<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Worms Etc blog</title><description>Red Wiggler Worm Farming Tips and Tails</description><link>https://wormsetc.com/</link><language>en-us</language><item><title>What happened to the red wigglers? (Eisenia fetida)</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/happened-red-wigglers-eisenia-fetida/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/happened-red-wigglers-eisenia-fetida/</guid><description>Dear customer, I am excited to announce that after many years of worm farming and experimentation that the european red worm has proven to be a great…</description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2015 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>uncategorized</category></item><item><title>The 411 On Separating Worms From Castings</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/411-separating-worms-castings/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/411-separating-worms-castings/</guid><description>A worm&apos;s value can be equated to what their castings are being used for. Worm castings could be coined as a gardener&apos;s &quot;black gold&quot; and is one of natures most…</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2015 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>uncategorized</category></item><item><title>Worms and Spring Fever</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/worms-spring-fever/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/worms-spring-fever/</guid><description>Spring is right around the corner and it couldn&apos;t be soon enough! Soon there will be green grass, leaves on the trees, blooming flowers, warmer weather and the…</description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2015 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>uncategorized</category></item><item><title>Harvesting worms</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/harvesting-worms/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/harvesting-worms/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2014 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>uncategorized</category></item><item><title>Look inside a worm egg!</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/worm-egg/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/worm-egg/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2014 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>uncategorized</category></item><item><title>A trashy problem</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/a-trashy-problem/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/a-trashy-problem/</guid><description>Throwing away food scraps creates many problems. First of all, it is wasteful. Food scraps can easily be recycled back into fertilizer which is used to make…</description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2014 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>gardening-and-worms</category><category>recycling</category></item><item><title>Alabama jumper worm identification guide</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/alabama-jumper/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/alabama-jumper/</guid><description>Alabama Jumpers Alabama Jumpers are great worms that are hard to grow commercially, but do really well in the garden. This post is part of a series on worm…</description><pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2014 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>gardening-and-worms</category><category>worm-farm-basics</category></item><item><title>The European Nightcrawler. How to identify Eisenia hortensis. AKA European Red Wiggler</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/european-nightcrawler-identify-eisenia-hortensis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/european-nightcrawler-identify-eisenia-hortensis/</guid><description>This post is part of a series on worm identification. Click here to see first page. The european red wiggler worm, Eisenia hortensis , formerly know as…</description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Sep 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>uncategorized</category></item><item><title>Red wiggler worm identification. What red wiggler worms look like.</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/red-wiggler-worm-identification-red-wiggler-worms/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/red-wiggler-worm-identification-red-wiggler-worms/</guid><description>This post is part of a series on worm identification. Click here to see first page. Eisenia fetida is the common red wiggler. It is the most common worm sold…</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>uncategorized</category></item><item><title>What type of worm is this? Worm identification guide.</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/what-type-worm/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/what-type-worm/</guid><description>Ever saw a worm and wondered &quot;what type of worm is that? Over the next few weeks I will be completing a worm identification guide. The following list will…</description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Sep 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>uncategorized</category></item><item><title>Gardening. It&apos;s so healthy.</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/gardening-healthy/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/gardening-healthy/</guid><description>Gardening has become so much fun for me in the past couple years that I can hardly get myself to do real work. It didn&apos;t use to be this way though. My soil way…</description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Aug 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>uncategorized</category></item><item><title>Planting pole beans without a trellis. The super easy way!</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/planting-pole-beans-trellis-super-easy-way/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/planting-pole-beans-trellis-super-easy-way/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 23 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>gardening-method</category></item><item><title>Make your thumb a little greener. </title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/thumb-greener/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/thumb-greener/</guid><description>Having a green thumb doesn&apos;t come via a special gardening gene. Anyone including you can have a green thumb. Although it does take some time, effort and…</description><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>uncategorized</category></item><item><title>Interesting facts about earthworms</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/interesting-facts-earthworms/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/interesting-facts-earthworms/</guid><description>In one acre of land, there can be more than a million earthworms. The largest earthworm ever found was in South Africa and measured 22 feet from its nose to…</description><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>uncategorized</category></item><item><title>Worm Castings Greenville SC</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/worm-castings-greenville-sc/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/worm-castings-greenville-sc/</guid><description>I am commonly asked if you can come purchase worms or worm castings here at the farm. I am glad to say that if you are in the area, feel free to come by and…</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>uncategorized</category></item><item><title>Spring garden is grow, grow, growing.</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/spring-garden-grow-grow-growing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/spring-garden-grow-grow-growing/</guid><description>Just a few pictures from the garden.</description><pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>uncategorized</category></item><item><title>Heirloom seeds</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/heirloom-seeds/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/heirloom-seeds/</guid><description>Hello worm enthusiast, It&apos;s very rare for me to give a recommendation, but I am super impressed with an online seed supplier that I have been using for a…</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>uncategorized</category></item><item><title>Recycle your paper waste by composting with worms.</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/recycle-paper-waste-composting-worms/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/recycle-paper-waste-composting-worms/</guid><description>If you have lots of paper trash, look no further than the lowly worm to recycle it. Worms will consume office paper, cardboard, newspaper, paper plates, paper…</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>uncategorized</category></item><item><title>Will my worms over populate?</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/worms-populate/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/worms-populate/</guid><description>I am commonly asked if worms can over populate the worm bin. Worms multiply quickly, but they will...</description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>common-questions</category><category>recycling</category><category>worm-farm-basics</category></item><item><title>Worms can learn sign language!</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/worms-learn-sign-language/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/worms-learn-sign-language/</guid><description>WORMS CAN LEARN SIGN LANGUAGE!!! It took two years training, four hours a day, but I have finally taught a European Red Worm sign language. European red worms…</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>uncategorized</category></item><item><title>Micro organisms and the symbiotic relationship between microbes, worms, and plants</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/micro-organisms-symiotic-relationship-microbes-worms-plants/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/micro-organisms-symiotic-relationship-microbes-worms-plants/</guid><description>Microorganisms in the soil are important for plant health. Both positive and negative health effects can result from microorganisms. In short microbes can help.</description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>uncategorized</category></item><item><title>Worms to Hong Kong</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/worms-hong-kong/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/worms-hong-kong/</guid><description>Just in case you are worried that your worms may not make it in the mail ok, no worries at all. We ship worms all over the world without issues. We just…</description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>uncategorized</category></item><item><title>Composting Celery With Red Wiggler Worms</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/composting-celery-red-wiggler-worms/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/composting-celery-red-wiggler-worms/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>uncategorized</category></item><item><title>Worm Composting Video of Tomatoes and Cucumber Salad</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/worm-composting-video-tomatoes-cucumber-salad/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/worm-composting-video-tomatoes-cucumber-salad/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>recycling</category><category>worm-farm-basics</category></item><item><title>Worm Castings Video</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/worm-castings-video/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/worm-castings-video/</guid><description>Video by http://www.youtube.com/user/Praxxus55712</description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>gardening-and-worms</category><category>gardening-method</category><category>recycling</category><category>worm-farm-basics</category><category>worm-farm-science</category></item><item><title>How to Make Worm Casting Tea / Worm Compost Tea</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/how-to-make-worm-casting-tea-worm-compost-tea/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/how-to-make-worm-casting-tea-worm-compost-tea/</guid><description>One of the great benefits of having worm compost is being able to make worm compost tea. Worm compost tea is a wonderful product for your plants. Studies have…</description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>uncategorized</category></item><item><title>Worms multiplying fast, despite the hot summer. A question on ants</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/worms-multiplying-fast-hot-summer-question-ants/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/worms-multiplying-fast-hot-summer-question-ants/</guid><description>Even though we have had terrible weather, hot then cold, dry then soaking wet, the worms are multiplying well. Red wiggler worms are very tough and this just…</description><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>uncategorized</category></item><item><title>Earthworm Egg Capsules, Red Worm Reproduction</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/earthworm-egg-capsules-red-worm-reproduction/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/earthworm-egg-capsules-red-worm-reproduction/</guid><description>Earthworms lay egg capsules in the soil usually near a good source of food. The neat thing about theses egg capsules is there ability to survive harsh ...</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>uncategorized</category></item><item><title>Growing worms worms and more worms </title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/growing-worms-worms-worms/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/growing-worms-worms-worms/</guid><description>I never had any idea how much I would learn by being a worm farmer. Starting and running a small business with little money means that I have had to do most of…</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>profesional-worm-farming</category><category>worm-farm-science</category></item><item><title>New building, again, for Worms Etc</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/building-again-worms/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/building-again-worms/</guid><description>I am so excited, today I got a great deal on a green house. Can&apos;t wait to construct it on the property, but I&apos;m still finishing another greenhouse on the…</description><pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>uncategorized</category></item><item><title>Sandpit type worm farm</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/sandpit-type-worm-farm/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/sandpit-type-worm-farm/</guid><description>One simple and cheap way to grow worms and compost with them is a &quot;sandpit&quot; style worm farm. You just construct a structure that would be similar to a sandpit…</description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>uncategorized</category></item><item><title>Compost and Vermicompost, What are they?</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/compost-vermicompost-they/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/compost-vermicompost-they/</guid><description>Compost is the process through which organic matter transforms from an unstable state to a stable state. Think about an apple that has fallen off of a tree...</description><pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>profesional-worm-farming</category><category>recycling</category><category>worm-farm-science</category></item><item><title>Daily life as a worm farmer</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/daily-life-worm-farmer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/daily-life-worm-farmer/</guid><description>What is a typical day for a typical red worm farmer? That would be hard for me to know provably because I doubt that there is a typical worm farmer. Me and…</description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>profesional-worm-farming</category></item><item><title>Red Wiggler Worm Composting Bin Setup Video</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/red-wiggler-worm-composting-bin-setup-video/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/red-wiggler-worm-composting-bin-setup-video/</guid><description>Instructional video on how to set up a red worm composting bin.</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>uncategorized</category></item><item><title>Red Worm Shipping and Packing Video</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/red-worm-shipping-packing-video/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/red-worm-shipping-packing-video/</guid><description>Red wigglers are already harvested and now are being packaged for shipping to customers all across the US. Customers will get there worms in 2-3 days.</description><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>profesional-worm-farming</category><category>worm-farm-basics</category></item><item><title>Red Worm Feeding Frenzy, How To Compost Quickly Using Red Worms </title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/red-worm-quick-compostin/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/red-worm-quick-compostin/</guid><description>As long as they have food and the moisture level is right they should really start to work on the food. The worms will follow the food scraps.</description><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>recycling</category><category>worm-farm-basics</category><category>worm-farm-science</category></item><item><title>Shipping and packing red worms</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/shipping-packing-red-worms/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/shipping-packing-red-worms/</guid><description>We have had great success with shipping and packaging our worms. This year we have shipped out more than a thousand pounds of worms...</description><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>profesional-worm-farming</category></item><item><title>Red Wiggler Worms and Water</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/red-wiggler-worms-water/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/red-wiggler-worms-water/</guid><description>While checking on my red wiggler beds I found a certain spot that extra wet. When I checked the worms in this spot they were just hundreds of them bunched up.</description><pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>worm-farm-basics</category><category>worm-farm-science</category></item><item><title>Orders are going out on schedule</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/orders-schedule/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/orders-schedule/</guid><description>There was a slight delay in order after the passing of my mom. We are now caught up and are shipping on our normal schedule.</description><pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>profesional-worm-farming</category></item><item><title>We Will Miss You Mom</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/mom/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/mom/</guid><description>After struggling with multiple sclerosis for more than twenty years my dear mom has passed away today. There is no doubt in our minds that she is with the Lord…</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>uncategorized</category></item><item><title>Spring worm farming update</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/spring-worm-farming-update/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/spring-worm-farming-update/</guid><description>Well once again I have gotten busy and neglected to update the worm blog for a while. Tends to happen in the spring when everything is wide open. This spring…</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>uncategorized</category></item><item><title>Worm Bin Problems</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/worm-bin-problems-2/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/worm-bin-problems-2/</guid><description>By popular request here is an index that will help you find answers to any worm bin problems you are having.</description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>worm-bin-problems</category></item><item><title>Worms: Nature&apos;s Composting Machines; By Leigh Barns</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/worms-natures-composting-machines-leigh-barns/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/worms-natures-composting-machines-leigh-barns/</guid><description>I thought it would be interesting to read another authors view on composting with worms so here is a link to an article by Leigh Barns. It is a brief review of…</description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>uncategorized</category></item><item><title>Worm farming blog update; Giant European nightcrawler</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/worm-farming-blog-update-giant-european-nightcrawler/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/worm-farming-blog-update-giant-european-nightcrawler/</guid><description>Well the greenhouse is dried in and almost complete. Just need end walls on it, but I don&apos;t see much point in adding them until next winter since spring is…</description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>uncategorized</category></item><item><title>Can-O-Worms Composter System Review and Instructions</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/can-o-worms-composter-system-review-and-instructions/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/can-o-worms-composter-system-review-and-instructions/</guid><description>Can-O-Worms Composter System Review and Instructions. The manufacturer did a great job thinking the system out. They included everything start vermicomposting</description><pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>gardening-and-worms</category><category>recycling</category><category>worm-farm-basics</category></item><item><title>Plant Growing and Soil Admendment Research</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/best-potting-soil/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/best-potting-soil/</guid><description>research into growing plants, fruits, and vegetables. The end aim of this research will be to produce the best line of potting soils available anywhere</description><pubDate>Sun, 23 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>gardening-and-worms</category><category>recycling</category><category>worm-farm-science</category></item><item><title>Hoop House Style Greenhouse Construction Basics; Building a Wiggler Worm Barn</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/hoop-house-greenhouse-wigler-worms/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/hoop-house-greenhouse-wigler-worms/</guid><description>Hoop houses are semi-circular buildings made from curved semi-circle rafters, usually covered by clear poly-ethylene film. Often used as greenhouses.</description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>gardening-and-worms</category><category>worm-farm-basics</category><category>worm-farm-science</category></item><item><title>Are these red wriggler worms in my mailbox?</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/red-wriggler-worms-for-sale/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/red-wriggler-worms-for-sale/</guid><description>Interesting story about a fellow who was shocked to see wriggler worms in his mailbox.</description><pubDate>Sun, 09 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>gardening-and-worms</category><category>worm-farm-basics</category></item><item><title>Harvesting and Shipping Live Composting Worms</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/harvesting-shipping-live-composting-wiggler-worms/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/harvesting-shipping-live-composting-wiggler-worms/</guid><description>Shipping live composting worms is tricky business, especially when the temperatures are extreme, but with lots of experimentation, we have got it down.</description><pubDate>Sat, 08 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>bedding</category><category>worm-farm-science</category></item><item><title>Building greenhouses for red wiggler worms.</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/building-greenhouses-red-wiggler-worms/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/building-greenhouses-red-wiggler-worms/</guid><description>Hoop style greenhouses are an excellent investment for many gardeners and are easy to construct. I have started putting up a large hoop house to keep the red…</description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>uncategorized</category></item><item><title>Merry Christmas from Worms Etc</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/merry-christmas-worms/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/merry-christmas-worms/</guid><description>Red Wigglers and christmas</description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>worm-farm-basics</category></item><item><title>Composting made simple using red worms. Indoors!</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/composting-simple-red-worms-indoors/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/composting-simple-red-worms-indoors/</guid><description>Composting food scraps is easy and fun to do even in ones home. Most food scraps can be composted as long as they don&apos;t contain</description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>gardening-and-worms</category><category>recycling</category><category>worm-farm-basics</category></item><item><title>Red wiggler versus the european nightcrawler, Part 2</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/red-wiggler-european-nightcrawler-part-2/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/red-wiggler-european-nightcrawler-part-2/</guid><description>The European red worm is great for composting and is quite a hardy worm in my experience. One major difference is the euro&apos;s tendency to burrow much deeper.</description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>worm-farm-basics</category></item><item><title>Eisenia fetida, or hortensis? Whats the difference? Red wigglers or European nightcrawlers? Part 1</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/eisenia-fetida-hortensis-whats-difference-red-wigglers-european-nightcrawlers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/eisenia-fetida-hortensis-whats-difference-red-wigglers-european-nightcrawlers/</guid><description>Both worms can be used as a composting worm but what are the differences and which one will work the best in a given scenario.</description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>worm-farm-basics</category><category>worm-farm-science</category></item><item><title>Red wiggler worm bins critters continued... Dealing with mites</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/red-wiggler-worm-bins-critters-continued-dealing-mites/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/red-wiggler-worm-bins-critters-continued-dealing-mites/</guid><description>Mites are a common creature to be found in a worm bin. Mites, just like worms, help break down organic material into compost. A population explosion of mites simply shows that there is an imbalance in the worm bin.</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>uncategorized</category></item><item><title>Worm bin pH, testing and adjusting.</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/worm-bin-ph-testing-adjusting/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/worm-bin-ph-testing-adjusting/</guid><description>How to prevent sour crop by using pH litmus testing and using crushed limestone to correct and acidity. This helps keep mite and other critters at bay as well.</description><pubDate>Sun, 12 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>worm-bin-problems</category><category>worm-farm-science</category></item><item><title>What do I use for a red worm bin.</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/red-worm-bin/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/red-worm-bin/</guid><description>What makes a good worm bin or worm composter? How do I construct a worm farm? Try and reuse a container that is otherwise going to end up as trash. Be creative</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>recycling</category><category>bedding</category><category>worm-farm-basics</category></item><item><title>Worm Farm Kits</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/worm-farm-kits/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/worm-farm-kits/</guid><description>Worms Etc Worm farming kit come with everything you need to get started composting your food scraps.</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>worm-farm-basics</category></item><item><title>Red Wiggler Worm farming in the heat.</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/worm-farming-heat/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/worm-farming-heat/</guid><description>&quot;How hot can my worm composting bin get without killing the red wigglers?&quot; That is a question I have been getting lately. Worms can actually survive quite high…</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>worm-bin-problems</category><category>worm-farm-basics</category><category>worm-farm-science</category></item><item><title>New York City Update</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/new-york-city-update/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/new-york-city-update/</guid><description>Ok so the blog has kind of evolved into a posting about just whatever and not so much about worms. I think that I like it this way as it gives me a sounding…</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>uncategorized</category></item><item><title>New focus for worms etc</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/direction-worms/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/direction-worms/</guid><description>First off, let me just say thanks to all my customers and those who keep up with this blog. Worms etc is about more than just worms, hence the etc part, we are…</description><pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>uncategorized</category></item><item><title>New York City here we come.</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/red-worms-city/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/red-worms-city/</guid><description>Even worm farmers have to take a sabbatical every now and then.</description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>uncategorized</category></item><item><title>Common questions people ask about worms and worm farming</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/red-worm-problems-questions-answers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/red-worm-problems-questions-answers/</guid><description>question and answers to common problems that people have when farming red worms.</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>gardening-and-worms</category><category>recycling</category><category>worm-bin-problems</category><category>worm-farm-basics</category></item><item><title>The worm farming life.</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/worm-farming-life/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/worm-farming-life/</guid><description>Plans to expand red wiggler worm farming operations at worms etc in greer sc by Matthew Wilson. We also farm european night-crawlers</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>recycling</category></item><item><title>Worm castings, the best way to make a brown thumb green!</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/worm-castings/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/worm-castings/</guid><description>Worm castings are the best way to take your brown thumb and make it green. Find out what is so great about worm castings and how to use them.</description><pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>gardening-and-worms</category><category>worm-farm-science</category></item><item><title>Send in your garden photos!</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/arden-photo/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/arden-photo/</guid><description>Hello all you gardeners, Lets share our garden pictures! It ought to be real interesting to compare how we all do things a little different in the garden. Also…</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>uncategorized</category></item><item><title>European Nightcrawlers as a compost worm</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/european-nightcrawler-compostin/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/european-nightcrawler-compostin/</guid><description>I am often asked the practical difference between Euro&apos;s and red wigglers when it come to composting. There are some differences between the Euro and the red…</description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>gardening-and-worms</category><category>recycling</category><category>worm-farm-basics</category></item><item><title>Worm Bin Bedding. A worm needs sleep too you know.</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/red-worm-bedding/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/red-worm-bedding/</guid><description>Bedding has a huge impact upon how quickly worms grow and ultimately upon the maximum size that they will obtain. Also it plays an important role in…</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>recycling</category><category>bedding</category><category>worm-farm-basics</category></item><item><title>So what February got to do with gardening?</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/february-gardening-chore/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/february-gardening-chore/</guid><description>Well February is almost gone and I have not even got started on the spring gardening chores. Why am I concerned with the garden so early, because when march…</description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>gardening-and-worms</category></item><item><title>Worms and gardening. How to use worms and their compost to grow flowers and vegetables.</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/vermi-gardening/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/vermi-gardening/</guid><description>Tips on vermi-gardening</description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>gardening-and-worms</category><category>recycling</category><category>worm-farm-basics</category></item><item><title>A worm is a worm of course of course</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/a-worm-is-a-worm-of-course-of-course/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/a-worm-is-a-worm-of-course-of-course/</guid><description>Ok, allusions to Mr. Ed aside, I to this day am often confused by the many different names given to worm varieties. A &quot;humblest wiggle worm&quot; at one place is a…</description><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>uncategorized</category></item><item><title>Dealing with the fungus gnat.</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/dealing-with-the-fungus-gnat/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/dealing-with-the-fungus-gnat/</guid><description>Thanks to Jean for inspiring this post, It is not my goal to eliminate all critters from the worm bin, nor would that be desirable. The goal here is to keep…</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>uncategorized</category></item><item><title>Why worms?</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/why-worms/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/why-worms/</guid><description>Ok so I when I tell people that I am into worms I never know what to expect. Some people don&apos;t question it at all or say something like &quot;Yeah, I have heard of…</description><pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>gardening-and-worms</category><category>worm-farm-basics</category></item><item><title>10 bin worm experiment.</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/ten-bin-worm-experiment/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/ten-bin-worm-experiment/</guid><description>Wondering which foods, bedding, and worm densities produce the highest reproduction rates in red wigglers I have started an experiment. Ten identical plastic…</description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>bedding</category><category>worm-farm-science</category></item><item><title>More worm bin critters</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/more-worm-bin-critters/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/more-worm-bin-critters/</guid><description>Well I am sure there are to many critters that could possibly find a home in a worm bin to ever list, but I am going to start a list. Springtails Scientific…</description><pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>worm-bin-creatures</category><category>worm-bin-problems</category><category>worm-farm-basics</category><category>worm-farm-science</category></item><item><title>Spirit of a Worm Farmer</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/spirit-of-a-worm-farmer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/spirit-of-a-worm-farmer/</guid><description>Being a worm farmer requires a unique type of person. Some one who is resourceful and not afraid to try something new. Also one must not be afraid to be…</description><pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>worm-bin-problems</category><category>worm-farm-basics</category></item><item><title>Critters of the worm bin.  WARNING SCIENCE CONTENT!  May cause drowsiness</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/critters-of-the-worm-bin-warning-science-content-may-cause-drowsiness/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/critters-of-the-worm-bin-warning-science-content-may-cause-drowsiness/</guid><description>Worms are greatly outnumbered even in their own home. In the bin with them they are countless numbers of microorganisms. How many you may ask, countless…</description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>worm-farm-basics</category><category>worm-farm-science</category></item><item><title>Beginner&apos;s Guide to Getting Started with Red Worms</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/beginner-guide-to-getting-started-with-red-worms/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/beginner-guide-to-getting-started-with-red-worms/</guid><description>In this blog I am going to teach how to set up a “worm bin.” Anyone can learn how to do this and its great fun for children so have them help also. Wait until…</description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>worm-farm-basics</category></item><item><title>Cardboard and worms and effect on reproduction rates</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/cardboard-and-worms-reproduction/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/cardboard-and-worms-reproduction/</guid><description>Best results are when cardboard is treated as a bedding. I have even seen that the reproduction rates can be increased by the worms.</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>recycling</category><category>bedding</category><category>worm-farm-basics</category></item><item><title>We live and learn part two</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/we-live-and-learn-part-two/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/we-live-and-learn-part-two/</guid><description>So now I have this worm bed with hundreds of dollars worth of worms and countless poor souls on the line, what to do? Read more...</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>worm-bin-problems</category></item><item><title>Well, we live and we learn.</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/well-we-live-and-we-learn/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/well-we-live-and-we-learn/</guid><description>A few weeks ago I noticed that a few worms in my large flow through bin were acting odd. They were on the surface on the bed and upon inspection I noticed the…</description><pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>worm-bin-problems</category></item><item><title>Falling in love with the fallen fall leaves</title><link>https://wormsetc.com/blog/falling-in-love-with-the-fallen-fall-leaves/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wormsetc.com/blog/falling-in-love-with-the-fallen-fall-leaves/</guid><description>Pardon the pun but I personally leave my leaves where they fall in the fall. Most anyone can get tons of this valuable resource for free. So just look around…</description><pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>recycling</category><category>bedding</category></item></channel></rss>