I have a 55 gallon black plastic barrel with holes drilled all over it, in my back yard. I use it to compost my kitchen scraps, and yard waste from the garden each fall. Worms migrated and colonized it on their own. Every spring I sift this compost and top off my raised beds with it. The barrel is LOADED with worms each year. I try to rescue as many worms as possible and add them back into the new "pile". A lot of worms make it into the raised beds.
Thank YOU John for your advice as I was about to buy an expensive plastic worm bin system. Will just start another compost area in my garden, in the ground where the worms belong in the ground and doing what nature intends.
Thanks John for your informative information. I have a raised bed I keep soley for the worms and feed them our left over veggie scraps. The bed is kept lightly covered with leaves etc to protect them from direct sunlight. I just dig the veggie scraps directly into the soil, seems to work well. Regards from Australia
I love this idea! Thanks so much for sharing John. I might need to add this method to my recently started worm bins/homes. Not sure if I missed it, but how do you collect castings from this method to give to the rest of the garden?
Love it. How do the worms take the food (Digestate) out to the rest of the bed? I am worried that only a small portion of the garden will enjoy the advantage of worm poop
I love this eco version. I hope you share the details, materials and instructions to build it. That would be worth paying for, so we can DIY the raised bed.
Bro I m going to build a little bit longer box so I can use orisontal migration method and be able to harvest castings or worms when I need it to. Thank you so much for all your hard work I love you bro you gave me so much knowledge and beautiful ideas!!! Kisses from BEAUTIFUL Greece
Nice one, great idea starting to move away from plastics😀 being a worm farm channel this is exactly what I want to see SUSTAINABLE future! I created a farm called the Biggest Worm Farm Eva.
Nice looking fancy box display but why not just take plastic containers or plastic buckets and cut the bottoms out and place them throughout your raised beds or garden area? Neat idea and video! Like the short videos much better!
thanks again great to share info with other gardeners, there should be no gate keeping with knowledge that helps other people, I have seen the same thing but plastic bins and for 60 dollars!!
I use two plastic storage totes like the one John showed. But there is nothing special done to give them air. And when I get digging to the md-bottom level, they are down there in large numbers. We have compost top soil mixed in. And throw food scraps in there, layering it with grass clippings, and some leaves or shredded paper.
This is a great idea. The only way this would work if you have moles, voles, gophers..etc...you will need to attach some hardware cloth on the bottom of the bed. That should prevent any ground critters from getting your worms.
I use a double tote with yellow top like the one John show in the beginning. but mine 29 gallon. I use one lid drilled tiny holes on lid, on all sides for both. the outside totes has large holes on all corners. the inner titles has tiny holes all over. I have a double layer burlap on top. my worms did better on my system than the worm of farm, which is like the worm farm system in my new York zone 7. I feed them grind up oyster and sea fertilizer in coconut coir bedding.i place them where they get watered on from my automatic sprinklers 3x a week. I collect the worm juice for my plants which is great. I will want to try the raised bed worm bin in place method. but I will have to fix the fence on my garden first
My growing boxes being a few years old now have populated with worms and I have been thinking to make work feeding tubes. It uses the box idea but I have tube offcuts about 3 feet long 8 inch diameter I could cut shorter drill holes , make caps and use. The wood box is great. I may end up with the box because it is wider and it's wood.
I use old disgarded washing machine tubs. Add your bedding, (some soil to start),food and worms. Keep adding food scraps. They do the work. When the bin is done, sift and use the compost. Make another bed add the worms and start over. It usually takes about 4-6 months.I keep mine in the shade, it gets hot in Florida too. When we get a lot of rain I put some plywood covers or a tarp over the bins. They don't like to get flooded 🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛
Do you have a list of materials and plans for this bin. I’ve thought about a 5 gallon bucket. This might be better. I have a couple of raised beds could do this in.
I have 3 raised beds that nothing grows in them because they have a fine root system leftover from a row of trees a few years back (that’s what I was told). I would think that worms would increase the value of the dirt & make it good compost. (?)
the outdoor raised bed isgreat but dosent produce indoor compatible castings and juice and worms for your indooras wellas outdoorgardeningneeds. i have produced some amazing worm products wthe stackable worm bins. i see where people willmessupthe worm bins tho,but its easy to make time for them if you arent too busy
So does this means if you make a little worm bin in your garden bed, you will no longer need to fertilize your garden bed and put in worm castings/compost anymore? How can we be assured that the worm castings are going throughout the entire garden bed feeding all the plants that are the furthest away? Perhaps build 2 smaller boxes and keep alternating when you put the food scraps in so the worms will travel from one end to the other?? And I suppose the mulch in the garden would be worm food too?
Also, how the heck do they get in there to plant and manage pests? The screen looks screwed onto the sides. I've been thinking of how I can put a rabbit guarding screen around my raised bed, but still be able to lift it off. I'm just not handy enough to come up with an easy solution.
@ JOHN. I am here in Las Vegas and I have two 4 x 4 and one 4 x 8 raised bed. I would love if you would come to my place and build this worm bin. This would be amazing to be able to add to the things I am showing my children about gardening here in Las Vegas and growing your own food.
@@martysgarden do you have a videos about vermicomposting in the ground like this? I had a quick look on your channel and couldn’t find anything specific.
How would you go about harvesting the castings without harming the whole system? Is there a percentage to harvest? Where or what section do you harvest from?
John, I've had my lawn treated in the past with who knows what lawn/weed chemicals. I'd worry that they dig under the raised bed into the chemical laden dirt then back into the soil. Is that a reasonable concern?
I have a tall worm farm (think garbage bin but smaller) and lately it hemorrhaged worms. I added cardboard too late and it was a loss. A few survived that I saved from the catch bin underneath, but most died. I thought, why do I have a worm farm at all? Why not put worms in my compost pile? True, some of the pile will be hot, but other parts will not.
Thats great! Using those typical containers & totes you get from the hardware store is something people should definitely NOT ever use as UV light from the sun will destroy the plastic & contribute to the plastic waste & microplastic problem we have. UV treated plastic doesn't have this problem, but it's much better just to never use plastic in the first place.
John, I’m in Vegas like yourself as you may know over our comments with eachother on Instagram. I’m struggling with keeping my worms cool in this vegas heat. What are your suggestions?
I grow worms in inside bins, CFTs, and also outside in our raised garden in Las Vegas. For the garden, I use the trench method and it works fantastic for feeding the worms food scraps. The resulting soil is always light and fluffy, never compact, and the plants grow quite large without bugs. Check out the trench feeding. ruclips.net/video/J0iqWbzW8tk/видео.html So simple!
Problem I see with this idea is the outside temperature. It usually gets 110 degrees here in summer and can go below freezing in winter. Worms can't live though that, no?
A 100 gallon smart pot filled with compost or manure is the best worm bin possible, you’ll never have the worm populations in your plant containers that you can have in a dedicated worm bin.
Except I don’t think we need a bin at all I think you could put some food scraps in a bowl and then flip it upside down on the dirt… Getting even closer to nature (we kinda suck in comparison with all the inventions we have come up with to improve on perfect)
If the bottom of the raised bed is open, they will go deeper in the ground and re-appear next Spring. My raised beds are full of worms all summer long, but they move down for the winter and come back up the next year.
As John clearly described in his dialogue, while showing the necessary depth with his hands, one adds a thick layer of mulch/leaves to insulate the ground. In Minnesota where it typically reaches -20F every Winter, come Spring I push back the mulch and my raised beds are crawling with worms. Maybe you could watch again while listening?
@@joeb8167 So unnecessary. I'm in Canada and we get a solid 5 months of winter. Red wigglers do not survive the cold, no matter how much mulch gets laid down. I'd also like to point out that billy goats have been crossing your bridge, and suggest that you get back under it.
I have a 55 gallon black plastic barrel with holes drilled all over it, in my back yard. I use it to compost my kitchen scraps, and yard waste from the garden each fall. Worms migrated and colonized it on their own. Every spring I sift this compost and top off my raised beds with it. The barrel is LOADED with worms each year. I try to rescue as many worms as possible and add them back into the new "pile". A lot of worms make it into the raised beds.
Coffee grinds egg shells smashed and if u put it campfire our always throw the charcoal in
I've just hired a handy person to build our worm farm thanks to this video!!!! Much thanks John 😊
Its a good idea, I created one called the biggest worm farm eva, which you can see on my channel
Finally, a video that is short, sweet and to the point!
Video is incomplete. He didn't tell us how to extract worm casting from the box.
Thank YOU John for your advice as I was about to buy an expensive plastic worm bin system.
Will just start another compost area in my garden, in the ground where the worms belong in the ground and doing what nature intends.
That is such a great way to managed your worms in the garden raise bed. I will be building a few. Thanks John.
Thanks John for your informative information. I have a raised bed I keep soley for the worms and feed them our left over veggie scraps. The bed is kept lightly covered with leaves etc to protect them from direct sunlight. I just dig the veggie scraps directly into the soil, seems to work well. Regards from Australia
Makes sense
Very efficient raised bed design. Nurtures the worms. Wider bed fence keeps the pests out. Well done!
Worms are pets! They’re also livestock. I would love to see a video of you building one of these worm farms.
how is raising livestock vegan?
@@taintmueslix ha 😂
Yes PLEASE, would like to see how it is made!
How do you keep birds from eating the worms?
@@jamesphillips2216 they cant eat them all, they breed fast
I love Arizona Worm Farm. Great Co. Awesome ideas there! and right next to A Tropical Nursery to boot!
Hell yeah, John. Spreading the good news.
Thanks for sharing.Happy growing and stay safe.
I love this idea! Thanks so much for sharing John. I might need to add this method to my recently started worm bins/homes.
Not sure if I missed it, but how do you collect castings from this method to give to the rest of the garden?
Glad your traveling again!
I just built a few different sized connected raised beds. Will be turning the largest one into a worm home. Thanks!
This is awesome! Not only great for the garden, but it'll make me finding worms for fishing easier!!!
Less plastics must be good. Microplastics are a big issue in environment now
Great video. Im always learning when i watch your videos
Great idea for next spring. Thanks
You are /were in Phoenix! Awesome. I love arizona worm farm!
Love it. How do the worms take the food (Digestate) out to the rest of the bed? I am worried that only a small portion of the garden will enjoy the advantage of worm poop
If the garden has good compost and mulch they will move in that part of the profile. 😀
I love your videos they are very educational even for adults👍👍💚
I love this eco version. I hope you share the details, materials and instructions to build it. That would be worth paying for, so we can DIY the raised bed.
I haven't watched you for a while glad to see your still producing content
I don't want to miss all of your coming episodes.
Bro I m going to build a little bit longer box so I can use orisontal migration method and be able to harvest castings or worms when I need it to.
Thank you so much for all your hard work
I love you bro you gave me so much knowledge and beautiful ideas!!!
Kisses from BEAUTIFUL Greece
Greetings friend, thank you for sharing your gardening experience, I will follow your advice as I want my garden blooming like yours! 😀
Wow that’s perfect way to do worms it’s on my list of things to build
I started this last month and the multi tier system is absolutely crushing it
Brilliant short video thank you. Maybe if you already have worm bin could use tray with lid
Nice one, great idea starting to move away from plastics😀 being a worm farm channel this is exactly what I want to see SUSTAINABLE future! I created a farm called the Biggest Worm Farm Eva.
Nice looking fancy box display but why not just take plastic containers or plastic buckets and cut the bottoms out and place them throughout your raised beds or garden area? Neat idea and video! Like the short videos much better!
Because plastics breakdown and release microplastics into the soil.
This can be done easily with 6” PVC...
Great Vid
Yes, please make this John!!!👍
PLEASE!! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 MAKE A VIDEO ON HOW TO BUILD ONE OF THESE WORM BINS 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 Thanks a bunch!
Great video John!
thanks again great to share info with other gardeners, there should be no gate keeping with knowledge that helps other people, I have seen the same thing but plastic bins and for 60 dollars!!
I like it
Bairagi, Bangladesh
I use two plastic storage totes like the one John showed. But there is nothing special done to give them air. And when I get digging to the md-bottom level, they are down there in large numbers. We have compost top soil mixed in. And throw food scraps in there, layering it with grass clippings, and some leaves or shredded paper.
Yes worms love the bottom tiers of my worm garden
This is a great idea. The only way this would work if you have moles, voles, gophers..etc...you will need to attach some hardware cloth on the bottom of the bed. That should prevent any ground critters from getting your worms.
Maybe other vermin too at times, bit tricky with mice
@@martysgarden mice have never been a problem for me. I have an outdoor cat. Now I'm curious what are your thoughts when it comes to mice?
@@ericburge9198 I have seen them in the day time getting into my open bins when I first had them, real pain.
That is a nice set up. 😎
I use a double tote with yellow top like the one John show in the beginning. but mine 29 gallon. I use one lid drilled tiny holes on lid, on all sides for both. the outside totes has large holes on all corners. the inner titles has tiny holes all over. I have a double layer burlap on top. my worms did better on my system than the worm of farm, which is like the worm farm system in my new York zone 7.
I feed them grind up oyster and sea fertilizer in coconut coir bedding.i place them where they get watered on from my automatic sprinklers 3x a week. I collect the worm juice for my plants which is great.
I will want to try the raised bed worm bin in place method. but I will have to fix the fence on my garden first
My growing boxes being a few years old now have populated with worms and I have been thinking to make work feeding tubes. It uses the box idea but I have tube offcuts about 3 feet long 8 inch diameter I could cut shorter drill holes , make caps and use. The wood box is great. I may end up with the box because it is wider and it's wood.
Really don’t need any containment. Just bury scraps around the garden in any spare bits of ground. The worms will find them.
Best channel ever.
Yes please!! I would love to see you build one first hand :)
I use old disgarded washing machine tubs. Add your bedding, (some soil to start),food and worms. Keep adding food scraps. They do the work. When the bin is done, sift and use the compost. Make another bed add the worms and start over. It usually takes about 4-6 months.I keep mine in the shade, it gets hot in Florida too. When we get a lot of rain I put some plywood covers or a tarp over the bins. They don't like to get flooded
🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛
Love Arizona worm farm.
Interesting. ✌😆🌿
Thanks for the suggestion.
This is next level!! AWESOME
Do you have a list of materials and plans for this bin. I’ve thought about a 5 gallon bucket. This might be better. I have a couple of raised beds could do this in.
What a great idea
Great info, thank you.
I have 3 raised beds that nothing grows in them because they have a fine root system leftover from a row of trees a few years back (that’s what I was told). I would think that worms would increase the value of the dirt & make it good compost. (?)
the outdoor raised bed isgreat but dosent produce indoor compatible castings and juice and worms for your indooras wellas outdoorgardeningneeds. i have produced some amazing worm products wthe stackable worm bins. i see where people willmessupthe worm bins tho,but its easy to make time for them if you arent too busy
Love your channel man! Tons of great info but wouldn’t the farmer have a broader perspective about their farm?
Hi everybody, hi growingyourgreens i have a roma tomato plant, plus a peppercini plant
Let's go for 1,000 likes everyone! 👍
Can't wait to see your worm bin John!
I like it, simple!
Very informative 👏
How timely, I just started building one.
Do you need to do this in every raised bed.
Nice.
So does this means if you make a little worm bin in your garden bed, you will no longer need to fertilize your garden bed and put in worm castings/compost anymore? How can we be assured that the worm castings are going throughout the entire garden bed feeding all the plants that are the furthest away? Perhaps build 2 smaller boxes and keep alternating when you put the food scraps in so the worms will travel from one end to the other?? And I suppose the mulch in the garden would be worm food too?
Also, how the heck do they get in there to plant and manage pests? The screen looks screwed onto the sides. I've been thinking of how I can put a rabbit guarding screen around my raised bed, but still be able to lift it off. I'm just not handy enough to come up with an easy solution.
@ JOHN. I am here in Las Vegas and I have two 4 x 4 and one 4 x 8 raised bed. I would love if you would come to my place and build this worm bin. This would be amazing to be able to add to the things I am showing my children about gardening here in Las Vegas and growing your own food.
John, what about collecting the worm wee ??
Brilliant ❣️👍
Will this worm bed work in central Florida?
I like it but don’t have the space for it. I often put food scraps under my mulch that works good also!
Very cool!!! 💜💜💜
Hello, will this be alright in a full sun position?
Could you explain a bit more how we would extract the worm castings?
That's a bit tricky, I have a Worm Wrangler course on my channel that teaches that method, exactly how the pro's do 😀
@@martysgarden do you have a videos about vermicomposting in the ground like this? I had a quick look on your channel and couldn’t find anything specific.
@@AlessaTX type in underground worm farm on my channel, you will find content. thanks
Can you do this for earth worms too or will the red wiggler worms give you better worm castings?
Red wrigglers are frequently used because the compose kitchen scraps quicker than regular earth worms. I believe most castings are of comparable use.
How would you go about harvesting the castings without harming the whole system? Is there a percentage to harvest? Where or what section do you harvest from?
That is my question too!
Ur great thanks 4the info.
John, I've had my lawn treated in the past with who knows what lawn/weed chemicals. I'd worry that they dig under the raised bed into the chemical laden dirt then back into the soil. Is that a reasonable concern?
I have a tall worm farm (think garbage bin but smaller) and lately it hemorrhaged worms. I added cardboard too late and it was a loss. A few survived that I saved from the catch bin underneath, but most died. I thought, why do I have a worm farm at all? Why not put worms in my compost pile? True, some of the pile will be hot, but other parts will not.
Thats great! Using those typical containers & totes you get from the hardware store is something people should definitely NOT ever use
as UV light from the sun will destroy the plastic & contribute to the plastic waste & microplastic problem we have.
UV treated plastic doesn't have this problem, but it's much better just to never use plastic in the first place.
Happy worms = happy plants ! :-)
Has anyone tried this in a raised bed in Texas, i am concerned it will be too hot. My soil temp sometimes gets over 90°.
Literally just bought the worm bin 360 a few days ago lol
I always comment about how I don't watch your videos because of their length, so I will watch this one as to not be a hypocrite.
John, I’m in Vegas like yourself as you may know over our comments with eachother on Instagram. I’m struggling with keeping my worms cool in this vegas heat. What are your suggestions?
Thats not a collection system though. The purpose of a bin is to collect the castings to use, for instance, to add to pots.
I was wondering about that, too.
It's a fertilisation zone, my channel covers more what your talking about
I grow worms in inside bins, CFTs, and also outside in our raised garden in Las Vegas. For the garden, I use the trench method and it works fantastic for feeding the worms food scraps. The resulting soil is always light and fluffy, never compact, and the plants grow quite large without bugs. Check out the trench feeding. ruclips.net/video/J0iqWbzW8tk/видео.html So simple!
I see the lid is starting to rot. Shingles would be good to prevent this.
Problem I see with this idea is the outside temperature. It usually gets 110 degrees here in summer and can go below freezing in winter. Worms can't live though that, no?
Keyhole version 4IR
I hate to kill worms which is why I don't have a worm bin, but I love this one!
I farm on a balconyyyy
No place for a huge thing
A 100 gallon smart pot filled with compost or manure is the best worm bin possible, you’ll never have the worm populations in your plant containers that you can have in a dedicated worm bin.
smile
I cant believe youre a worm killer.. how dare you ! 😄
Except I don’t think we need a bin at all I think you could put some food scraps in a bowl and then flip it upside down on the dirt…
Getting even closer to nature (we kinda suck in comparison with all the inventions we have come up with to improve on perfect)
What about Northern areas where we get a hard worm-killing months long freeze?
If the bottom of the raised bed is open, they will go deeper in the ground and re-appear next Spring. My raised beds are full of worms all summer long, but they move down for the winter and come back up the next year.
@@ohio_gardener
Regular garden worm eggs survive the winter here, but red wiggler composting worms are gonzo when it hits -20
As John clearly described in his dialogue, while showing the necessary depth with his hands, one adds a thick layer of mulch/leaves to insulate the ground. In Minnesota where it typically reaches -20F every Winter, come Spring I push back the mulch and my raised beds are crawling with worms. Maybe you could watch again while listening?
@@joeb8167
So unnecessary. I'm in Canada and we get a solid 5 months of winter. Red wigglers do not survive the cold, no matter how much mulch gets laid down. I'd also like to point out that billy goats have been crossing your bridge, and suggest that you get back under it.
Seems like that would also attract bugs like cockroaches too, right?
yes, it would, but probably not an issue
Not in the sun though! They want cool env.
Why not just cut the bottom out of a 5 gallon bucket?
Check out my Biggest Worm Farm EVA it's a giant bucket worm farm.
❤️🌱🌍🙏🏼
Should i worry about what species of worm i add? Dont want to intoduce an invasive worm species
Personally I prefer red wigglers. You can get them at a bait store. They're the best composting worms in my opinion.
Go for red wrigglers and you will be fine
@@martysgarden Absolutely. You won't be disappointed 🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛
I use my dead grandma for the best compost!!!!
The best worm bin is your soil, just feed the soil and the worms will come, nothing to manage or maintain.
Yes and I bury my discards right into my bed soil, and after a day or two it's all gone
John come on you need a new camera other than that good info