Worms are voracious eaters. One pound of worms needs ½ pound of garbage or waste material every day. Most worm mixes average about 1000 worms per pound, and can include earthworms and red wrigglers. Worms like:
 soaked and ripped pizza boxes,
 shredded and soaked cardboard
 paper
 fruit and vegetable (except onions and citrus)
 leaves
 dirt
 hair
 egg shells
Foods Worms Like
• Apples
• Artichokes
• Bananas
• Beans
• Beets
• Bran
• Bread
• Broccoli
• Cabbage
• Cantaloupe
• Cake
• Carrots
• Celery
• Cereal
• Coffee Grounds* • Coffee Filters
• Corn Meal
• Cream of Wheat
• Cucumber
• Eggs
• Egg Shells
• Grapes
• Grits
• Honeydew
• Kiwi
• Lettuce
• Molasses
• Oatmeal
• Onions
• Pancakes
• Papaya • Pasta
• Pears
• Peas
• Peaches
• Pie
• Pizza
• Potatoes
• Raisins
• Rice
• Spinach
• Tea Bags*
• Tomatoes
• Turnips
• Waffles
• Watermelon
• Zucchini
*Feed only small amounts

The worms will try to get away from the volatile oils in onions and citrus fruit. You can also add dog and cat manure and stable sweepings to the worm farm, but NEVER add human feces because of possible bacterial contamination. Don’t add grass clippings, or in very small amounts at a time, as they can generate too much heat.

The worm castings (or worm wastes) from the farm can be used as an organic hydroponic nutrient and can also go directly into your garden. You can make an excellent liquid fertilizer by adding water until the mixture looks like weak tea. African violets and other plants that like being fed from the roots will do well with this mixture.

You can harvest the castings and compost once a month. Move the worms to one side of the box remove all the dark soil at the bottom ½ of the box, mix into your garden. Move the worms to the other side of the box and harvest it, then add some fresh soil, leaves and bulking material.

Before long, you will be an excellent worm farmer!