MY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN FIND AN AREA IN YOUR YARD WHERE YOU CAN START PUTTING ALL YOUR PEELINGS , GROUNDS. CORNMEAL, SHREDDED PAPER, WOOD ETC. WORMS WILL START COMMING IN THE SPOT WITHIN A YEAR. UNLESS YOU PURCHASE 5000 OR SO TO GET STARTED. ANOTHER PLACE WOULD BE IN A LARGE TOOL STORAGE BOX. FILL HALF WITH DIRT AND THE ABOVE. I,VE GOT ONE, BUT MY WORM SUPPLY HAS BEEN DEPLETED. NOW THAT I FOUND WORMS IN MY NEW PLACE I SOON WILL. GOOD LUCK PISS ON BAIT SHOPS
For my beds I use a 3 equal part mix of peat moss ,composted manure, and bagged soil. I bought all bagged as it was organic and didn't want to have other stuff in it. It is cheap and it worked out well. ole Mike