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I see two bins stacked, but you didn’t really talk about that in the videos I’ve watched so far. I’d that necessary? Does the second bin have all the layers, too? How many worms is a good start?

This is sooooooooo insightful! I'm from Oklahoma and raised and educated in agriculture. I cannot believe none of this was ever taught. I literally have an animal science degree from Oklahoma state university and later owned a flower shop and greenhouse with my family and we had zero clue. Thank you so much! I'm so invested!

My 13 year old son and I are looking forward to having our own worm farm this year!! Thank you for this information!

I agree! Worms make gardening fun. I love going to check on both of our bins daily. I cannot wait to have more time to spend in the garden and making more worm casting, worm cocoons, worm tea, and of course worms. thanks for sharing Nat!

With stored junk (finally) being thrown out, I have a surplus of plastic tubs. Then, yesterday, I caught your video on starting a worm farm so you inspired me to give it a go. I assume that your second (blue) tub is for catching excess liquid (which would also be good for the garden), but, I guess I'll have to look deeper into separating the worms from castings at time of harvesting. Congrats on the birth your new farm hand!

Get the worm farmin guides: WORM FARMING EBOOK: etsy.me/38V2k6J + FREE WORM FARM QUICK START GUIDE: heyitsagoodlife.ck.page/6b5e07c1f1 JUMP TO WHAT YOU WANT TO LEARN: 0:00 start 1:38 what is a worm farm? 3:17 our worm farm design 5:10 supplies 7:33 how to build this worm farm 10:24 how to set up a worm farm 11:22 ways to use your worm farm 11:51 the benefits of worm farming 14:12 thank you!

Thanks for posting and inspiring me to keep going and, hopefully one day, get my outdoor worm farm up and running. Love ya lady! ❤️

I wish you would have shown each step.. like setting up bins and etc

We’ve got chickens and they will love various types of worms! Can’t wait to get started!

I didn't build a worm "farm" per se, but I have several working bins, that put out tons of castings! I bought 500 red wigglers, & my population increased from there. I had about 8,000 after about 2 years, but my population went down when I had my baby because I didn't have the time to tend to them like I did before... but its still a lot more than I started with! & I can tell a huge difference in my plants since using the castings! Especially with their susceptibility to pests!

I plan on starting this next season and am beginning to do my research now! Your video is so helpful, and I love your explanation of everything. Thanks for sharing this, and for giving us updates on it all!! 🌱☀️🤍

I saw you with Jess from R&R at Rory Feeks homestead gathering ,so I’m wanting to know more about worm farming !!!im 72 and have a back yard garden in CA .Thank you for all the information and your time ,I also subscribed and look forward to learning more from you and your Husband!

I'm bulding several large greenhouses on my property and I want a 100% closed loop system that makes it possible for me not to have the need to contually order any fertalizer. Hence, the reason I am building a large worm farm. This was the first time I watched your channel. I joined your channel today and of course gave you a 👍. My goal is to be able to teach everyone in my county how to grow their own vegetables and be able to eat super healthy salads and soups. God bleesed you and will always be with you.

I love this idea. I have chickens as well and a compost area but I feel like the worms will not only be fun for the kids but be able to use sooner than the chicken manure

You go girl! You inspire me and I've only seen one video lol! We're in a small space at the moment and can't wait to get our dream homestead, too! I'm so excited to try this!!!!

Oh my goodness what an adorable baby bump!!!

Worm nerd never thought I'd hear that in my life. Love your set up, enjoyed your book too.

Great information. I’ve not considered worm farming before but you make it sound pretty easy to build and maintain one.

I was just thinking about starting a worm farm. Great timing on this video! Exactly what I needed to know.

Thank you for putting this out there for the masses. I have an acre, I need to get busy. I want to be 100% self sufficient. I need to start somewhere. Will return to this video over and over.

Thank you! Helping a small business provide more, natural and healthy fish/amphibian food to the public!

Thank you for sharing this video, we’ve been thinking about starting our own worm farm here on our homestead (Harmony Acres Homestead) in South Carolina. Thanks sharing for the info. (Pastor Lon Howle) 🙏🏻😇🙏🏻😇👍🏻👍🏻

I'm really interested in this my peppers love worm casts which are expensive actually so this helps.

I’m excited to become a worm nerd too!!! Cannot wait to get that ebook! Thanks so much! 😄

Thank you so much for the free guides! I will be starting this project this winter with my grandsons for next summer's bountiful harvest. I garden in zone 5 Wisconsin with lots of winter snow. Are castings easily stored for our next growing season without loosing their value?

Just started worm bins. First one not having great success, however I started a 2nd bin and this one seems to be doing much better. I even moved a few of my worms from 2nd bin to first bin cause seems like my first bin my population went down fairly quick. I ordered my 1st worms without to much research. However I got my first bin ph and Temps in acceptable ranges. I'm hoping the few worms I've reintroduced to my first bin will take off and start growing in population. Gonna watch all your videos to try and pick up more tips to help improve my success with my bins. Tux for sharing all your info.

Yes!! I’ve been waiting for this video 😆 now I just need to convince my husband to buy worms

Most pallets are only heat treated but if you see a pallet without any sramps on it but it does have a lot of small equally spaced holes in it then it is pressure treated

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Appreciate this video. Already had started a worm bin, but I might have to redo due it. I don't think there is enough brown material ... Idk.

I loved this video. Good job. I want to start growing worm for fishing.

I was drawn to this video for some reason and I realized what it was when you said you live in San Diego... I grew up in Oceanside😀 I'm convinced that Californian's just recognize each other...

Hi! Thank you for the valuable information. I am starting a farm for my axolotls so I can provide them with quality food and also help out my footprint. I am new to this and was wondering with the layering of the worm bins, you mention adding "your browns" what is this exactly? I only have cardboard, newspaper, organic potting soil, and the compost the worms were shipped in. Did I miss a step?

Thank you! Jess from Roots and Refuge sent me. I am so thankful. I'll go look information on an indoor small option. However, I brought nats inside all ready and need to stop then before I start this.

I make my worm farm in a co trainer with no bottom and do what you did. When it's time I move the whole thing over carefully and there's awesome soil and a few worms to plant right in. Of course there's no worm tea though.

Just came over from your interview with Nate on the Essential Craftsman podcast. Thanks for going over this, I had no idea it was so simple to get started!

Happy 21st birthday on 19th. God bless you , Tommy and your unborn baby.

Just found you through Jess Sowards! Girl, you are awesome! Love your videos and awesome attitude 👏🏼💕 can’t wait to start worm farming! SUBSCRIBED!

I’m gonna start a work for now. I already have a winery but I’m going to scale it up after watching your video.Thanks

Love worms...I'm in Escondido, so glad to find you.

Hi there! I’m new to gardening and am doing my proper research before getting started…what did you mean when you said “add your browns” to the bin? Is that just the soil?? Im also trying to figure out the best place to get my worms and also do you cover your bins if there’s heavy rain? Thanks for posting!

Thank you for sharing. This knowledge is well needed.

I'm here because of Jess from roots and refuge glad I found you I live in an in town lot looking for ways to make compost I have a large compost bin but it takes forever to breakdown. looking for something more efficient and sized better looking forward to trying this out

So helpful! Thank you for this information. :). Can wait to get squirmy in the garden!

Hey Natalie! I am starting my worm farm this weekend but was curious if I could use my organic raised bed soil mix? It’s got perlite, compost, and soil.

Which worm bin do you recommend? I started in storage bins but don't like to dig them out so much to harvest. I have lots of food scaps I want to use and also want to be able to harvest compost quickly and more frequently. Also should I get more than just one?

Excited to get this started. Thank you for the info!

I am excited to start farming worms we have most things on our farm like bees, donkeys, chickens etc. I am look forward to following new SUB

I been wanting to do a worm farm. You are so handy!

This has been super interesting! The only other worm composting or vermicomposting is on the epic gardening channel with his worm farming bag thing.

Hi! Popped over from Jess`s channel Roots & Refuse. Looking to start my own worm farm here in Colorado.

I have raised compost worms (red wigglers) off & on for several years but I want to re-educate myself & try to do things in a more consistently correct way… thanks!

I’m so excited to make one. I had one years ago!!

Very informative and the right level. She doesn’t talk over people’s heads. Thx

I'm new to your site and am just learning about worm farms. Should I be concerned about chemicals from the plastic bins leaching into the compost?

Hi! Do you add boiled egg shells to your worm food? My boiled eggs have a translucent skin/film on the inside of the shell, is that ok for the worms or do I need to pull it off?

Such great info….hoping to use it this coming spring in my new homestead in Denver!

I love finding free scraps to repurpose into useful tools! Nicely done :-)

Thank you for this video!♡ yes to regenerative farming

Just subscribed to your channel GOD Bless Y’all. 🙏🏻😇👍🏻.

Where do you find your worms to get started? Love your channel I also follow Jess and Jill! love the energy!🌱🌱

I need to clarify something pease. I see 6 separate bins stacked in 2 layers. Does the worm castings and/or worm tea drop from the second level then go through the first level bins, then drop to the soil? Is that how it works? I understand your bins but am not clear on what is happening to or through the first level of bins. I'm confused as this is totally new to me.

Hi Natalie (hope I spelled the right), I just found your channel and thank you, it's very informative! I am an avid vegetable gardener in central Illinois. Anywho my poor gardens are pretty rocky so I will most likely purchase a dumptruck load of quality topsoil. To keep said soil in pristine growth condition I will need more earthworms than I care to count. This video was a good start, thanks again and keep up the great work!

Question?? If I bought some worms & put them in my garden along with my kitchen scraps, leaves & grass cuttings, wouldn’t the worms fertilize my garden? I know there wouldn’t be portion control, but wouldn’t that work too?? Just curious.

I’ve been in San Diego since 1990, now a resident of Washington. I hope my worm will thrive here in cold Pacific North West.

Hey Natalie I haven’t been getting your notifications so I have missed a lot. You were on my mind wondering how your doing? Love using pallets HT heat treated! I have worms so yep I am worm farming! I hope you have an awesome weekend! Wendy🥶

Just saw you on Roots and Refuge at a farm festival! I've been thinking about worms to make compost for a while, I'm glad you showed up!

Hi, I am clearly doing something wrong with our worm farm. My 8 year old Grandson and I have a Uncle Jim's Worm farm. We have been caring for the worms for well over a year now, and only one time have we separated out some nice compost, but the worm farm is still only one tray high, and rarely do we get any liquid from it. Yet the worms seem to be doing fine and multiplying. I have three trays that we have not used at all yet. What are we doing wrong? I really hope to use the compost for our small gardens, as well as teach (learn together) my grandson about sustainability. What can you tell me? Thank you.

She is speaking correctly of a the nutrient delivery system that stockpiles ALL of the nutrients and makes them available as the plant requires them. Mimicking nature that is in balance/harmony. When it is good and right, everything is good and right for everything. THAT is our goal going forward.

Hello from chilly central Wisconsin! I'm missing gardening already, so very interested in starting worm composting!!

Thank you for the superb video and tutorial! We are in NW ohio. With that said, what temperature range do you suppose would be too high or too low as to not destroy, lose, freeze or cook the worm farm? Thank you!!

TFS this info! My worms are coming and l’m not ready 😱l think l can do this and keep those healthy little guys alive. Just forgot to take them out of the Amazon cart when l purchased. Hopefully they will be ok in this cold weather. I’m reading and watching all your videos. 👋

I just found your channel and I'm so excited! We are here in SoCal too (( Riverside county )) bought our first home and trying to grow our own veggies and fruits 💛💛💛

Thank you for sharing. I’m very interested in learning how to do this. 🌹

What kind of worms do you use and how many per container?

Nice video how you have broken into chapters. Certainly there is no wrong way to do this , depends on what you want and how much room you have. Ive been worming for about 10 yrs and I started like most with tubs like you display here. I am now using the factory 360 for a few yrs and it stays in my walk-in closet. For years I mostly saved kitchen scraps froze them, then thawed ran thru my big mouth juicer and fed as needed. I noticed I got a lot more mites than I care to have. So recently ive gone to a dry mix of oats[ground to flour] wheat flour, corn meal. Worms are loving this and I notice a lot less springtails . I still add some bokashi from the scraps but not as much as before the dry mix.. Id like to add to any new wormers that you have to be patient to start , try to rush the process and you will most likely get frustrated and quit the process. Homemade vermicompost or tea is one of the best things you can do for your plants. As for leachate which some people get and use ,,, Im highly against that , in fact I dont even get that in my bins. Enough for now.

I can't wait to find out if you get corner clamps!!!!!

I have already started a compost bucket. It's 5 gallons about 2/3 brown material, old soil, coffee grounds and leaves and 1/3 food scrapes. Can I just add worms to it?

Very helpful! Thanks for sharing!

This is great! Just ordered the urban worm farm bin. Do you have issues with your worms in the heat? I live in an area in Southern California where it's not uncommon to be 110+ in the summer.

I was watching Roots and refugee farm this morning (in Holland) and saw you with her at some kind of show and I am really interested in the worm compost and would like to give it a go so I'll be watching your films and hopefully it works for us

Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience.

This is so cool. Breaking it down makes it all seem so much less intimidating. Did I miss a step though? Did you buy earthworms at your local bait and tackle shop and put them in among the layers?

Where I live gets so hot in the summer, otherwise I would totally do this!!!

Not sure where you are, but what happens in the winter?

How many worms do you really need to get started? I'm thinking this will be a compost measure for overwinters, since I live in the north and it freezes outside. Could I just buy a couple things of red wriglers from a bait shop and call it good instead of ordering a pound or more of worms online? The most successful I have been with a bin was a small rubbermaid tote that fit well under the sink, but it just seems like the quantity of food for worms that would be needed would be more than we can produce on a regular basis if I started with a whole bunch.

After all this time i was subscribed but hadn’t changed my notifications to ALL…. I corrected this Natalie!! Now I will see you in my videos more often! Yay!

Also, what do you think about using old and gutted freezer chests?? We will be on a large plot..thank you!!

Nice! Thanks for the video! Just what I needed.

I started a worm farm over a year ago and it is in my kitchen next to the refrigerator. It smells like nothing. I started this to get rid of my kitchen scraps, my goal was to get down to one trash bag a week for the trash man on my big goal of zero waste. I am still working towards that goal most weeks I only have one trash bag but not always.

Is there certain zones that can/can't do this?

Okay. Herewith my comment. Respect from Africa 🇿🇦

Can I do just one or two containers?

How much cold can they tolerate? I am in zone 5

I'm in Northern New Mexico... Can I put a sprouting heat mat inder my worm tubs?

Is there any temperature of surroundings to consider?

Curious, can these worms be safe for feeding to amphibians? Wasn't sure if the different composts would yield different results in the worms themselves

Hi. Thank you for the video. Well done. I sent you a message with a few ideas 💡 I have been a worm farmer since 2005.

Thank you.

What about areas that have cold winters, what do you do with the worms in the winter?