How to Make a Worm Farm & Get Baby Worms

Select an area with soil to place your worm farm. Areas near medium brush, shrubs, leaves, trees and gardens are ideal locations. Worms prefer these locations because they shade the soil from the sun, helping keep the ground cool.

Dig a hole deep enough so that the top of your container will be even with the level of the ground. Containers that are long and shallow are ideal because your container will still cover plenty of ground without the need for digging a deep hole.

Place the container into the hole with the bottom first. If the top of your container is above ground level, this is OK as long as it is not more than 1 to 2 inches above ground level.

Fill the container with approximately 2 inches of soil.

Add the newspaper and food scraps. You can use one or any number of combinations of the appropriate food scraps. Which ones you use is up to you since each works equally well. If using fruit or vegetables, you will only need a few pieces. If using cornmeal or coffee grounds, you will only need 2 oz. at most.

Fill the rest of the container with soil. If the soil is dry, you will need to conservatively water the soil.

Change the soil every eight to 10 weeks. Babies only take about two to three weeks to hatch, and worms reproduce year-round. Also, changing the soil helps keep nitrogen levels in the soil low so the worms won't die from their own waste.