We are kinda new to this, and had a big die-off early in the summer (got too hot!)

Now, theyre doing great, and Ive already given away one small batch to a friend to start. When we get chickens, we'll feed extras to them for good behavior I guess :-)

Uninsulated bins outside might freeze. we might haul ours back into the garage.

BrendaSue..Check out some of the archived posts here. You will see that some of us sell worms, bins and compost. Some of us grow worm populations to take care of our OM, and not send it needlessly to a landfill. In return for feeding this OM to the worms, we receive terrific vermicompost/castings, which is a fabulous soil enhancer. Everybody wins. Worm populations will self limit to the space and food available, so you are never overrun with worms...(although some of us secretly wish for this).

And "some" of us deep fry our excess worms and dip 'em in milk gravey - quite an exquisite treat. Bet you can't eat just one!!

bruce

Bruce is sooo full of it. You dip em in ranch dressing and the hot sauce of your competency level.

But if you don't want to kill off the herd, separate them before freezing weather and bring em inside (garage, hall closet, storage room, laundry room, 2 bins separated about 3 feet with a piece of glass on top makes a great coffee table/conversation piece). They will really appreciate it and make lots of castings and cocoons for you.

Chuckiebtoo

Bruce, Chuckie, you both forgot to take you medication again!

Kelly S

BrendaSue:

Sorry about my last post, I forgot to address the part about "what do you do with all those worms...".

First, reach the "all those worms" level, and while doing it spread the word about them. You'll start off raising worms and making babies and compost (sorry Kelly), for your own use. Along the way, you'll make decisions as to what to do when you become overrun with them. Personally, I decided to become involved in all possibilities of worm enterprise. You can market fishing worms, breeding worms, worm bins, and castings. Beginning this year during the Halloween season, I'm putting together a little pint sized worm "trick" to be used at the purchasers' discretion when the "treater" is not forthcoming with the goodies. It comes complete with a little "whoopie cushion" mechanism that will let the person sitting on it know something is terribly wrong and, eventually, that skimping on the halloween candy was not such a good idea.

Chuckiebtoo

::giggling madly::

Chuckie, I have GOT to have one of those tick bags!

Kelly S