Bruce, at one time I raised a bunch of earth worms. There is no way to raise a small bunch of worms. They are so prolific that you would swear that someone is feeding them Viagra and Spanish Fly. My container was an old metal Army wall locker filled with 80/20 mix of composted peat moss and top soil. Then I added what a guy told me was 1,000 worms. Actually, he filled a one gallon milk container with the dirt and worms from his worm bed. Within a couple of months, I had zillions of worms. On humid nights, they crawled out and were everywhere. Place newspaper over the dirt, keep the bed a little bit moist and feed them dried manure of any kind and/or seasoned grass clippings. They also eat the newspaper. Don't use the green manure. Maggots will be everywhere and it can get pretty hot. Share the dirt and worms with your flower bed or lawn and replace the worm bed dirt. It sure beats making a compost pile.
I still believe in the worms. Thanks to Bob Koerber, I raise banana trees. Every time, I transplant a pup, I go get some earth worms and put in the dirt. The soil appears to be very healthy and I'm a believer.
Your wife and her Family Law Attorney are right on this one. Due to their traveling habits, they make lousy house pets. Also, make sure that the container can be closed. I learned that cats are always looking for outhouses. BTW, I read an article that said nobody raises Night Crawlers. They go out at night and pick them.
Interesting end to the worms. I sold the whole bunch for a truly obscene price to a couple of 60's type hippies that were going into the marijuana business. They evidently were successful worm and dope farmers. One of them called a year later to see if I would buy the worms and their progeny back. Said they needed lawyer money.
