Article 27293 of rec.gardens:
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From: fishman@panix.com (Harvey Fishman)
Newsgroups: rec.gardens
Subject: Re: vermiculture
Date: 2 Mar 1994 20:06:38 -0500
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In <9402222303.AA29709@im8> dmiller@im.lcs.mit.edu (Dick and Jill Miller) says

> In article: <1994Feb22.022710.27757@k12.ucs.umass.edu>
>     jkenney@k12.ucs.umass.edu (Jeff Kenney (Great Falls MS)) asks:
> >I have several students interested in investigating vermiculture.  I have
> >ordered the book "Worms Eat My Garbage", but would like some advise.  Where
> >can I purchase red worms for this purpose?  Would they have them at a bait
> >shop?  Thanks for any help......Jeff
>  
> I was looking for the same information.  Bait shops charge an arm and a 
> leg for worms, too much for amounts used in vermiculture.  I checked out 
> the ads in the back of Organic Gardening and Fine Gardening magazines and 
> found a couple of places in the south which mail order worms in quantity 
> at more reasonable prices.  I decided to wait for warmer weather to 
> order, so my worms won't die in shipment. Now that it's starting to 
> warm up, I've misplaced the addresses so I suppose I'll have to go down 
> to the library and look them up again.
>  
> Good luck on your search.
>  
> If anyone can recommend some worm farms as better than others, I'm sure 
> some of us would like to hear about it.

Speaking without much knowledge of the subject, I note that on page 38 of
the Henry Field's Seed & Nursery Co. 1994 Catalogue, there is an offering
of Red Hybrid Worms.  The price is $19.95 for a pack of 500 ($18.95 for 2
or more) or $43.95 for a pack of 2000 ($41.85 for 2 or more).  I do not
know if these are the worms that you seek; they are advertised as "The
natural way to aerate your garden soil!"

	Henry Field's Seed & Nursery Co.
	415 North Burnett
	Shenandoah, Iowa 51602

Harvey

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