making a worm bed

[Dwaynesworld]

Does anyone know of plans to make a worm bed. I was wondering if some could use those small cat litter buckets to make small beds?

[sayre315]

you can use pretty much anything. It's best to have something with a lid on it and some VERY small holes in it for air. Ship should chime in pretty quick, he makes some pretty nice beds out of old coolers.

[Scoot]

I like Ship's idea. I made one with an old 48 quart ice chest. Filled halfway with peatmoss and sheadded newspaper and cow manure all mixed. Works great. The insulation to me is the trick. Holds a pretty constant temperture. This is the way I started. I forgot to mention ventilation, also.

[Tracker123]

I made mine from one those plastic cement mixing troughs found at Lowes, roughly 2' X 3' X 8" deep. Saturated peat moss and manure mixed. I keep it covered with a piece of plywood with holes drilled it.

[stanimals2]

years ago we burried an old washing machine tub with the washing machine top at ground level, only problem was you had to reach in a ways to get to them but it kept them great

[tazman7]

Does anybody have a link to "ships idea?"

[wisheniwasfishen]

i use a large rubbermaid storage tote it works good for me

[olduckhunter]

what about a chest type freezer?

[Scoot]

chest type freezers are great if you are in the business of selling worms. A small igloo icechest with a good cover is ideal for the better then average fisherman. Better two ice chest. One with red wigglers for bream and one with euro for catfish. Don't take to much space and you can keep it just about anywheres.

[olduckhunter]

thanks scoot. i was thinking of someway dividing the small freezer and raising both in it. they'd probably get mixed anyway i did it.