I had one for quite a few years. I used an old 6 ft tall military metal clothes cabinet with a door. I bought 5 pounds from a worm farmer to start and wound up with untold thousands of all sizes.They are extremely prolific. When it rained I had worms everywhere on the concrete patio that got tossed onto the lawn and flower beds. Sold quite a few to other aspiring worm farmers, gardeners, etc. Neighborhood kids helped themselves to them for fishing.

Plain earthworms do better than the larger night crawlers. They aren’t as susceptible to hot weather. Need to keep the soil moist but not muddy. Keep the container, if metal, in the shade.

Finally sold the whole works to a couple of long bearded hippies from Dallas. Found out that they created about a dozen big containers and used the enriched soil to grow and sell marijuana. They got caught and did some jail time.

An old saying is “Let worms be your gardener”is right.

It's not about the fish. It's about the pond. Take care of the pond and the fish will be fine. PB subscriber since before it was in color.

Without a sense of urgency, Nothing ever gets done.

Boy, if I say "sic em", you'd better look for something to bite. Sam Shelley Rancher and Farmer Muleshoe Texas 1892-1985 RIP Grandpa