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ONCE YOU HAVE YOUR
WORMS, FOLLOW THESE

STEPS TO BUILD YOUR FARM:

• Find or buy a 10-gallon plastic bin. Clear bins will allow
you to see the worms at work.
• Tear about 50 pages of newspaper into one-inch strips.
• Place the strips in a bucket or plastic garbage bag.
• Wet the strips until they are moist – not dripping wet.
• Fill your bin three-fourths full with the wet strips.
• Add up to four cups of soil. Use potting soil or dig some
up from your yard.
• Introduce the worms to their new home.
• Feed the worms small pieces of vegetable and fruit
START A WORM scraps once a week. Bury the food under the newspa-
per. Do not use meat, oils or dairy leftovers.
FARM TODAY • Place a sheet of dry newspaper on top of the bedding
and cover the container. Be sure to leave the lid open a
little or drill holes in the top for airflow.
AND GARDEN TOMORROW ding materials will transform into a nutri-
Over time, the food scraps and bed-

ent-rich compost to add to your garden.
BY PATRICIA DANFLOUS J&B Feed Store, Inc.

great garden farm is easy, good for the J&B Feed Store, Inc.
NUTRENA FEEDS • VICTOR DOG & CAT FOOD
starts with environment and fun. J&B Feed Store, Inc.
worms. Yes, “Red wigglers and J&B Feed Store, Inc.
NUTRENA FEEDS • VICTOR DOG & CAT FOOD
A ooey, gooey, wrig- red worms are the best • DOGS •HORSES • PIGS
NUTRENA FEEDS • VICTOR DOG & CAT FOOD
• CATS
• TURKEYS
gly worms can make your choices for cultivating the • DOGS • RABBITS • PIGS
NUTRENA FEEDS • VICTOR DOG & CAT FOOD
•HORSES
garden grow. Vermicom- best soil,” Hirling states. • CHICKENS •HORSES • PIGS
• DOGS
• VEGETABLE SEEDS
• DOGS • BIRDS
• RABBITS
• PIGS
posting or worm compost- “You don’t have to dig • CATS •HORSES • TURKEYS
• CATS
• TURKEYS
• RABBITS
• VEGETABLE SEEDS
• CHICKENS • BIRDS
• TURKEYS
• CATS
• RABBITS
ing is an excellent method for worms to get started. • DUCKS • CHICKENS • VEGETABLE PLANTS
• VEGETABLE SEEDS
• CHICKENS • BIRDS
• CHICKENS • VEGETABLE PLANTS
• CHICKENS • BIRDS
• VEGETABLE SEEDS
of turning kitchen scraps Starter worms are avail- • DUCKS • CHICKENS • VEGETABLE PLANTS
• DUCKS
Supplies For
• CHICKENS • VEGETABLE PLANTS
into nutrient-rich soil. able through web-based • DUCKS Supplies For
Supplies For
stores, or you may be able Livestock & Domestic Pets
Supplies Fortic Pets
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“It’s all about the to purchase them at an Livestock & Domestic Pets
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castings,” says Master area nursery.” Hunting, Yard & Garden
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Gardener Jane Hirling. We also have organic soil in bags or by the yard.
We also have organic soil in bags or by the yard.
Now available Derksen portable buildings.
“As worms work their We also have organic soil in bags or by the yard.
We also have organic soil in bags or by the yard.
Now available Derksen portable buildings.
Now available Derksen portable buildings.
way through vegetable TO LEARN MORE Now available Derksen portable buildings.
peelings and other scraps, Hirling suggests
they shed their skin. The searching “worm
decomposition process farms” or “worm gar-
provides fertilizing min- dens” on the internet.
erals and in turn, bigger, You will find informa-
healthier plants.” tion about cultivation
Whether you are a and its benefits as
serious gardener looking to well as a few how-to
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