Red Wiggler Worms!

It may sounds weird, though castings are worm poop. Surprisingly or not, like anything made from nature, worm castings have great soil benefits and plants love them!

Worm castings are great for starting seeds - PH neutral and holds moisture well! They also promote nitrogen in the soil, which is essential for healthy plant growth, seed germination, plant growth, flowering and fruit production.

Worm castings are beneficial to plants due to their high nutrient content and ability to protect them from diseases and harmful bacteria.

Yes! They make the best low maintain pets. You can leave them up to 3 weeks - a month! They a quite and not picky eaters. They will eat anything leftover from your kitchen. Kids love them!

Kitchen scrapes, veggies, fruit, eggshells, plant clippings and small meat amounts. They love melons! No bones, no avocado peels or acidic things, no coffee grains - though some folk do give coffee grains, coffee grains are excellent feeders for microbes in the soil!

Red wiggler worms live in the top 6” of top surface. Any food grade container would suffice, worms are not picky guests! There are many examples online for setups, research and find what best suits you! We find that a three 5 gallon stacking method works great with 1/2” holes drilled in the bottom of the first two buckets and air holes drilled in the first two top bucket rims. The bottom bucket catches any extra liquid, great for the garden and houseplants! The middle bucket serves as the feed/bedding/poo station while the top bucket is used to encourage worms to crawl into a new area of bedding/feeding/poo so that the middle bucket becomes worm free and castings easy for collection.

Worms get paralyzed by the light. Worms like it between 60-70 degree Fahrenheit and dark. Think basement or closet. Moisture is about how you feed the worms - bedding = shredded cardboard or paper shreddings without plastic from bills or other recyclable papers plastic free.

Too moist is dripper wet. Looking for the Goldie Lock sweet spot, like ringing out a wet rag like compost. Bedding is 1-2” thick on bottom and move to one side of bin. Put food on the other side of bin. Worms are cuddle eaters, tighter the food, more worms. Layer food with bedding layer, like a cake.