Free Range Worms

[bonnie]

Hi all - & thanks Jay for the invite from HT.

I don't want - at least at the present time - to get into bins & castings & such. I just figured that worms would help to break down the manure piles - both donkey & rabbit.

Everything I've read about worms talks about beds. Would worms help compost the manure piles? Would the worms survive in manure piles? What kind of worms would be best for free range? Would I have to keep them moist? Would they make it through the winter in a pile or would I have to cover them somehow? Or does snow work as an insulator? Average winter temps here are in the teens & sometimes down to zero. Summer temps average around 80.

Lots of questions! I hope they can be answered.

Thanks & God bless,
Bonnie
Opportunity Farm
Eastern WA

[Jay Blair]

Bonnie,

Just letting manure age naturally will promote free range production of Eisenia fetida worms after about a year or so.