The downside to worms and related areas is that it's not like math . Reason I say that is that if a person in Maine gives me (in Arizona) the a couple of the dimensions of a triangle I can give them all the info they will need to find the rest . Not so with worms . There seem to be no gurus . There are no places to find rock solid bet your boots on this sources of info . There's a lot "well , for me here in XXX we can do this or that" and so on . I have searched and am down to just a few "almost" sure fire methods to use worms . I am now getting ready to use euros to live in the soil in which I garden so their poop will help the soil and as they produce more than I need then I will sell them as bait . The produce will benefit me as well as a few bucks from anglers . It seems that raising worms will work but like the word says "it's WORK" . Start small and learn from your mistakes . A friend of mine had to get out of the biz because shipping costs ate him up . He was selling on E-bay and they demand overnight shipping on worms . I'm sure that if you ask enough people questions you will hear some stuff over and over . You can start with those answers and answer many of the others through trial and error . Keep your worms separate so one mistake does not kill them all . Experiment with small groups . This stifles growth at one end but in case of a catastrophy you are not starting over . It's a slow process but at the rate that worms reproduce you will eventually benefit from their sheer tanacity . I would think that 5 years is a reasonable time to give for this type of project . It's a long time , granted BUT I'm reminded of a girl I knew back east . I advised Nursing School . She said (and I paraphrase) "My God , I'm 40 years old . It will take 6 years since I work . I'll be 46 when I graduate."I replied "How old will you be in 6 years IF you don't do it ?" She is a retired RN and enjoying a GOOD retirement . Work it like a school project . Ask every question of every person . When I was younger I was a pilot . We had a little saying . "When I had 10 hours I didn't listen to anyone . When I had 100 hours I listened to SOME people . When I had 1000 hours I listened to EVERYONE." This is something that "might" support but will at least supplement you . The business will be YOU . It will succeed if you make it succeed and fail if you make it fail .

Thanks for the feedback bdpeck....I've seen a couple of positive comments, but there seem to be a lot of unhappy folks out there too. I don't think I'm willing to take that chance.

I have a Netherland dwarf. He is actually the size of a regular bunny now though. He is very sweet and affectionate,but also a little scared. I feed him the timothy hay,timothy pellets,and a cup of greens once a day~ Romaine lettuce (not iceburg) musterd greens,or collard greens,and sometimes a few baby carrots (but not too many as they make buns fat) I havent heard of giving them oatmeal before...

I am seeing the old layout now. Very glad! I really didn't like the new layout because: (a) a bunch of different forums were all on the same page - Kitchens, Appliances, Design Dilemmas, and a few others. Too hard and too lengthy to find the threads I was interested in; (b) every time I opened a thread, a new tab opened, which meant a cluttered screen for me; I'd much rather just hit the back arrow from a thread to return to the forum; and (c) the dumb and huge banner across the top that said "Hi Friedajune, what are you working on?" So annoying.