them to come off them... im up near foco. wiling to travel to get them but not outrageously far. buying casting is too expensive and id rather control what goes into the worm bin.

any info helps

thx guys

Any bait n tackle shops?

good point...i dont really have any exp with worm farming...does anyone know if that is a legit idea? cause it doesnt sound like it to me...

That's where my old man used to get his. .. kept them in the garden and dig a few up for fishing trips. Now he orders them online.

ill look into it! if anyone else has some up here let me know! thx guys!!

The Worm Man! Check Green Logic on Linden and Jefferson http://www.green-logic.net/
they carry red wigglers from the worm man (dude in foco area that has been supplying red wigglers, castings, and info for years) but sometimes you have to call Green Logic and within a few days they will have your worms!
Happy composting

The city of fort collins has a worm exchange, details about it on their website, might find someone there. I ordered mine from Uncle Jim's online before finding that.

Uncle jims is the spot. Amazon prime like $30. For 1000.
Worm bin is full and happy.

Peace

Oh and on the wormman, he is fine if you want to purchase a $50starter kit. The guy would NOT sell the worms. I told him in a number of emails that I wanted to support local businesses and the like but could not justify the expense and purchased online. He told me in fairly nice way he didn't care.
sooo. ..

If you are looking for worms the red wigglers and european night crawlers are the best compost worms to use. Reds for the upper portion of the bin and the europeans for the lower layer of soil. Any worms you purchase will also contain mites. I found mites and a few fungus gnats a few days after adding them to the bin. Just an fyi. (not same type of mite that attacks plants, there the good guys, decomposers)
Here is supposedly one of the better places to get the number of worms you are promised in the advertising.
http://www.redwormcomposting.com/buy-composting-worms/

Bentley is a respected member of the worm community. vermicomposters site is also not bad. http://vermicomposters.ning.com/
You'll want a paper shredder (strips type) and a food processor/ blender. Freeze the scraps also for 3 days to kill the larva of fungus gnats and other unfriendlies. takes 3-5 months for the first bin to be done.

I sprayed a little bit of vermi tea with kelp in the bin for moisture, microbes and bacteria fungus to get things going and use an aquarium pump for additional air into the bin. Go light on the amount of food in the beginning. Everyone always over feeds the bin the first few times they set up and feed. Go light and add more as the bin matures. Hope that helps.

thanks of all the info guys, im gonna call green logic today and see what they got.!

i helped a firend of mine harvest one of his worm bins and he gave me all the baby worms and what ever we could find when we sifted thru the dirt. itll get me started but i want more! faster! lol

They multiply incredibly quickly, I only bought the $30 bunch of them from uncle jims and my bin is packed with worms after just a couple months. I would have been upset with myself had I bought more to be honest, just a waste of money in my opinion.