HOW TO START YOUR OWN WORM FARMING STEP BY STEP

How to start your own worm farm

Is true that that farmers are getting rich? May be. The real true story is that lately, many people have got a lot of information within their hands. The power to be creative have made many including African youth to practice unique and specialized way of doing things.
Here is how go about beginning your own worm farming:
After buying your worms here are some of the easy useful tips to follow:
Step 1. Choose a container to your house your worms
You can buy a ready-made plastic worm
Farm or reuse old materials. Some ideas
Are foam boxes, a trunk or discarded
Barrel. You box should be approx 30cm
Deep, 60cm wide and 90cm long.
• Make holes in the bottom of one box
To let liquid drain and allow air to flow.
• Place the box containing holes over
Another box without holes and make
A tap in the bottom box to let the
Liquid out.
• Put an upturned ice-cream container
Or a brick in the bottom box. This will
Help any worms that fall through the
Holes to climb up into the upper box.
It will also form an island for the
Worms so they don't drown.
Step 2. Make the bedding
The best bedding materials are torn
Newspaper and cardboard, leaves,
Chopped up straw and other dead plants.
Be sure to wet the bedding - it must be
Moist like a wrung out sponge, then fill a
Layer about 10-15cm deep in the upper
Box.
Step 3. Add the worms
The best kind of earthworm to use is the
Red worm. These worms are incredible
Garbage eaters! They eat and expel their
Own weight every day, so even a small
Bin of red worms will yield large quantities
Of rich sweet-smelling compost.
When you add the worms they will
Quickly crawl down into the bedding as
They don't like light.

Step 4. Add the food waste
• Don’t add too much at once. Feed
Slowly and gradually build up the
Quantity. Place the scraps in a
Different spot each time to evenly
Distribute the food for the worms.
• Eggshells (crushed) will maintain the
Bedding at a safe pH level. Without
Them the bedding may become too
Acidic. A sprinkle of Lime every
Couple of weeks can also work.
Step 5. Cover the worm bed
• Cover the worm farm with newspaper
Or a piece of hessian. This will help
Keep a constant temperature in the
Worm farm.
• Add water to the box whenever it
Begins to get dry. It should be the
Consistency of a lightly squeezed
Sponge - if it is too wet the worms will
Die.
• Be sure to keep your worm farm out
Of hot sun and heavy rain.
Step 6. Harvest the worm
Castings
After a few months, your worm farm will
Be ready to harvest. There should be little
Or no original bedding visible in the bin
And the contents will be brown and
Earthy looking worm castings. To harvest
Your bin:

1. Move the contents of the bin to one
Side. Add fresh bedding and food to the
Vacant side. The worms will move from
The finished compost in search of food.
After a few days you should be able to
Remove the older, worm free compost.

2. Or dump the contents of the bin onto a
Large plastic sheet, and separate into
Small piles. Place a bright light above the
Sheet. The worms will move down away
From the light allowing you to collect the
Compost.

3. Always mix in some good compost or
Worm compost in a new bin, if you have it
— The bin starts decomposing food waste
Faster that way.

What to feed your worms:
•Fruit (except citrus)
•Vegetables (except onions)
•Coffee grounds and filter
•Tea bags
•Crushed egg shells
•Leaves
•Shredded paper

What do not feed your worms?
• Citrus fruits
• Oily foods
• Meat, poultry, fish
• Dairy foods
• Vinegar or salad dressings
• Plants from the onion family
(garlic, shallots, leek)

Wish you well as you focus in building a vibrant world and ending poverty. In Kenya for example, you can get the worms to buy from willing Farmers, you can attend major agricultural shows to get high lightened and get a network of other Farmers.
If you still have further questions, leave your comment below, we will get back as soon as possible.