Our worm adventure has had fits and starts. I have tried worm farming before without success. I had them in a little bin inside and really didn't get the hang of it.
Valentine's Day hubby gave me dead worms. I'm going to use this one for a long time. Actually is wasn't a valentine's day gift, he ordered and they happened to arrive on our thirtieth anniversary. I posted about it and a friend and fellow homesteader, Jacki, messaged me and offered to sell me some red wrigglers. She also gave me a tour of her backyard homestead. Norm and I loved her worm set up. We are now building a worm habitat for outside.
It got it's name, the worm castle, last week. My daughter was visiting from Ohio. My husband had disappeared before dinner and I got a little worried. I sent my daughter to his shop to check on him. During their exchange, hubby replied,"Tell her highness I'm fine and working on the worm bin." My daughter translated this to,"Dad's fine, he is building your worm castle." It will forever be The Worm Castle. Below are the steps and construction of our Worm Castle.
Hubby cut a blue 55 gal from in half and attached to a 2x4 frame. Then he added skirting with boards he had laying around. He then cut a drain hole in the bottom center. He used apoxy to attach screen over the drain hole and a funnel on the underside to direct any liquid into a bucket underneath. He then used spray foam to insulate the underside between barrel and skirting. He built a plywood lid then covered it with boards to match skirting.
I moved the worms to their castle and am watching the temperature. It looks like I will be moving the castle to a different location. This location gets too much afternoon sun.
I am attaching a link to the YouTube video I did last week about my worm castle.
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