worms, Lob's Red's and Dender's

On Tue, 02 Mar 2004 23:37:33 +0000, roberts wrote:

can any one give a name or contact for good cheap worms.
AR
Garden ?

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In article , roberts
wrote:
can any one give a name or contact for good cheap worms.

You should get some rain in the next couple of days. When it does, take a
dim torch out after dark and collect as many as you want. You don't have to
have a garden. Town streets provide plenty as do verges and pathways.

Cheerio,

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best place I have found for them is on well kept school playing field or on the tarmac of old
alleyway. dirty great big snakes. it getting them by yourself then take some very dry sand with
you, with wet fingers dip your hand into the sand just before getting the worm as you get a
better grip without squashing it. take your time with them and they will come out.

Phil.


"Derek.Moody" wrote in message
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In article , roberts
wrote:
can any one give a name or contact for good cheap worms.

You should get some rain in the next couple of days. When it does, take a
dim torch out after dark and collect as many as you want. You don't have to
have a garden. Town streets provide plenty as do verges and pathways.

Cheerio,

--

"roberts" wrote in message
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can any one give a name or contact for good cheap worms.
AR


Anyone looking for a reasonably priced supply of worms can contact


(that is 'eco+underscore+worms).

Any quantity can be supplied - small or large - packed in sphagnum and
posted to your home address.

"Activeviii" wrote in message
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best place I have found for them is on well kept school playing field or
on the tarmac of old
alleyway.

I made my own wormery - by accident. The council were encouraging recycling
and had various compost bins on sale (very cheap). I bought one that is
basically a barrel suspended by a spindle through the middle. It soon got
filled with chopped up twigs and branches (by one of those small log
shredders). Every day you give the barrel one complete spin to mix
everything up and allow air into the mixture so bacteria can get to work.
It's the first time I've ever successfully produced compost (took about 6
weeks to rot down). But the big bonus was the worms that appeared in the
bin, literally hundreds of them. It's a mystery where they came from as
most of the compost was from wood cut from trees and, since the bin is 6
inches above the ground, I can't think how they could have crawled up the
legs of it and in through one of the small ventilation holes. Anyway, I'm
glad that they are there as I'll always have a supply in the warmer months,
though there aren't so many in the colder months.
Anyone else got a wormery story? I'd like ideas about keeping one going all
year round.

Not a story but I have a couple of wormery's I move them into a shed for the
winter and they keep on breeding. I just give them vegetable waste and a
couple of spoonsful of mashed spud each day. I take out a handful from
each every couple of weeks and they keep me going for carp fishing. I
always have one rod with a bunch of hair rigged worms and they out catch
every bait except for a few boilies I have used. I am going to set up a
third wormery this summer as my use of them is going to increase. Mine
started as Denders but I have red and lobs as well so I can only think they
climed up the legs and got in somehow.

Bob


Anyone else got a wormery story? I'd like ideas about keeping one going
all
year round.

Izaak wrote:
: "Activeviii" wrote in message
: ...
:: best place I have found for them is on well kept school playing
:: field or on the tarmac of old alleyway.
:
: I made my own wormery - by accident. The council were encouraging
: recycling and had various compost bins on sale (very cheap). I
: bought one that is basically a barrel suspended by a spindle through
: the middle. It soon got filled with chopped up twigs and branches
: (by one of those small log shredders). Every day you give the barrel
: one complete spin to mix everything up and allow air into the mixture
: so bacteria can get to work. It's the first time I've ever
: successfully produced compost (took about 6 weeks to rot down). But
: the big bonus was the worms that appeared in the bin, literally
: hundreds of them. It's a mystery where they came from as most of the
: compost was from wood cut from trees and, since the bin is 6 inches
: above the ground, I can't think how they could have crawled up the
: legs of it and in through one of the small ventilation holes.
: Anyway, I'm glad that they are there as I'll always have a supply in
: the warmer months, though there aren't so many in the colder months.
: Anyone else got a wormery story? I'd like ideas about keeping one
: going all year round.

I have a compost heap, which is mostly just lawn cuttings...obviously in summer,
they are a foot thick, in winter they disappear completely.
At the side of it there's a shed with a sloping roof which all the water runs
off into the compost - this seems to attract the big thick worms (lobs?)
Aslo when i tip any fresh cuttings into the heap, i turn them in with a fork, so
that they are partially buried, after a week or two they have almost rotted into
the soil and I add a fresh lot and do the same again so by the end of summer
it's just a mass of soil and fully rotted, partially rotted and fresh
grass...the worms are immense and I can easily take out forty or fifty a week
without diminishing the stocks - never any small ones though, but these are easy
to find on the paved area of the garden - we have loads of pots and planters all
over, i just pick them up and there's usually 10 - 12 small worms under each
one, especially after rain.
The compost is permanently drenched as it's between the shed and the fence and
never gets any sun at all.

DO you recommend worms for carp?

--
I smile and go off waving
(Amiably) - for that's my way

Baal

http://www.helden.co.uk
"Phil L" wrote in message
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Izaak wrote:
: "Activeviii" wrote in message
: ...
:: best place I have found for them is on well kept school playing
:: field or on the tarmac of old alleyway.
:
: I made my own wormery - by accident. The council were encouraging
: recycling and had various compost bins on sale (very cheap). I
: bought one that is basically a barrel suspended by a spindle through
: the middle. It soon got filled with chopped up twigs and branches
: (by one of those small log shredders). Every day you give the barrel
: one complete spin to mix everything up and allow air into the mixture
: so bacteria can get to work. It's the first time I've ever
: successfully produced compost (took about 6 weeks to rot down). But
: the big bonus was the worms that appeared in the bin, literally
: hundreds of them. It's a mystery where they came from as most of the
: compost was from wood cut from trees and, since the bin is 6 inches
: above the ground, I can't think how they could have crawled up the
: legs of it and in through one of the small ventilation holes.
: Anyway, I'm glad that they are there as I'll always have a supply in
: the warmer months, though there aren't so many in the colder months.
: Anyone else got a wormery story? I'd like ideas about keeping one
: going all year round.

I have a compost heap, which is mostly just lawn cuttings...obviously in
summer,
they are a foot thick, in winter they disappear completely.
At the side of it there's a shed with a sloping roof which all the water
runs
off into the compost - this seems to attract the big thick worms (lobs?)
Aslo when i tip any fresh cuttings into the heap, i turn them in with a
fork, so
that they are partially buried, after a week or two they have almost
rotted into
the soil and I add a fresh lot and do the same again so by the end of
summer
it's just a mass of soil and fully rotted, partially rotted and fresh
grass...the worms are immense and I can easily take out forty or fifty a
week
without diminishing the stocks - never any small ones though, but these
are easy
to find on the paved area of the garden - we have loads of pots and
planters all
over, i just pick them up and there's usually 10 - 12 small worms under
each
one, especially after rain.
The compost is permanently drenched as it's between the shed and the fence
and
never gets any sun at all.

I always fish one rod with a clump of 2 to 4 worms on a hair rig with a
plastic sweetcorn on to hold them on the rig and to give a neutral bouyancy
presentation, this often outfishes boilies but is prone to be taken by
anything else in the water. I have had Pike, Perch, Bream and Tench as well
as Carp on this rig including my first double figure Tench. What I do is
bait up and put rods out with the bait boilies or particles depending on
where I am and my third rod in the same are has the worm rig. It often gets
the best fish of the day and I think it is because the fish have got wary of
boilies on beds of bait and they somehow see the worms as safe.

Bob


"Baal" wrote in message
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DO you recommend worms for carp?

Thanks Bob. How do you pin them? Through the middle with a baiting needle
(so they wriggle more) or in a couple of places?

--
I smile and go off waving
(Amiably) - for that's my way

Baal

http://www.helden.co.uk
"Bob" wrote in message
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I always fish one rod with a clump of 2 to 4 worms on a hair rig with a
plastic sweetcorn on to hold them on the rig and to give a neutral
bouyancy
presentation, this often outfishes boilies but is prone to be taken by
anything else in the water. I have had Pike, Perch, Bream and Tench as
well
as Carp on this rig including my first double figure Tench. What I do is
bait up and put rods out with the bait boilies or particles depending on
where I am and my third rod in the same are has the worm rig. It often
gets
the best fish of the day and I think it is because the fish have got wary
of
boilies on beds of bait and they somehow see the worms as safe.

Bob


"Baal" wrote in message
...
DO you recommend worms for carp?