I built a worm tower a couple of months ago to see if they really worked {May 27}. Today {July 11} I dumped it onto a large piece of cardboard to see the results. Oh my goodness! I've never seen so many worms in their worm castings. I'm sold! I'm building more towers, and I thank you for sharing your knowledge. And my garden thanks you.

For an added kick for the worms and your garden add rabbit manure, if you can find it. The worms love it like you won't believe. Also rabbit manure is one of the best manures, if not the best. I used the rabbit manure in a compost pile and the manure basket/bucket had the largest earthworms I'd ever seen. Rabbit manure doesn't have to be aged. If I had added coffee grounds, eggshells and other extra goodies to the manure, it may have been out of sight, Jack !!

HI KIM!!!! Yes, I too am Disabled; A Disabled War Veteran, Retired U.S.Marine., Silver Star Recipient. After I retired from the Corps, i was recruited by Home Depot to be one of their Store Managers, and that is one of the many reasons why i wanted to chat with you. That price that you quoted on the PVC, is extremely high. PVC & ABS Pipe is quite cheap, anyways your bucket idea is far better, obviously because you can hold a lot more compost material than you can with pipe, unless you are using 4 or 6 foot lengths, but than your neighbors are going to think that you have a bomb shelter buried under your yard, and the PVC that is sticking out of the ground is one of your ventilation shafts. Anyways, your tower idea is quite unique, makes a lot of sense, and just after watching your interesting and informative video, I just know that it will work real fine!! I will be installing two of these to begin with in my garden just as soon as i am up to it. Aside form my Disabilities, since March of last year, I have been fighting a different kind of war. I have been battling with Cancer. Adenocarcinoma of the stomach, stage IIIB. So i have subscribed to your site and i hope that we can stay in touch. Take care and GOD Bless!!!! Thanx Again for this Awesome Video!!!! SuperSniperSal The GUNNY USMC Disabled Vet

Beautiful gardener

This is one of the very few videos on vermiculture that show the success of a working process and also how to repeat it or create it. It seems most videos are made by Internet experts making their first rubbermaid tub bins. Thank you for sharing your real story of how you grow your worms.

What a great idea . It literally has never crossed my mind . Thanks

hey love this idea!!! I think it will work perfectly for my garden. a million thank yous for this video!!

What a great idea! Thank you for giving me a new way to deal with my compost and help my raised beds thrive!

You convinced me. Going to do it! Subscribed and sharing!

I have been gardening forever and this is such a great, new idea for me. Thanks. Love your videos.

Wow...I really love that idea. Thank you

Just beginning to garden again after renting an apartment for many years. Great ideas that I will use right away!

saw this last summer. just now getting around to making them for my raised beds. thank you very much for the detailed explanation!

nice video, well explained, easy to follow, keep up !!!

Loved the video, thanks for posting.

I love this stuff, Thank You now I know what I can best use .y kitchen evv shells, coffee grounds ect for. Bless You🌹

That is one of the best tutorials that i have seen tonight... I have lots of buckets and about 4000 sq. feet- thank you!

This is a great idea! 18 yrs ago, I drilled holes in buckets, added 1" gravel from my driveway, then added a nice compost/soil mix to grow tomatoes in the 5G buckets and peppers in the 1G buckets. I was a cake decorater in a grocery store, so the buckets were free! The tomato cages fit very nice in the buckets & that setup was easier for me to weed being higher off the ground. I was able to set those plants on the edge of my large garden, but move them to dappled shade late afternoon when I thought they needed it. I used those buckets for a number of years before they became brittle & started breaking apart. I hope this tip helps quite a few people out there!

Thanks for the idea! We have several broken buckets from winter that will be great to recycle for this project.

Great idea I'm going to try this ,I'm new at gardening and looking for different ways to improve ! Thanks for sharing mobile ,Al..

Good idea I might do this too, Got thinking of using a 1/2"drill and a long metal spiral Paint mixer to chew up the pail ingredients better before the worms get into it.

Great idea! So much better than narrow PVC pipe!

Enjoyed the worm tower builds, must make my own, now. Thanks and God Bless!

My Mom turned me onto this ... I'm going to try your techniques... thanks so much!

Good down to earth video and beautifully presented if I might say so.

I loved this idea! I have made three worm towers. I look forward to seeing the results. Thank you for your videos.

Wow what a great idea I'll be doing that for sure I am building some new planter boxes and that is definitely going to be a feature that I will put in there the worms are great for a garden that is fantastic thank you so much

Thanks for a wonderful idea that I can use in my front yard! Great version for small time gardener!😆

another good video. Thumbs up

Thanks for taking the time to share!

I love this idea very much. I'm sure gonna enjoy making one. Thank you

I did this in my garden several years ago after watching your video and WOW, it worked great! I couldn't believe how quickly the worms broke down my food scraps and it was sooo easy. Thank you for sharing!

I love this idea and as a newbie gardener i think it makes complete sense. I hijacked my kids protein mix containers smaller but great for the size garden they are in. with an easy to screw on lid. love it thanks a bunch.

What a cute fountain! Really neat way to compost. Thanks 4 sharing ;-)

Great idea. My friend makes a smoothie of her scrapes and her worms are in heaven.

Wow! That seems so easy. I'm definitely going to implement this when I build some raised beds.

I meet information about the worm tower for the first time! I am from Russia. I've never heard of anyone using this! I will definitely try to use it in my garden. And it is very easy for me to understand your English! Thank you!

I like that you give such detailed instructions! Thank you

Just good ol advice from a real gardener! Wisdom=priceless. 🙏🙏

Interesting and informative. I'm going to use my smallish plastic pots and put a small board on top. I will drill holes just like you did and insert it 6-8 inches down in the bed. I think it will work.

I took a large pot from a nursery and cut the bottom out and stuck in the ground a few inches and I stuck some compost in it and I've had great success and to the cover I use wet cardboard.

Wonderful idea! I already trench compost but this is ideal for my smaller gardens.

Brilliant. Im going to dot some of these all around my veggie patch. Thank you for the info definitely a great idea. Who doesnt like worms in their garden. A few more wont hurt one bit.

I am so impressed with how clever you have been in setting this up. Great video. So simple, so affordable, practical, genius.

Wow, I have seen so many videos for composting but your method seems to be simplest & very economical. Will surely try this tomorrow itself and will also encourage all my friends too. Thank you very much. Happy Easter..💐💐💐

Thanks for all the tips and I'm just getting back to gardening after living in places where i just couldn't, so i have been at times enjoying the process through people like you, thank you !!

I've been composting for years and I love your idea with the buckets. Thanks for the tip. Enjoyed your video very much. I'm starting some tomorrow before the rain.

I would use this method for sure if I had the space! Very very nice Kim and you look super.

Thanks for sharing a wonderful idea. I hope to implement it. I think I'll experiment with burying it deeper so that the top is ground level, then for my lid, I think I'll use some kind of decorative stepping stones.

You sound like the "hard-headed woman" in Cat Stephen's song; which means that you are a great person and active in your life. I liked your video and appreciate your teaching on worm towers. LORD bless you.

Enjoyed your video. Good info. I'm adding one to my new raised bed.

A real handy and functional item to have in your garden is a worm tower. Not only are the worms fertilizing your soil, but you have a handy "compost garbage" bin at your fingertips. It's very easy and inexpensive to make. A bucket, drill with bit and a shovel, that's it. You can use just about any container, put them in your garden, garden box or use a small diameter worm tower in a large garden pot.

What a great ideal Kim. Fantastic way to enrich your bedding soil. Thanks for the tip. Take care . ;)

Enjoyed your video and easy explanation of worm buckets, gardening is so enjoyable and healthy. TY

I really enjoyed watching your video🙂 Thank you for sharing and teaching me...love to learn as much as I can. Going to give this a try🙂

I first found out about worm towers only recently, watching a video with the four inch pipe. Your solution is much more practical, efficient and most of all economical. My wife and I Juice a lot and now have an outlet to use this left over material. Thanks.

think im going to build some worm towers for mine,,i have never seen that before,,your beds are looking good

A new idea, thanks for sharing your experience and expertise.

Thank you you are amazing teacher I so want to do this but I feel my yard needs so much repair. Thank you for your inspiration

Really handy idea! 5-gallon buckets are my staple, and some of them have developed leaks. This is a perfect way to give them a new role in life. Love feeding the compost mix directly to the worm who already live in the beds.

Thanks for the video. Hugs and prayers from Brasil and our garden work in progress. Lord bless you.

What a clever idea! Rushing out to fix one in my new raised bed now!

I am a Kenyan farmer who has watched many 🪱 video DIY but have never come across a single one that is patient, well explained with simple step by step tips that even a two year old can understand yet very very effective 👍 I appreciate and affirm you 100%. Be 🙌

I'm so excited to do this. I was starting my compost yesterday and this is way better. I have tons of food grade buckets from my work and this is gonna be so fun upcycling them in my garden. Thank you so much.

Effing wow, I never thought of this but now i need to do it

What a great idea for a small space. I will be giving it a try

Thank you for a great video and suggestions! This is so much easier to manage than a separate red wiggler container that can get soggy and messy!

Wow ! June 2019. Southwest garden zone 7 here. Neat, neat well done visual instruction and very cool creative idea. You made this in 2015. May you have many return blessings to you and UR garden. Adios and hope you kept that 'hat'. Great look on you. Thanks.

Hi! thanks for your excellent idea . This is def.the easiest method to derive Worm compost with out extra works .Greeting from Lake Zürich.CH

I have never seen worm towers before ,I will most definitely be doing this.I love this idea.Thank you.

The best idea, I will be trying this, thanks so much for sharing

Great idea dear I think - west Washing machines inner plastic tub is good for this proses

Love this idea!!! I’ve been watching all sorts of videos on worm farms and this is definitely the most practical, economical and efficient!! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

Looks quick and easy and trouble-free that's the way I like it.

Thanks for this! I've been looking into composting in place.. this makes it so easy.

I'm glad to see the worm towers are working well. I think I'll put in at least one worm tower this year.

I used the coffee grounds as a base for all my blended scraps. I have the largest worms I have ever seen. I actually thought I had baby snakes. Enjoyed the video.

Yes I fell in love with your knowledge!!!! Pretty you are.

Thank you so much. I am so excited for my first worm bucket. Wishing you a lovely day. :)

Now I now what I'm going to do with all of the buckets I'll have left when I finish grouting my shower.

For anyone else trying this: I believe she means a "paddle bit", not a waffle bit. My husband works construction and came home very confused when I asked him if we had one. (^_^)' I ended up showing him the video so he could figure it out since we were going to drill the buckets tomorrow. So excited to see how this little experiment goes. I know we won't be able to really start until spring, but I ours works as well as yours!

Thanks for giving me another idea on worm tower below the ground.

a very nice and inexpensive worm bucket. Thank you for your revolutionary idea

Really well done 100% perfect, thanks much

Great idea thanks! I'm trying to convince my husband to start a compost in our backyard but I think I may just do it myself

Good video. I'm going to start work towers like yours. Thanks. Blessings.

Thanks for the bucket tips , I have at least 10 of these 5 gal buckets! I really like your attitude . 👏🤑🐛

Since having just the one all winter, it became filled quickly, now I have more to take all the scraps. I open them all on garden cleanup day and throw scraps in all day, really convenient for me. Thanks for watching again, I appreciate you as a YT friend, take care, Kim

The worm buckets in the garden have been such a time and space saver for me. thank you for this wonderful idea! i live in town and cannot do a compost pile. I have a 4 ft garden along my fence which equals approximately 900 sq ft of garden. I spaced 8 worm buckets in my garden, 1 about every 20 feet. They have been such a blessing in putting kitchen scraps and veggie scraps when canning my harvest. Yes, a wonderful idea!

Looks like a great idea. Thanks for the video !

Enjoyed your video. I am going to start some worm towers in my garden. You have s beautiful garden.

I've been looking for something like this! It's a much easier system than using the huge plastic barrels, plus the worms go straight into the garden. Thanks for sharing your expertise.

I use small laundry baskets with the holes already built in. Works perfectly :)

Excellent idea with the buckets...thank you 😊

Such a brilliant idea for a worm tower in a planter box! Thank you for sharing your idea, tips and video too!

Wonderful idea useing a five gallon bucket. The pvc pipe is expensive and have you ever tried getting one of their caps off to add compost, you will pull tje whole thing up trying. Thank you for the great idea!

like the buckets because you can use more compost

Great video I build these buckets in the top of my vertical gardens. Using your video to explain on my Facebook page.

Thanks for the very in depth presentation 🤓

What a really cool idea. Have been planning on getting into worm composting but have been daunted by the complexity and expense of typical worm composters. But this is so simple and easy. I particularly like the idea of having one in each bed (I have 14 raised beds) to put the stuff you weed out of the bed. What a time saver.