How to get free worms
There are times when buying worms even at the lowest price is not an option but this should not stop you from starting a vermicomposting operation for composting your food scraps.
Did you know you could start a worm farm with less than 10 worms? Obviously it will take you rather long until they breed and increase the population to a level decent enough. But that can make things easier, you can find someone kind enough to spare you just a small handful to help you started. There are some worm farming community out there where you might meet up with someone from your area.
But the subject of this article is more about how you can go and get some wild worms by yourself.
If you live in the country side, chances are that someone near you has horses or cows. Compost worms are also called manure worms and this is because they are often found under or in animal droppings and manure piles in farms. Talk to a farmer and he / she might let you dig around his pile of manure. Start around the base of the pile and if needed make your way into the pile itself, there is no need to go too deep inside the pile unless it is really dry. If the pile is partially in the shade then starting from the shaded area is a good idea.
No farm around you? Then maybe a garden or a wood? What you are going to do is build a worm trap. A worm trap can be as simple as a small pile of decaying matter or animal manure but for ease of operating I suggest you find a medium size container. It can be made of plastic, wood or even cardboard( but cardboard will obviously not be lasting long).
Start with making some holes in the base of the container, if it is a wooden container that has gaps between the boards then that might just be fine but more drilled holes can help.
Now find a shaded area in the garden like the side of a shed, under a tree or
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