Do you have worms? / myLot

Rockingham, Australia

September 28, 2026 5:19am CST

We stayed with friends on the weekend and I saw something in the garden that I immediately wanted. There were two plastic tubes sunk in the garden with lids and they were ‘worm farms’ of a sort. Household waste is put into the tubes and over time, earthworms do their work and convert the waste into productive soil. Today, we went to the hardware and I bought something similar but mine is made of clay. It’s only about a foot long and has holes in it so the worms can come and go. If they can’t keep up with our vegetable peelings, etc, I’ll buy another one. As there is just the two of us, we don’t really have a lot of vegetable waste to get rid of. The packaging said to add 250 worms so I'll be asking my friend to give/sell me some. I might ask for exactly 250 just to see what he says.

The photo is mine.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (509596)

• Italy

10h

I had a composter in the garden. We threw kitchen waste in the bin, closed the lid and earthworms formed producing good soil to use as fertilizer. Good idea to grow them, they are very good to keep the soil soft.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (509596)

• Italy

@JudyEv I am sure this one is enough for you. My composter was big, but I also threw there some vegetable plants I pulled out before winter.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (389160)

• Rockingham, Australia

There were a lot of different configurations in the store but this one is very simple and should be big enough for what we want.

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Michael

@Wrexxo (8433)

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10h

Ha, asking for exactly 250 worms is a great idea, I'd love to see his face. The clay one sounds nicer than the plastic tubes too. Bet your garden will thank you in a few months.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (389160)

• Rockingham, Australia

The only thing visible in the garden is the round disc so it's very unobtrusive.

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Amber

@AmbiePam (128324)

• United States

11h

You find some good ideas from the people around you. I bet you pass along a lot of good ones of your own to them.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (389160)

• Rockingham, Australia

Thinking about what you say, that's very true. We all share our ideas and give feedback on what works and what doesn't.

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RasmaSandra

@RasmaSandra (101386)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

Just now

Never had worms but good luck to you with them,

Fiacre Banks

@xFiacre (15443)

• Ireland

11h

@judyev that’s how I make my compost. I buy tiger worms online and add them and they seem to multiply.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (389160)

• Rockingham, Australia

They sell worms at the hardware but I'm hoping to get some for free.

The Fly One

@aureliah (24935)

• Kenya

11h

Wow! this is interesting

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (389160)

• Rockingham, Australia

I hope it works. The soil here needs building up.

Heather Echola

@GardenGerty (170731)

• United States

How cool. I think the clay one is probably better as it is porous and more natural. Let us know more about your worms.

Pitstop

@pitstop (15608)

• India

Interesting! Do post a picture of it with the worms!! I'll count them to confirm.

ShannyBananny

@shaggin (75270)

• United States

We have a lot of scraps here but we toss them over the bank to decompose.

snowy

@snowy22315 (213518)

• United States

Interesting

rebelann1949

@rebelann (118853)

• El Paso, Texas

I wish we had worms here but the soil I have is that kind of clay one finds at the bottom of river beds or lakes and it gets rock hard when it's dry which is more often than not and slippery as ice when wet.

MARILYN

@Marilynda1225 (92384)

• United States

That sounds like both a fun project as well as productive. Hope you get your worms and am definitely looking forward to hearing about your worm farm experiences.

Fleur

@Fleura (36229)

• United Kingdom

I did try a worm composter once some years ago but it was different to that, it seemed like more faff, and nowadays we have eight regular compost bins in the garden so I don't feel the need for one.

Jimbo45

@Ineeddentures (46577)

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Where does your friend get the worms from?

Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (141164)

• Marion, Ohio

That is a good idea