anyone keep their own worms?

[DoubleG]

Back in the day I built one in the ground in a shady part of my yard. I built a box with a screen bottom and a hinged top. Dug a hole that the box would fit in and filled it up with dirt. I kept wet newspaper on top and fed them coffee grinds.

[Eskimo]

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I live in an condo with a fascist condo owners' association, so I can't keep a real worm farm. But at my parents' house, I have a compost pile of leaves and grass clippings. If it's not too dry out, I can always collect earthworms from that pile.

I used to have the compost piled up so high that the compost would generate enough heat to produce worms through the winter, even if there was snow on top. The neighbors complained about the unsightly mountain of grass and leaves and I had to flatten it out.

Technology never produced anything more effective than the lowly earthworm as a panfish bait.




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[420*NightCrawler]

Whenever I'm planning on fishing with worms, I'll just water the lawn for a hour or two before dusk. When it gets dark, I'll head out with a flashlight and start catching.