You will never see a worm bin like this anywhere!

[@andrewfields8556]

Ok my friends, the update video is up. Please watch to see the improvements I made to this bin, I´m learning so much! Here is the link kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKWuqZaNa9ZgnMk

[@friedpickles342]

This is exactly what I've always wanted to do. Can i come hang out for a while?

[@andrewfields8556]

@@friedpickles342 I live in Ecuador lol

[@friedpickles342]

@@andrewfields8556 that's great.. Btw.. I'm from central cali.. The armpit

[@andrewfields8556]

@@friedpickles342 A fellow Cali-head... Nice to meet you!

[@zacherynagy8445]

Do you harvest the castings? Or did I completely miss the end goal 😆

[@kimberlygardner8392]

Man thanks, you just saved me a lot of money, I have these Bins that I was going to use for worm bins but everybody kept saying you can't put anything on the bottom of that because there is like the whole bottom of it is vented. Like a fresh produce tote. Well when I started watching your video and you said plastic mesh that is exactly what I need to put on the bottom on the inside of my tote.Thank you

[@andrewfields8556]

Praise God bro, glad my video helped you. Blessings to you.

[@kimberlygardner8392]

@@andrewfields8556 ty

[@jimfitzgibbon5492]

Andrew I find NOTHING arrogant about you. You are just trying to get your point across & that is a very good thing. I find your video very informing & I thank you my friend.

[@andrewfields8556]

Thanks for watching Jim 😊

[@willhoward9190]

Good video ! A lot of good information. keep up the good work!

[@abderazakbensmail7164]

U made something like a bioenvironement and this is very similar to the natural environement where worms has being living from long time. Good work, greeting from Algeria.

[@TL-gq9nk]

Awesome Andrew, straight shootin student of life. Setting a mean pace for others to follow. They will benefit from more than happy worms. Big love and Gratitude.

[@andrewfields8556]

Thanks for the encouragement, God bless you...

[@genuinejustice7004]

Ignore the people saying arrogant. You know what you're talking about and I appreciate the clear information.

[@burropoco]

When I started out vermicomposting just over 6 years ago I initially made the mistake of 'scaling up' (bigger worm bins) rather than 'scaling out' (fewer small worm bins). I've found more success with scaling out. The handling, feeding and harvesting is infinitely easier.

[@jayweiss602]

Just saw your video, nice bin. Maybe for underneath to catch worm juice you could use the corrugated tin roofing like what is on your roof?!

[@duett445]

Like your enthusiasm. I have a worm composting set up too. I use all kitchen scraps and it works well tons of worms they multiplying like crazy

[@tomrobison4274]

You are the worm KING! Awesome worm bin. My last worm earthworm farm was for fishing in Michigan but ants always get to them outside so have to move them indoors. My Brothers and I all grew up selling night crawlers in Washington State the business was passed from Brother to Brother all three of us. The worms were caught at night by flashlight after heavy well watering the garden and lawn. I'd catch by hand big fat crawlers and store them in peat covered with thick forest moss in a concrete basement window sill. We fed them mostly coffee grounds and on certain weekends the worms were placed in marked containers 1,2 or 3 dozen and kept in an old refrigerator. The reason that our yard produced so well was because my Father used local cow manure in the yard.

[@teejay622]

Nice worm bin. You come across as arrogant when you say "if you want to do it right" - as if to say that only your method is right. I agree with using leaves as your browns but to say that using food scraps or other greens will kill them is just wrong. Especially in a bin that large, if it were to "heat up" the worms would simply move away from the hot zone where the greens are. Your setup is bigger than most home worm bins but it is nothing compared to professional worm operations. And guess what? They use food scraps. They also use minerals and several other items to feed their worms. So many extremely successful worm bins out there using food scraps. Again - it's just arrogant to suggest that your way is the only way and all other methods are flawed. Otherwise, great setup and video. Also, I agree about not wasting the liquid gold. I think the slanted plastic will work.

[@lionolee5480]

Im glad you point it out.. 100% agree with you. Yes there are many way of doing things we all try to find which way work best with our surrounding environment.

[@andrewfields8556]

Hey Tee Jay, thanks for your comment. I address your comment in the updated video. Thanks for watching bro!

[@bobbrawley2612]

I dont see arrogance iin his presentation. . He is operating in the tropics. What type of pest he is referring to I couldn't imagine living outside of Washington DC. Like ants , sloughs. Whatever they are. Scorpions maybe. Who knows. . In my area keeping the outside worm bins from getting too cold is a concern. Andrew us presenting his demonstration that works for him in his location. That is common in KZbin videos . And arrogance isn't a correct assumption . Andrew doesnt bad mouth every other method. Who has a continuous stream of kitchen waste to feed such large bins. . I sure dont.

[@koltoncrane3099]

He may rub off as arrogant, but perhaps in Ecuador his way is better. Sure food scraps are given to worms, but many people will attest that you can over feed and kill worms. The large operations like in Cali or at a prison have a large budget and can afford good setups. This video seemed more geared to the middle. Also some large operations use Purina worm chow. Haha literally no food scrapes. Seems like he did alright for living in a third world country where there probably shouldn’t be food scraps. If you think about it using free leaves in a poor country makes the most logical sense. I’ve lived in the Philippines and have seen if there’s any food scraps they go to dogs or pigs. You can eat dogs and pigs.

[@roxanemozden9627]

Kitchen scraps ROCK for vermicomposting!! I am doing mine on a smaller scale than yours (17 gal bins), but every time I feed my (frozen then ground in a food processor) "greens", the worms eat them up quickly. I only feed once a week or so, as I want them to eat the browns too, but my ANCs absolutely love processed greens, bananas, melons. Coffee grounds, they won't touch as much.

[@lindy10411]

He's too busy explaining why his is better, greatest best !!

[@sherryalbert1241]

Hi Andrew. If you use plastic underneath to catch the worm juice it will sag over that length of a run. Instead try using corrugated aluminum roofing and if you want you can put plastic over the top or bend the metal a little to go into the bucket. Good luck and great job with the worms.

[@terachase1001]

For the worm juice put the slant with rubber but add a second layer of wood and put in a shut off valve so you can drain into the bucket when you want to and not continuous drain. Just my suggestion.

[@stevebrownell158]

Nice job brother Andrew, thanks for sharing!

[@andrewfields8556]

How did you find me?

[@stevebrownell158]

@@andrewfields8556 Your video came up in the recommended line up! I was looking at composting and soil videos. Thank you brother for sharing

[@andrewfields8556]

@@stevebrownell158 Thanks for watching brother! It means a lot that you checked out my vid, blessings to you and your beautiful fam!

[@jonnaosborne1832]

Thanks for your information. I am just starting to learn how to compost, but I live in a very hot, dry area of West Texas. You obviously live in a wet, tropical area. I'm not going to have a bin as large as yours. But I appreciate all the information. I'm watching tons of videos and getting good ideas from most of them.

[@laurenkenly8477]

Thanks a bunch from Santa Barbara! Lived in Ecuador a few years ago. Loved it and the people. Peace

[@planecrazyish]

Great info! I will be making a worm bin in the Far North of New Zealand and this info really helps! everything you said about the design, makes great sense. Cheers.

[@gerry2294]

I like the wire mash idea because you're thinking about the aeration. On second thoughts, I worry about temperature control particularly in the cold winter here in England, so instead I think that using sold material for the sides will work better. To address aeration, one could air pipes blowing air into the worm bin. Also, modify your design to implement the Continuous Flow Through (CFT) method for easy harvesting of your worm castings with little disruption to the worm colony.

[@Dee.C]

I add greens to my vermicompost bin all the time. I have not killed any worms yet. You just have to be careful not to let it heat up too much. I keep a check on it with a compost thermometer and if it is too warm I bury frozen water bottles in the bin . It works.

[@darleneblackett2266]

Worm juice is worth GOLD! It's a wonderful fertilizer - I would angle the bin so the fluid can drain out to a plastic receptacle below. Collect the fluid and use it on your gardens or sell it to people to use as an organic fertilizer. Great project!!!

[@LowiesYT]

one tip I would have recommended you do would be to put a layer of wardware cloth at the very bottom of the bin to prevent moles/voles/other burrowing animals getting into that bin. they eat their weight in worms a day and will tear right through screen.

[@TheFrogfeeder]

Lmao, he keeps trying to convince us he’s got thousands of worms in there...so many worms, tons of worms, multiplying worms...He only showed us like 7 or 8 worms in that giant bin of decomposing leaves...worm farmers are hilarious...

[@kingdav5794]

Worms don't like sunlight There's not need to show you all thé worms in a bin

[@maccasda]

Hi from Australia research research and more research hahaha a bit like the Bible eh ? i like your setup and was thinking about the lost worm wee you could get a couple of sheets of colour bond roofing iron have it slightly angled and some guttering that angles over the top of a container to capture every drop , they also make corrugated pvc plastic tinted roofing as well seems a simple and cheap way to add under your setup God bless i took a couple of your ideas and wrote them down for later on Take care stay healthy and Jesus is coming very VERY very soon ... Kind Regards Gordon

[@andrewfields8556]

Amen brother, have you seen any of my other content? On my testimonies? I appreciate you brother, God bless you. Where are you from?

[@jackcote6447]

I suggest that you tack plastic underneath to the legs and slope to a holding container (bucket) to catch the juice. watching your video it looks like you have bin A & B (six legs on the ground) drain both to the middle.

[@LGZEE]

Good job man! Perfect.

[@joinmeinthedirt5186]

Near Sac myself, thank you for sharing. Awesome set up.

[@JJamiah]

You can definitely feed food scraps!

[@SJ-gj7mx]

Best video ever

[@josephreise8502]

Put baby pools under it and use a small aquarium pump to pump it in buckets I found them on sale in the winter for 2 dollars a piece 3 1/2 foot circumference or so 14 inches deep or so or put a fitting on the pool with a open close valve on it

[@LUPE.G3]

I enjoy your video and your set up. Where are you at? I have a video on my channel of my first harvest. I got 50lbs of castings from 5000 worms. I didn't use food for my first harvest. I was using dry amendments. It looks like you are near the ocean maybe? If so maybe you can try to make up some crab meal or kelp meal. I am now using vegetables from my garden and having a lot more mass. But I did get my bins to hot with my first time feeding them food. I now only put smaller amounts of food at one end of my bin. To keep it from getting to hot and also from getting the whole bin hot

[@GreenShortzDIY]

Nice work, Andrew. I like your idea to use the sloped plastic underneath to capture leachate.

[@andrewfields8556]

Thanks for not only being my first subscriber but also my first comment. Let´s stay in touch I do a lot of research on these things. Agriculture is my passion!

[@peterboschman8543]

Solid bottom, heavy plastic on bottom and 6 inch up sides, 1 inch rocks covering bottom, heavy mesh over rocks and same height as plastic on sides. seal edges with lathe. Slope 12 to 1 end to end with hole at lower end, excellent drainage.

[@vegomatic100]

Looks like the first worm bin ever built

[@hivekahuna1011]

i think your making more of leaf mulch than castings...

[@JC-mx1mk]

To catch the leaching juice, make a long tray out of the same wood (inside facing down). Stretch a sheet of plastic on the top- side, make sure one end of the tray is higher than the other so it can flow to the lower end. Don't tell people to not use their food scrapes, because even in a small tote if the scrapes begin to heat up the worms will just move to the other side till it cools down. Mice and flies can be held at bay by covering the ventilation holes with window screen material. Its going to take a long time for your worms to break down those leaves, consider mulching them to create more surface area for the worms and microbes! Shalom!

[@uberNerdStatus]

What about using that corrugated roof material as a catch ‘trough’. Maybe use a short rain gutter at one end to a bucket? If the drip rate is slow, break down the system into mini ‘roofs’. A 4-6” diameter pipe could be cut in half as maybe a cheap gutter?

[@andrewgarza1721]

I like this big scale of your project, maybe you can use some of that roofing material at a slope, hope your system does well!!!

[@jimfitzgibbon5492]

Andrew I see nothing arrogant about anything you said. I do not use food scraps ether I use cow manure. I get it free from a rancher close by. I love your idea of the mesh screen. Thanks my friend & enjoy your videos.

[@johnvaughn3489]

mix greens and browns in a compost bin and allow to cook before you put in worm bins.

[@kamarulzamanbachik9153]

Yup. We normally precompost. Hv a C/N ratio of 25-30:1. It wl breakdown much faster Pure 'brown' waste is highly cellulosic. Slow to breakdown. It need Trichoderma fungi to 'eat' it up

[@lesliegrayson1722]

Thats a nice amateur worm bin for your first try.. I will be putting in 100metre loops covered with rubber where the worms are eating and much of what is left over is for the worms to breed in. I will post one day. People use worms to change the entire field Square by square over a few weeks you can do an Acre with enough worms and compost.

[@henrybuchanan9657]

Hey brother Gray work man. Given you a shot out from Humboldt County. Fresh water worm farm.. In Northern California.

[@junevvaldez5959]

what did you put at the bottom floor?

[@jthepickle7]

1/2" screen cloth on the entire bottom is a good idea. I failed to put it in and moles moved in and ate all of my worms!

[@shobanasudhakar8340]

Very informative. You could place pans below to collect the worm juice

[@stacier1069]

Maybe you could add some kind of plastic gutter system underneath the bin and collect the juice the next day after watering.

[@majo8576]

Great job. It is thriving!

[@aquapros916]

Mixxing greens and browns is fine as long as you thermogenically compost it before adding to your worm bin

[@andrewfields8556]

Yes, i know that but I don't really have time for that. If I mix greens and browns this thing will start steaming, can't do it....

[@animal3339]

What type of wood are you using? I'm sure redwood or cedar can also be used . Also what type of plastic mesh are you using ? Thank you

[@kamarulzamanbachik9153]

What did you say you make your bin structure with? Isn't it Bamboo?

[@andrewfields8556]

It's not bamboo, it's a close relative of bamboo called "Canye". I would imagine bamboo would work just fine, just like wood would...

[@NMranchhand]

Thanks for taking the time to share your research. It’s good of you and I found it very enlightening.

[@partsroz1962]

Put roof sheets under to catch the juice and i noticed you have a slope you could use to pipe the captured juice to a waiting bucket.🙂

[@JoseJimenez-dd6xb]

I think that kind of environment is also a favorite place for termites to invade without a fight; don't you have any problem with them? In some tropical places, free range chickens can usually work the trick of constantly pecking the undersides of such structures looking for just any crawling pests and termites are one of their favorites.

[@andilinley1264]

Termites don't eat leaves. Sorry

[@myminifarm5700]

Sorry to say you need to feed the worms greens if you are looking to use the casting for the garden. What nutrient you feeding your worm you get out of them. New subscriber. Pleased to have your support

[@andilinley1264]

100% wrong. Leaves and leaf mold is more nutritious and has more than any greens on the planet. Do your research my mini farm. Leaves take up nutrients and minerals from far into the soil where no greens or veggies can reach and bring those nutrients up through the trunk and into the leaves. There is nothing even comparable to leaves as far as nutrition. This guy is spot on. He's done his research now you just need to do yours!

[@rickramirez9209]

Good work. Right now we are having a heat wave in the SF bay area so my worms are getting a little special attention. Find a way to collect the worm juice as it is excellent for the plants. Chuck full of microbes. Once again Good Work

[@yes350yes]

Worm juice is a matter of opinion of its use, in my opinion makes it too wet. Many people simply dont have the space to do the way you did it.

[@yes350yes]

Besides that worms only dye if you put too much greens compared to the browns which many people do. Ive been worm farming for at least 10 yrs and have been thru the who thing.

[@slickruler2336]

Line the bottom with corrugated roofing, with a short piece of rain gutter at the end with a spout at the end of the gutter.

[@vinodpunj3102]

Please indicate location address for easy access. It is a very good model enabling one to work while standing.

[@emzirek]

The roofing panels above the worm box would make a great way to collect worm juice as you can buy it in plastic as well as metal

[@stevenmarron834]

Corrugated Tin curved to catch and run off the worm juice into your bucket.

[@rocko777p.8]

Great video!

[@newageleaf7557]

Excllent

[@kazuza9]

Great job and design.

[@theshadow4292]

You may think that your worm bin is a great design for raising worms, but I question its design as I have written below. Further, I challenge your statement that you did a whole lot of research on [how to in raising worms] before you made your worm bin. If you had, you would/should have known that worms need various types of sugars, nutrients, vitamins, and minerals in their diet, which can only be gotten by eating a variety of food scraps, paper, cardboard and ground starches such as oatmeal, cornmeal, and even coffee grounds. Another thing you should have known is that worms like chickens need a course sand or another type of grit material (egg shells etc.) in their diet in order to help them process and digest their food intake. You would also know that the worm bin had to be constructed with a discharge water faucet at or near the bottom in order to drain the worm tea into containers for use or sale. Further, the large dried leaves that you are using for food do not appear to be conducive to holding moister, which a worm bed should be close to a 70% dampness/moister level in the bedding/food mixture throughout the entire worm bed. Still further, your worm bed has no efficient way of exchanging the worm processed compost (Black Gold) which is at the bottom of your worm bin for new food and bedding. With your design, it appears that all the top material must first be separated and removed from the bin, then the unprocessed material along with the worms and eggs must be removed and set aside for later return to the bin, then the processed compost must be removed for use or sale, then the unprocessed material would need to be placed back into the bin along with the worms and cocoons/eggs before you are able to add new food to complete the change-over. That will be exceptionally labor-intensive and will involve repeated steps, plus you will need enough containers to move everything into each time you change the bedding/food to remove the compost.

[@blackicecream1569]

Cali love big baby we love you too!! Good video. P.s. We just went through the longest winter ever.

[@andrewfields8556]

That's right! Cali love, thanks for the shout out my brother from another mother. Which city you hollering from my fellow cali-head?

[@blackicecream1569]

@@andrewfields8556 Im I Fresno now by way of sac. Just moved back from North Highlands

[@andrewfields8556]

@@blackicecream1569 word, I grew up in NH.

[@blackicecream1569]

@@andrewfields8556 Hey so where are you now and how long you been there?

[@alicomando1195]

I am Watching from North Iraq :)

[@Sn1peralex]

Yeah, a bit arrogant. Nothing very revolutionary going on here. I was waiting to see how you handled drainage and was very disappointed.

[@davidgates1887]

Look I love your box will make one for myself with a new kick in mind. For one thing put you plastic mesh in with wood bars cress crossed 6 inches over bottom then the bottom have metal bars for drainage then under your box build a large tray lined with 8 mile plastic where you put a spout or threaded pip on the end and a hose the tray you put a brick or rock at one end then dig a hole put a bucket in it that can be removed and ether ketchup your worm pee there or run through a hose to where your bucket is

[@danthomas6587]

Good vid Andrew. Subbed.

[@MrKristoffle]

May I ask what leaves should I use, or any leaves? Also, will leaves heat up my bin?

[@andrewfields8556]

Don't use super thick leaves, use very thin spindly leaves. I made the mistake of using big leaves one time and it took forever to break down.

[@MrKristoffle]

OK Andrew, my yard plant many mulberry trees. Do you think if I can use mulberry leaves to feed mh worm's? Please advise.

[@andrewfields8556]

@@MrKristoffle Yes, it will do fine but try to chop them up a little bit. Try mixing your leaves with a little bit of kitchen scraps. I have to do an update video to this, I know I said not to use food, but it is necessary for proper nourishment.

[@MrKristoffle]

OK! Trillions thanks for your swift reply Andrew!!!

[@jeromegarcia5396]

Worms don't breed, they all lay eggs bro... And how do you claim success only a month in a half in? Just asking because I hear nothing about winter...

[@walsmartonline1080]

I just saw some one using a pond liner for a durable floor bottom.

[@keithhuett4916]

I would hardly call you a worm farmer. What you have is worm fever. No commercial worm farmer has a set up like this also they are many commercial worm farmers using bins in conjunction with vertical shelves that harvest millions of worms a year.

[@TonyPotenza1]

Shred those leaves,wet those leaves.

[@cheffsolo7739]

Keep the video coming bro , and where are you at ? Do you miss the wave on surfing I think you have surf before let me know if I m wrong dude

[@andrewfields8556]

I may be from cali but I don't surf. I tried it once but didn't do it very well. I live in Ecuador, thanks for watching.

[@jasonrice5295]

So there is a CFT design by soilworks ( kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJXCaoGbityAfqc ) I don't know if you might want to incorporate this into your design.

[@keithhuett4916]

very inefficient on a commercial level. to harvest the worms and casting you will have to do a lot of work getting all that material into to a worm trammel.

[@carvinlambert6899]

feed that big ol pile veggies, and you'll have a million in a year

[@andrewfields8556]

Yeah, I'm about to do an update vid on this setup. I am keeping the same setup but I am going to try different material.

[@daleval2182]

@@andrewfields8556 cause you got very small and few worms. You brown thing is not feeding

[@howard977]

I live in Niagara Falls N.Y and I only use 100% of leaves also . I air dry the leaves and when they dry , I crunch the leaves up to tiny pieces . I've never had problem with bugs . All my worm bins are in our spare bedroom. I cut a blue barrel with a closed top with two bungs in half so each halve has a bung so you can connect both sides with piping if you chose to do hydroponics. I put in crunches air dried leaves , European Nightcrawlers and water . I try to replicate the forest floor with just using leaves and worms . Using 100% leaves is the only way to go . You will never have any bugs or nasty smells .

[@susanesposito5815]

I dont think you understand that some of this composting thing is helping land fills by using up your food scrapes. So you get a few pests. The ones you get are also making compost. I have never had my worms eat leaves as fast as you say. In fact that seems to take quite awhile so I have even stopped putting them in as much I have 10000 worms and been doing this for a long long time and I learn new stuff all the time. I did learn some things from you but also you do need to understand there is another side to this and that is to help the world get rid of garbage.

[@andrewfields8556]

Well, thanks for your comment. Please watch part 2 to see what I say... Look in the description...

[@chewee2k]

Where are you located, if you don't mind my asking?

[@andrewfields8556]

Hey thanks for the comment, I live in Ecuador.

[@enzorocha2977]

2019 and creators still loving the shaky cam. Didn't stay long.

[@justgivemethetruth]

You make me nervous. Why are you always waving your hands and moving around ... can you just be calm?

[@andrewfields8556]

Lol yeah sorry about that. I think I make myself nervous too.

[@justgivemethetruth]

@@andrewfields8556 hahaha

[@kdbryant77]

Its not necessary to degrade other people in order to agrandize what you are doing. This whole premise that your way is superior and anyone who doesn't do it your way is stupid is a flawed premise from the beginning. Everyone comes to worm farming for different reasons, different intentions, different motivations and different means, they choose the worm operation that is right for them them, that's why their methods are all better than yours, for them. Next time, just share what you are doing, without the condescension.

[@bryanbrunk1186]

I don't think I've agreed with anything I've heard so far.

[@andrewfields8556]

Ok no problem. Thanks for watching..

[@anilbhati5706]

And by the way your worms aren't multiplying, but mines are, like a crazy. I've bottom 4 inch soil then old stuff of brown and then greens in a corner, and cow dung. Yeah they like old stuff, not too much of everything. And you have too much leaves, NO SOIL AND NO KITCHEN WASTE.

[@whatintarnation4983]

Ok there skippy...you are anything but the worm whisperer. Nothing your doing is revolutionary, and insulting those just starting off does nothing to help you come off as an authority. Good luck junior.

[@kelva3397]

Caliiii

[@andrewdemink3147]

Seen so much better and WAY more worms. Get real😅

[@ducrebatiste7967]

Nope!!!

[@1caramarie]

Obviously that is a tropical area. What works in the tropics does not necessarily work in cold regions. Stating this is the only way that works is foolish. A little more modesty would work much better. Thumbs down.

[@andrewfields8556]

Hello, thanks for the comment. Look at the second video I put out concerning this bin. I address some things. Thanks

[@1caramarie]

@@andrewfields8556 I did, right after watching this one.

[@JohnSmith-sm6rb]

Hang rabbit cages over the top of the worms it's great feed for the worms and rabbits can be butchered at eight weeks old.

[@michellemoline9113]

John Smith - do you have any resource to look to in order to learn about the rabbit/worm combo? Sounds like an amazing concept! I want to learn more about it!

[@eduardoibanez9960]

@@michellemoline9113 I have a worm farm and i combine the rabbit manure with earthworms and they love it! They grow so big

[@JohnSmith-sm6rb]

@@michellemoline9113 Just my own experience when I was raising rabbits. I had rabbit cages hanging up over the worm beds. The only food the worms got was from the rabbits. It works great.

[@donh3060]

Hmmmm....worms don't breed. They don't seek out other worms. They don't need another worm. They don't breed with other worms

[@patriciarussell8450]

Andrew great video, I'm in CH CA and have been farming for almost 7 years. I do feed both farms food scraps and have large beds. Found out aside from feeding them hardwood sawdust that they also eat the beds that are wood. If you come this way to visit stop in. Like your design and think you have it put together well. Just a FYI red wigglers are not from CA they originated in Asia we have no native earthworms. But, I have reds and love them too. Fast breeders and the cannabis growers tell me that my casts really grow great medicine.(justwormz.com) Its the worms black gold. Thanks!