Gardening

I don’t know much about vermi composting, but I am thinking of giving it a go. Does anyone have a good resource, knowledge, or recommendation on where to start?

My thoughts were to get a couple metal grated waste baskets, a bunch of earth worms and put one in each of my raised garden beds.

Or should I run an experiment and do one bed and not the other?

What are its benefits? Downsides(rodents,possums for instance)?

Guidance is appreciated.

Seems to help with water retention and soil erosion, not so much with weeds. I end up with a bunch of wood shavings from woodworking so I've been trying to find a use for them.

Foreground is sweet potatoes and background is just your basic white potatoes. We’re struggling to keep the grass down in this garden (more on that in another post) but I’m really happy with these cedar boxes.

Lowe’s has this cedar fencing that’s like $2.50 a board. Each box needs 9 boards (I just chopped the tip off all the boards, and then cut three in half for the short sides) and I think the one post was $15 or so. Stapled some lining inside, three in old logs, used straw from our goats, and then crap dirt until the top inch. Hopefully these boxes look okay after a year or two because at just around $40 per box (6’x3’) I’m already pretty chuffed.

Mentioned it elsewhere, failed my mulberry harvest, and I didn’t plant this tree, but I’m so excited to possibly get a pie or two out of this harvest this year.