HOW TO RAISE EARTHWORMS (FOR FUN AND PROFIT)
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Nor should you overlook the possibility of distributing
your worms through dealers, tackle shops, filling stations,
nurseries, boat docks ... and nowadays, believe it or not,
even through vending machines. And don't forget your other
potential customers: laboratories, aquariums, game breeders
and, of course, gardeners.
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A NEARLY IDEAL BUSINESS
As you can see, earthworms are useful, profitable and not
too demanding of one's time. Since red wigglers don't bark,
bite, scratch, smell, chirp or need to be watered twice a
day and bedded down at night, they are indeed the nearly
perfect commercial livestock to keep in your backyard. You
can pack up your fishing gear, go away for a weekend and
the lively worms will be there—breeding, producing
egg capsules, hatching their young and growing big and
fat—when you return.
As Doris Hubbell says, "This business is here to stay ...
and it's a good way to earn your living."
Some advice for Me gardener who wants to
improve his soil.
Check to see if there are earthworms present. If
not, have your soil analyzed—most nurseries will do
this for nothing—and correct any major problems.
Then introduce worms to the vegetable patch.
Earthworms bought to improve a garden or compost
pile should be purchased in the fall. At that season many
of the wigglers are young and—with the advent of
wet, cool weather—will become extremely active and
feed on the organic debris in and on top of the ground.
This high level of activity continues through autumn and
the two seasons that follow. By late spring most of the
worms should be mature and—with the coming of
summer—will become less and less lively and exert a
smaller effect on the soil. If you can keep your earth
moist and cool, however, your helpers will remain quite
vigorous.
THE SHIELDS EARTHWORM LIBRARY
The late Earl B. Shields, for many years a
keen promoter of the worm farm as a home business, also
became a major supplier of "how-to" literature on raising
wigglers for profit. Shields Publications is still your
best bet if you want to do some homework on the subject
... and that same company makes its books available for
resale as a moneymaking sideline for commercial
growers.
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