EEEE GADS, I don’t get any of those. But I have received some. They all have pink markers in them, noting what I want...and maybe what I don’t need. Then I need to go thru the and match the numbers (price). I still have a bunch of seeds in the garden shed. The mice got in there and there are aster seeds everywhere. I did turn some sod today in the raised gardens. Two days ago, I sprayed aroung the base for weeds. This year I’m collecting all the boxes I can and put them down around the base of the raised gardens.
Does anyone have an idea how to coax worms into raised gardens? I think I’m going to have to purchase some fishing worms and spread them around. The garden on the ground has more worms than you can shake a stick at. NO, I’m not going to go digging for the..it’s too hard on my bionic hip.
What are these “red worms”, I’ve been reading about. How does one care for them? I’m thinking of getting some, but they are SOOO expensive and I’m married to a Scotsman, but then I’ve a lot of Scot in me too. Does one just put them in the garden, or are they kept “caged” with whatever they eat and then the gardener use just their litter? I always thought a worm was a worm..
Look on line for bulk Red Wrigglers for adding to your garden beds. I haven’t bought any is several years...
I have an old iron bathtub from a farm house and it goes back and forth from water trough for my donkies, and a home for nightcrawlers that I raise.
We do a lot of fishing here, so nightcrawlers are fairly reasonable to buy a couple of good boxes and that it really all you need to get started.
After filling the bathtub about half full so that there is at least 8 inches of rich, loose, garden soil. I purcased mine at the garden center. It has decaying wood shavings in it, as well as some spaghnam moss. You can always add spaghnam. Keep the soil damp, but not wet or near muddy.
Night crawlers eat decomposing matter, or anything finely ground and soggy enough to be consumed. For night crawlers used as pets or being reared as food for other animals, feed them things that will keep them healthy, so they'll live longer or so they won't poison the animals to which they'll eventually be fed. Chicken mash is a common food used by night crawler farmers. There are two types--chick starter and laying mash, with the latter being the more nutritious.
If you don't care what happens to the night crawlers once they're fully grown (for people who raise night crawlers to catch fish), feed them fruit and vegetable skins, molded bread, and finely shredded paper-based trash. Make sure the food is damp, or they won't be able to consume it.
If you have a plastic or fabric barrier at the bottom of your raised bed, they would have a more difficult time moving, but the worms will leave if the conditions are not favorable.