Dianna,
Most of the small growers use Lydia's method of using light. You end up with
a ball of worms at the bottom of the pile of castings. It is important to
remember that the castings still have a lot of egg cases and you want to
water and feed the castings for at least another month to get the hatchlings.
Plans for a can top screener can be found here-
<A HREF="http://www.mastercomposter.com/equip/sifters.html";>Compost Equipment:
Sifters</A> (check out Franks)
plans for a home made wheel barrow jet worm screener are here, perhaps on the
second or third 'next page'-
<A HREF="http://community-2.webtv.net/Yardworms/VermiGardens/";>Vermi
Gardens</A>
If you have a COW or the like, there is excellent information and a forum
here-
<A HREF="http://www.happydranch.com/";>Happy D Ranch</A>
a great information site and a very active forum on vermiculture is here-
<A HREF="http://www.wormdigest.org/";>Worm Digest</A>
Kelly Slocum, a vermiculture researchist, has written a basic vermiculture
primer that I have on my hard drive. She has graciously allowed me to use it
in lectures and share. It is, however, 21 pages long and PDF. I will gladly
e-mail it to you or anyone else on this list if you write me off list.
All the Best,
John Herndon
Village Green Community Garden
Norman, Oklahoma
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