Worm Farm

Last week wile working in the yard, the girls were digging up worms so we decided to make a worm farm.

Materials used:
1 clear empty 2 liter bottle-rinsed well.
Soil
Sand
Compost, grass clippings, leaves etc.
A little bit of water. We used rain water.
8-12 earth worms

Step one:

Carefully cut the top of the bottle, poke a few holes in to the top portion of the bottle to allow air in and remove label.



Step 2:

Add about 2 inches of soil to the bottom of the bottle.



Step 3:

Add about 2 inches of sand on top of the soil.



Step 4:

Top with compost.



Step 5:

Sprinkle with a little water, to moisten the contents of the bottle.



Step 6:

Cover and place the farm in a dark area over night.

Step 7:

Add worms and place back into the dark area.



The next day have a look at your farm and see if you can see the tunnels.



Go head and keep it for a few day, observing you worms, then release them and recycle your bottle. We added ours to the compost.

Once we released our worms we could really see the tunnels they made.



This is something we will definitely do again! Next time I think we will use a second container to use as a filler so the worms have to stay toward the outside of the bottle so that we can see the tunnels better.


Happy Farming!