Worms in Raised garden

by Daryl
(Colo Spgs, CO)

I have made 2 raised gardens (4x8x2) I put in aged horse manure in the 1st foot and added our soil (clay) in the top foot. I have a worm tower in each. Will the red wigglers help the soil as I believe they do not burrow?

Answer from BigTex Worms


So glad you asked, I was about to send you an email to confirm your worm order and was going to put this in that email.

You are right, red wigglers are not natural burrowers, but top dwellers.(if the conditions are right, if not they will die off)
If you are wanting to add worms to improve soil conditions, my suggestion is to do trench composting. This is very simple. You either dig a trench all the way around the raised bed or take the center section out of the bed and use that as a compost area, you add the worms directly into the trench and they stay there and munch on the produce you put in. Here is a video by Bentley at Redwormcomposting.com that better describes it:click here to watch the video on trench composting

I used trench composting in my raised beds with excellent results.

Sorry, I do not have any experience with worm towers.
Liz BigTex Worms