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Spring Gardening with Red Worms-2021

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Whether you are creating a vermicomposting bin or wanting to start your own red worm farm, worms have been proven to beneficial on many levels. 1.  Composting using red wiggler worms helps break down all organic material fasters as the worms eat their size in weight daily. 2.  Red worms are great tillers also.  If you want your soil especially in raised bed continuously tilled, these little guys are great workers. 3.  Castings- or better known as "Worm Poop" is that rich black soil product that can be inserted directly into your garden or flower pots combined with existing soil. 4.  Worm eggs- small, yellowish, marble like balls.  Worms multiply monthly and evidence of that will be shown through the translucent yellow small liquid filled balls you will find throughout the soil.  There is no special care needed other than do not smash them. 5.  As your worms multiply, you may want to insert directly into garden or separate them into a worm farm to feed chickens, use as bait fo