FROM SCRAPS TO SOIL GOLD: Inside a Compost Worm Farm

Three years ago I introduced about one kilo (two pounds) of compost worms into my worm farm/bath tub. Today, three years later there must have been millions of worms that have come and gone in the cycle of Wormville`s short history.
Many generations have thrived through three summers and winters. Today I have nutrients on tap, that gives power to the garden. It`s PERMACULTURE MADE EASY folks - and fully organic! There are a few simple tips that I can share and some interesting information about our composting friends...the compost worms, so sit back and enjoy another episode from the little garden on the hill - Far away from any town and even further from a city.
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[@chhonvila2054]

Good morning from Cambodia Everyone 🙏👋

[@valarmorghulis8139]

Hi greetings have a great week from the Philippines 🛤 🌄

[@christianhendry7136]

@chhonvila2054 greetings to you too. I visited Cambodia way back in 1998. What an amazing country with fascinating history. I would love to go back one day

[@s-c..]

Hi from Melbourne 👋

[@ghassenbenabdallah5899]

The most underrated channel The quality is from another Earth

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Nice comment 😎🫵🏻👍

[@hbrws813]

I love the creativity and beauty in your videos; started following you 4 years ago during the lockdown when I had time to excavate all the weeds and crap from what had been our garden, discovered the soil was still there, rich and waiting, and I was inspired by your videos. Thank you for taking us through your Wormville; I need to reset my worm tub -- which I also began because you used a tub, showed us how to do it. Greetings from the state of Georgia in the US, right above the Florida state line, where early spring weather is teasing us. Can't wait to start planting!

[@annburge291]

Totally agree with you. This video was not only visually stunning...I particularly loved the sound track...the choice of music to the visuals, how long you played the clips, how the music complemented your voice and gentle humour. I'm a bit cooped up in a flat in Melbourne until June with granddaughter and mother minding. You are inspiring me to really hit the dirt running when I return to Chihuahua. I'll certainly have to reset up a wormviille, concoct some LAB, and replant some trees. Hopefully somethings will survive in my desert garden with a year of absence.

[@zanewalsh1812]

Another Banger, Weedy. It was great to visit your garden today 😊

[@gabrielalbores846]

I do miss and love hearing the magpies in the morning. Looking forward to starting our own permaculture food forest in Perth 2027!

[@TheWeedyGarden]

I’ll make sure to include their songs on upcoming episodes then 🫵🏻

[@RoyHolder]

Sweet, some more lovely garden eye candy, thanks David!

[@Rachiosity-nk8be]

Weeeeeee……what a wonderful Weedy video about worms! Trying to work out why….I think (apart from your beautiful filming and incredible research and also wisdom of experience) it’s your reverence and love for Life. Somehow even a toad being eaten by worms seems sacred and beautiful when we see it through your eyes. Thank you Weedy. You are wonderful.

[@peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920]

Greetings, David "Weedy"❤ I have been Worm farming since 2009. I have 6 wormbins from a Can-O-Worms down to 2 plastic shoeboxes. They are the most wonderful creatures ❤️ and I love working with them ❤️ ❤Peggy❤

[@lornapenn-chester6867]

Oh mate!! I seriously thought you were going to drink from that little red comfrey cup!! 🤢 😂❤

[@TheWeedyGarden]

🤭

[@CatherineandRob]

Sensational imagery!

[@pasveritas1872]

I must show the children this video 👍

[@TheWeedyGarden]

😃👍

[@kalaoaflowerpower]

wow has it really been three years?!? time flies when your having fun i guess... thanks for still making you tubes honestly thought we'd loose you after the world opened back up

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Yeah, I decided to keep going for a while 😎

[@lpmoron6258]

​@@TheWeedyGardenwe hope you can stick with us for a long time. Even if it has to be part time.

[@samerazar]

I loved that u put an air pump to keep the aerobic bacteria dominant

[@GrandmomZoo]

My dose of happiness.......thank you Weedy!❤

[@random2829]

Who doesn't love a good walkabout! Great information that I will incorporate into my own garden.

[@charlitoskenneditos5745]

So many layers of life just within the worm farm. Btw first year gardening became fascinated with worm tea for the garden, the plants flourished in ways I couldn't imagine . what a joy!

[@danielson2303]

I only looked at my worm Cafe today and wondered what I should do with the worm castings and now I know. Thank you weedy

[@MM-wd4hq]

Thankyou weedy, you answered a few questions I had and made me laugh. I loved you spinning with the watering cans, 😂 and was worried you were gonna sip from the red cup...only because I see you as a big kid having Soo much fun in the garden. Its such a joy watching your videos. You bring Soo much to us viewers that is above and beyond.

[@luckymike3065]

You rock weedy..🎉

[@Aeon08897]

I’m really liking the increased upload number recently.

[@TheWeedyGarden]

let’s cross fingers that the YT alg will also 😃👍

[@charlitoskenneditos5745]

My dude! You are an incrediblly talent filmographer (weedy) it appears that you have been alone on your property the way you present your videos. I hope that isn't true! Please share videos of friends visiting you, besides Geoff, on your wonderful property. Who knows invite a stranger and become a friend?

[@TheWeedyGarden]

@@charlitoskenneditos5745 lol. No reason to include my private life into my gardening world. Rest assured I have friends all round 💜

[@WhitedewValley]

Good evening from Croatia. You sir are inspiration. I just found your channel just as I bought my own homestead. Perfect timing. Hoping to grow some in the land up and over. Greets to the land down under ;D

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Wonderful!

[@SerhiiRatushnyi]

Cool! New video ❤❤❤

[@heatherjolly8389]

Gorgeous wormies

[@anniecochrane3359]

Thank you Weedy. Great for the soul with lots of good practical stuff too. Loved the twirling watering cans

[@johndiasjr9000]

Well looks like I'm keeping the tub from the next bathroom renovation I do. Beautiful home you have there btw

[@catiepower3550]

That’s so cool! I’ve been interested in a worm farm in addition to my compost. Great ideas here. Thank you

[@mark86016]

I wish I was living the weedy garden life

[@lpmoron6258]

A few years back we had major flooding on the Arkansas river. Living nearby we visited the river banks several times daily. The worms we drowning by the thousands. People were scooping up the wiggling ones by the hands full. These worms are very large and are called night crawlers. There were many people fishing from the levy until they were told it was unsafe due to the height of water. The road was barricaded. Our levy came really close to failing. There was levy breaks in other locations. Not sure if I could keep the worms alive, I did not gather any. Wish i had at least tried! Good video as always. Thank you Weedy! Have a good day!

[@chrispennarts4085]

What a delightful story and a fantastic explanation. We're also going to start our Wormville. You've also brought up a great idea. Thanks again.

[@rahulmalsani6202]

Professor 😅❤❤

[@ValerieHarristhefoodiemedic]

That is exactly what I am doing with an old bathtub.

[@dnawormcastings]

Great wormville video 🪱🇳🇿

[@alexanderoborne5872]

Interesting facts 🐝🌻🥗🍄👣

[@White_Rabbit63]

Ty weedy for another great informative video ❤

[@daleireland]

Thanks Weedy

[@viktor-dy9tr]

Beautiful imagery.

[@plowestory]

Would be muggy today - thanks for the new EP - learnt something new, again.

[@jeannamcgregor9967]

I think my worms are Red Wigglers, but not sure since they just came from the garden. But I laughed when you picked up the banana: I saw that same big knot of happy worms when I picked up a celery base in the bin this morning. Maybe when I get a break in the rain I'll steal some worm castings from them.

[@JoyoftheGardenandHome]

Who's running the drone? The twirl in the garden was dreamtastic

[@TheWeedyGarden]

That would be me 😃

[@marcogallazzi9049]

Loved this one, worms and microbiology is a fascinating subject. You could experiment with mushrooms too, I think you got the climate for that. It would be great, with your photographer skill, in my humble opinion.

[@marijanabahun3884]

Live love worms!❤ you are amazing!

[@sweetdweams]

Hey Weedy, great video and Lovin the book!

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Awesome, thank you! Glad to hear from you

[@cajarana79]

Adoro seus videos, são inspiradores demais para meu trabalho de Permacultura , falo de Fortaleza CE Brasil.

[@AnitaLusty]

Fantastic!

[@RAREDRAGONFRUIT]

We love your videos.

[@anthonytaylor1439]

Love it! Thank you 🙏

[@mehmettuncer6107]

Çok güzel, doğayı korumak için tüm insanlarında katkıda bulunması lazım

[@emmanueleyison3458]

Your contents are so good. where can i get the flow hive.

[@CC-lv1ox]

I want to cultivate worms.

[@andrysuryadi]

Hello mate, Just wondering about keep away wormville from the ants?

[@misstweetypie1]

Maybe I missed it, but I would love an update of your mushroom setup!

[@TheWeedyGarden]

nothing happening yet

[@misstweetypie1]

@@TheWeedyGarden haha thanks for letting me know! I was worried I missed it, lol. I don’t have much space to do that project outdoors, so I have to live vicariously through others right now! That, and it’s -10C outside right now!

[@ManivaHouse]

💚

[@adamdavis785]

Would it be okay to feed bokashi pre-compost to the worms or just directly out into soil? Love your vids

[@zanderlucero]

Can you speak in more detail on your teas or lead me to the video about it

[@TheWeedyGarden]

try watching the three latest videos 🫵🏻

[@Aeon08897]

What would you recommend for labelling a tree/bush etc that isn’t plastic and will permanently stay there?

[@TheWeedyGarden]

engrave it in wood. make a sign

[@SouthernCaliforniaMalinois]

do you live there?

[@samiusdad9050]

so how do you keep the bad bacteria from the worm juice ? by adding the comfrey juice ?

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Air

[@erinjohnson8140]

So I live in zone 6 which gets really cold in winter. If I had a worm farm at what temp do you think ide need to move it indoors?

[@TheWeedyGarden]

frost. Or you can insulate it with hay bales

[@pietsnot7002]

Tiger worms, sounds dangerous 🤪

[@jasonfoster9717]

Will compost worms in a potato or onion bed eat the potatoes or onions that I’m trying to grow?

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Good question. Worms will not touch anything that is alive so no. Your spuds are safe.

[@sunnyrivers]

🌱💜😁👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@kims941]

Would adding chlorinated water to some of the worm juice or casting mix kill the bacteria (the good stuff) before it gets poured out into the garden?

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Heck yes!

[@kims941]

So don't use chlorinated water? If I have to use it sometimes, does that decimate the soil organisms?

[@TheWeedyGarden]

@@kims941 not if you let it sit in an open drum for a day to gas off the chlorine

[@kims941]

@@TheWeedyGarden thanks! I've been gardening a few years now and this is the first I have given any thought to the water I use.

[@cheaputhyvan4705]

Hi 'what country is your garden in?

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Hey Weedy Watchers. If you see a comment like this that YOU can answer for me, then please do. It saves me time. For you who is asking, you will find out sooner or later if you keep watching 👍😝

[@cheaputhyvan4705]

@@TheWeedyGarden 🤣

[@breahnalawrence6725]

Do you ever "harvest" excess worm population to inoculate raised beds or other places?

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Sure you could do that

[@misstweetypie1]

I would make sure that the species you are looking to move aren’t invasive to your area first :)

[@TheWeedyGarden]

@@misstweetypie1 But is it a problem?

[@misstweetypie1]

@@TheWeedyGarden as long as they aren’t invasive, no, but they might not stay in the beds. As Weedy said in his video, the worms stay where the food is, so unless you are constantly adding raw-ish food to your beds, they will probably leave to find food elsewhere.

[@clintdaniel7511]

Great vid. Extremely impressed with the support structure in the half water tank … 😮😉

[@charlitoskenneditos5745]

Who listens to Sublime?

[@TheWeedyGarden]

🤔

[@bigj5384]

Anyone else spot the cannabis plant 👀

[@heartheath]

We have a license to grow Hemp 🤗 Cheers Heather (Mrs Weedy)

[@bigj5384]

@@heartheath Sweet!

[@TheWeedyGarden]

KZbin prefer the word HEMP bro...then they can`t hear what we are talking about :-)

[@Fatimasroots]

Curious I’m always finding worms when I reset my soil (just fluff up the top couple inches) are they earth worms or compost worms? If they’re only a couple inches down could they still be earth worms? Or could I start my own farm with them ???🫶🏼🌿

[@TheWeedyGarden]

you can tell them by size.

[@charlitoskenneditos5745]

You can order red wigglers readily they reproduce as long as they have a healthy home

[@tonater]

Hey there, a friend watching you thousands miles away, trying organic gardening as well, as much as possible, and i got to tell you about the worms that i have love the organic matter when i make bokashi out of them, just a little hint🪱🪱🪱