Worm Workers — Local services in University Heights

I purchased couple pounds of worms in 2020 and they are still working on my food scraps under my kitchen table, (: and no it doesn't stink, worms take care of it:) No need for fancy worm bin setup either, I just added some cardboard and vegetable food scraps (NO meat) and made sure they have enough water (NON chlorinated rain water). As you can see that's a bunch of happy worms in there! Great quality red viggler worms at a great price! Oh, and I split them in two bins so now I have enough to put them in my raised beds garden (I use perforated pipes system) and feed them food scraps where they will turn it into worm castings. I bought some worm castings here as well to get my indoor seedlings a head start. Also wonderful quality at a great price. They make wormcasting tea as well...

Tim is *Composter DeLuxej and he leads by example: other neighbors and I drop off compostable items to his house, where he has designated spots for plant-based items; we are encouraged to bring brown paper bags for the worms too; he has a pollinator garden, vegetable and flower garden; he has chickens; his relatively modest-sized yard is where he digs and leaves our compost to reach a certain temperature, where it turns to soil in optimal time; and his worm community lives in his garage where they grow fat and pink and are used to further compost discarded veg and lawn waste. I love going and seeing the eco-system he shares with his neighbors! He and his family are...

I love gardening but this is my first experience composting with worms. I went to an information session that Tim led at the Shaker Lakes Nature Center and he was more than thorough about how to get started--he even showed my 9 year old some nematodes in the microscope. Anyway, now I'm one week in with worms in my basement and so far so good. No stinky smell, no flies... everything is easy peasy. Plus, Tim has already answered all my questions as they've come up. I can't wait until spring to see all the positive effects in the...