Raising worms

my grandfather did it for years. made an elevated box off the ground and filled it with peat moss and top soil, used a piece of plywood for the top. he would spread corn meal on top of the box for their food. he used that thing forever and seemed to always have worms.

Thanks. That is pretty much the consensus I saw on the internet. I tried several times in the past in my compost bin, but the bin always drew ants. I will try the tote in the garage this time.

My Grandfather always put coffee grounds in his along with any vegetable scraps.

I forgot to mention as others did, his box was under a lean to shed, always out of the direct sunlight and elevated. He also put whatever he had on had to feed them including coffee grinds, crap rotten from his garden.

I really wish he was still around so my son could see some of the stuff he came up with....

We put an old lay down freezer out behind the barn and put a mixture of cow manure and sand in it. We'd sprinkle corn meal for food and kept the door propped up with a piece of 2x4.

My family also has a wholesale bait company and they have the plywood tables with about a 4" lip around them with cardboard on top of the soil to keep it dark for the worms. I'm not sure what type of soil they have the worms in.

Ive got worms!

I had problems with ants getting into my hives. I ended up adding legs to the hives and I build a small roof over them. I placed each leg of the hives into a 5 gallon bucket and poured used hydraulic fluid in the bucket. No ants in 4 years. You have to have the roof over everything tho or rain will fill up the buckets and make a mess with oil all over the ground.

Thanks for all the info, guys. I got started today. Hope to have a bunch of worms in March or so. Looks like keeping the soil moist, in a container with no drain holes, is the critical step, from what I have heard and read.

Holy smokes. I am afraid of failure after reading all that! I am going to give it my best shot. Kinda makes you wonder how anything can survive considering how much can go wrong. Thanks for the info.