If you want to start your very own worm farm you should know that it does not have to be that difficult or time-consuming at all. You can actually make a worm farm in just a matter of minutes if you know what you are doing and can then use the worms for your garden or as bait. Most people with worm farms use them to harvest worms that they can then use as bait. If you are interested in starting up a worm farm you will want to follow a few basic steps.

So to get started with a worm farm you want to get a medium sized container. It depends how many worms you are planning to have in the worm farm but a medium sized container will usually be large enough. Now you need to take a screw and use this to make drainage holes in the container. Put some in the bottom as these are going to allow the water to drain out the bottom after you water the soil.

There also needs to be some ventilation holes in the container.
By poking in some ventilation holes oxygen will be able to get into the container and down to the worms. To make the bedding for the worms, start by ripping up a few pieces of newspaper into smaller pieces and dampening them with water. They should be just slightly wet and then you can add them into the bottom of the container.

Then you want to add in a bit of leaves and garden soil and mix together with the lain newspaper. This gives the worms a place to lie and they can dig into the soil and get away from the light. You want to keep your worms happy and healthy so preparing the container properly is very important. Slide the worms in gently onto the bedding once you are sure you are done.

You can take worms from your garden to start the worm farm or buy some from a fishing supply store. In terms of feeding the worms you pretty much only have to do it here and there, once or twice a week is probably good. Worms like to eat everything from meat and fat to onions and oil and you probably already have all of these around the home. It does not take much work to care for a worm farm and you can have a lot of fun with it.