I buy worm castings from someone at my Farmers' Market to mix in soil and also make worm "tea" fertilizer. But your system looks like an easy project so I may have to make my own set-up.

Do it! You won't regret it!!

The "parts" are readily available and don't cost an arm and a leg so no doubt I will construct one fairly soon.

What do you do with the set-up in the winter or did I miss reading that somewhere? We are zone 6b.


Oops, I typo-ed the word excellent in the subject line.

All but one of my bins are indoors and they handled the winter just fine. The outside bin is new this year so I don't yet know how it'll handle the winter. I suspect it'll be fine.

(I fixed the subject line for you)

I can keep them over-winter in our below-grade garage then. It rarely drops below 50 down there. Or do they need colder winter temps? I know very little about worms. They seem to make it quite well in the ground through the occasional single-digit winter temps here, but I suppose they just go deeper into the ground then. They don't need a lot of light?

(Thanks for the goof correction.)

My worms stay indoors all winter in 70 degree climate controlled comfort and do great. I think a 50 degree garage would be a very nice place for them to over-winter.

and from everything I've read, Tee, they don't like light. So no, they don't need a lot of light.

Thanks, Mary.