The Tasteful Garden article does a great job explaining the use of worm castings, how worm castings are produced, and other topics. It’s a lot of great information. The article discusses how to use worm castings and from my experience, the input is pretty spot on. As worm farmers for worm casting production, we spend a lot of time focusing on the guaranteed analysis of the worm castings themselves. Possibly, it would be of greater interest and benefit to see analytical data collected from the foods grown with the use of worm castings?   Enjoy the read and let me know your thoughts. Click ..read more

Mother Earth News does a nice job on providing more ideas for those who are looking to make compost with OR without worms. As we get into the fall with more leaves dropping, now is the time to capitalize on cheap worm bedding/food and stocking those compost bins or vessel composters up!     http://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/gardening-techniques/how-to-make-compost-zm0z12onzsor   The post Mother Earth News article appeared first on Mid America Compost ..read more

As I wrap up my short story about my Worm Farming adventures, I would like to share my production levels and some other hopefully helpful insight on raising Red Wigglers for casting production. Also, my plans for expansion. We have several composters and worm bins in action. For the space that I have to devote to the operation, I have found the Worm Wigwam to be the best bin for my needs. Although, I currently do not have anymore room at the location I am at to expand, I do plan on expanding in the future. As of now, I can produce approximately 25lbs of screened Red Wiggler worm castings a wee ..read more

Somewhere along this point I began to realize that monetizing on Worm sales, waste pick-up, and Worm Castings sales, was incongruent with how I wanted to farm the worms. What I found out is that bin management for Worm Casting production and bin management for Worm sales (bait shop) are two different practices. Again, it can be done, once some experience is gained but in the beginning, for me it was a little unrealistic. I have a pretty small area to work in and this quickly became an issue with the bins I am using (WigWam). I narrowed my sights somewhat in the beginning to solely focus on wor ..read more

I wanted to take minute and share my path with Red Wiggler Worm Farming for the production of Worm Castings. My process has somehow evolved a little differently than I had originally planned when I got into Worm Farming. I thought this may be important to share because someone out there may have the same ideas or possibly it will help someone. I am no expert on running a business or a farm for that matter but I had owned successful businesses in the past. When I initially got into raising Red Wigglers, my plan was to capitalized on food waste pickup, sell worm castings, and sell Red Wigglers t ..read more

I have read just about all the books out there on the subject of raising worms. If you name it, I’ve probably read it. I would like to pass along what I considered a pretty informative and comprehensive guide to anyone looking to get into the Worm Business. The book is “How to Start a Profitable Worm Business on a Shoestring Budget.”  This link is to an eBay sale because this is the cheapest place I have located the book. Regardless as to whether you are wanting to raise Red Wigglers, Euro’s, or another type worm, this is great resource. The author, Stephan Kloppert, shares a lot of creat ..read more

I picked this Honda tiller up at the Home Depot here in St. Louis. I am very pleased with it so far and think that it will add a lot of value to my gardening in the seasons to come. I have been renting the Honda F220 the past couple of seasons and have had pretty good luck with. I was able to find this larger model (the FC600) used from the Home Depot’s tool rental department and I jumped on it. Feel free to ask any questions you may have about the tiller. I’m no expert and it is fairly new to me but I do have the manual and some experience with these and I am always happy to help if I can! Ha ..read more

I know this doesn’t seem like it has much to do with worm farming but, this was a test to see if I could run an electric chainsaw off of my generator. Of course this has more to do with sustainable living and working the land. My logic is, once I have harvested the wood I need for fuel, the scrub (ie the small limbs) can be cut up used in my vessel composter and outdoor compost piles and eventually become worm bedding. Nevertheless, the test that I am running here had to do largely with electrical loads and capacities. Since the electric chainsaw that I am looking at is a 15 AMP chainsaw, I wa ..read more

In zone 7b a customer is using our Worm Castings on his Hale Haven Peachtree. He also provided some photos for us to see how he applied the organic fertilizer to his established tree. The tree was planted 2 years ago and is starting to bear fruit now. The peachtree was purchased from Stark Brothers nursery, which coincidentally is the oldest grower/nursery in the U.S. I’m partial to these growers because they are in Missouri like MidAmerica Compost Co. and started out as a small local business like us. A special thanks to this customer for sharing his photos and results of using our 2lbs of Wo ..read more

I often get asked about putting Earthworms or Red Wigglers into the garden. Earthworms (nightcrawlers) are wonderful in the garden. Give them some leaf litter to live underneath and they will constantly digest your garden soil, aerating it to relieve soil compaction and adding lots of trace minerals and other plant nutrients in the form of their famous Worm Castings. Appreciation of these worms is one of the big reasons I use shredded leaves as the mulch of choice in my raised beds. Almost every time I move some of the mulch to one side, I’ll see earthworms scurrying away to hide. But allowing ..read more