Many people start their worm farming for many reasons. Some raise their worms to sell to local stores to be used as fishing bait, food for birds and reptiles, or those to be used to help benefit the soil and their by-products.
Worms come in all sizes and shapes, your job as a newly worm farmer is to find the best ones for your project. In order to find the best worms you need to know a little about each one.
If you go on the Internet you’ll find descriptions of the different types of worms that you can use for composting.
The most common, and the most used for composting, is a worm called the red wiggler.
Knowing the difference before you invest in for your worm farming adventure can save you a lot of time and money.
Worms have no exoskeletons and are not created with the same inside as humans and other animals. A worm has one brain and five hearts.
Earthworms breathe in oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide. They can't control their own body temperatures and can't maintain a body temperature.
When they're in captivity, they must depend on you to maintain the proper temperature so they can
Survive.
Some other people grow worm farms for their own personal use. Kids use them for pets. Gardeners
encourage their growth to gain healthy crops or flower gardens.
They create excellent natural compost and fertilizers! Some people eat worms, although it isn't something that is a big hit in North America.
Composting is encouraged to help the environment and
to keep the waste down that is hauled to landfills
daily. Worm farming is one small way to help.
Small ways add up to big benefits when enough people
join together in their efforts.
If you've thrown away food scraps, newspapers, sticks and grass clippings or leaves, you have the waste needed to help raise red wigglers.
If you are looking for a positive way to help to keep from filling up landfill sites then worm farming may be just the right adventure for you to take on!
Earthworms, red worms, catalpa worms, and grub worms all make good fishing worms. If you want a variety
of worms, though, you need to know that not all worms are raised the same. Not all worms make good
bin partners because of the different temperature requirements.
Not all scraps are created equal. For instance spicy veggies like onions, garlic and hot peppers may not be a welcome feast for the worms.
Food scraps that contain meat or dairy products should not be used as they well rot and cause a bad oder.
Meats can contain poisons that was given to the animal while it was alive to fight certain diseases. Also the disease itself could be present in the meat.
So you might want to give worm farming a try. Whether it is for your own bait or you plan on making it into a business, I am sure you well get a lot of pleasure from your experience.
Author Resource:
For more information about how you can raise worms as a hobby for bait, or if you think you might want to make a business out of your raising worms go to www.redwiggler.info
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