Uncle Jim's Worm Farm 2000 Count Red Wiggler Composting Worms Mix for Garden Soil or Fishing | Starter Pack of Compost Worms Improves Soil Structure and Quality for Healthier Gardens

These worms are awesome!!! They arrived in great shape and are doing very well in their second week. Very active and seemingly happy with their new digs.

I ordered these on a Sunday, and they arrived on Tuesday with "expedited shipping." All of my worm arrived alive and happy in a bag packed tightly with a little peat moss. I got some good size worms. I don't know about the count, but I don't think there were 2000.After much agony researching online, I decided to try Larry Hall's bucket method for vermicomposting. You can look him up on YouTube. I purchased four 5-gallon buckets and four lids with rubber seals in them. Mr. Hall recommends 500 worms per bucket. My father used his jigsaw to cut out a hole in the lids leaving a 2 inch rim. In a big 18-gallong tub, I screened peat moss through a 1/4 inch bucket screen to remove all the twigs and big chunks. I mixed in 1/3 cup pulverized garden lime with enough peat moss to fill the 5-gallon bucket to about 2 inches shy of the top. I added about 12 cups of water to get the peat moss moist. That was my bedding for my worms. I did that 4 times to fill up each of the buckets I had bought.For worm food, I used the recommended Purina Worm Chow, which I found a little cheaper on EBay. I buried a few teaspoons of it in each bucket bin in different spots about a couple inches deep.Then, I dumped the bag of worms in the tub to break them all up. It was a little creepy holding a writhing mass of worms in my hand! I had to remind myself that they were perfectly harmless. Then I scooped out equal portions of worms and added them to each bucket, just going from one bucket to the next till all the worms were gone. It took them about an hour to all disappear into the bedding.It's been about 4 days since I got my worms and put them in their bins. I spritz the top of the bucket each day with water and bury another teaspoon of worm chow in a different spot. Yes, the bins are essentially OPEN - no screen, nothing covering that big lid hole. Mr. Hall says these are escape proof buckets with the rubber seal. To be on the safe side, for the first few days, I put the buckets under a lit lamp each night to shine light on them, just in case the worms decided to organize an exodus. Thankfully, I haven't seen a worm in sight. When I poke around in there with a baby fork, they move pretty fast and seem quite happy hanging out at the layer where the food is.Just so you know, I do not intend to feed my worms food scraps. I am just feeding them the commercial worm food, which is a mix of cornmeal, oats, and other stuff. I didn't want to deal with flies, smells, etc. Instead, I am processing my food scraps in a bokashi bucket system, which thus far is going okay. You can read my experience about that under my review of that purchase.I would order worms from this company again. Even with expedited shipping, it came out to only an extra $10 to get twice as many worms than just the 1,000.UPDATE 12/30/14 -----After a week or so, I noticed my worms getting more sluggish when I would poke in to put some more food. I realized that the peat moss bedding was drying out. I quickly added some more water to each bucket, but I wanted a way to make sure that I wasn't putting too much or too little water, as I like to be exact in my approach to things. So, I ordered a soil moisture meter. It was such a good decision. The probe goes more than half deep into the bucket. I can insert at different places and read the meter, which is too easy to interpret: a dry range of 0 to 3, a moist range of 4 to 7, and a wet range. I read online that worms like it "Moist" at level 5. Easy-peasy then - Each day or so, I check the moisture around each bucket when I feed them. I add water as needed. Now, I notice my worms are back to darting around really fast when I poke in for feedings. That's my indication that they are doing well. I hope this helps someone else. And I forgot to mention, no worms have tried to escape my buckets, and yes the hole is still exposed. I keep them inside. Due to the food and bedding I am using, there is no smell.

I ordered 2,000 red wiggler worms from Uncle Jim’s to jumpstart my vermicomposting bin, and I couldn’t be happier with my purchase! The worms arrived healthy, active, and well-packaged with plenty of bedding to keep them comfortable during transit. Within just a few days, they were already breaking down food scraps and turning them into rich compost.I was impressed with how quickly they adapted to their new environment and how energetic they were right out of the package. If you’re looking for a reliable source to start or expand your worm bin, I highly recommend these red wigglers. Great quality, fast shipping, and excellent results!Would definitely buy again!

The media could not be loaded. Worms came healthy and alive! Variation in size and age as well which is very nice. I found zero dead worms in the bag! They were slightly dry which was fixed as soon as they were placed into the compost bin. Spending 4 days in transit will do that! 100% will buy from this company again if I need more. Worms were well packaged with no damage to anything. There was minimal recovery time from shipping on the actual worms and they began moving almost immediately. My only advice is keep an eye on the actual tracking as my package got here 4 days early! They definitely should be grabbed as soon as delivered if you are able. Even so they would have probably been fine for another few hours in our mailbox. :-)

The worms were delivered a week before they said it would arrive, at the time of my order. When I ordered the worms, it said that the worms would arrive on the 18th of the month. Instead, they arrived on the 11th. The inside of the bag, on the afternoon of the 11th, because we were not home, smelled of dead worms. I will not order from this company again.I then purchased another two pounds of worms from Brothers Worms. The second company actually emailed me of the expected date of their arrival, which arrived as promised. The two pounds of worms from the second company seemed to weigh much heavier and much healthier than what I received from Jim's. Maybe Jim's company had a bad day in their delivery office, but it was a big waste of my money.

Delivery was fast and worms were good and now thriving

Worms arrived within 3 days. All alive and well. I expected more volume for 2000 worms but I'm no expert. Good experience!

Plenty of very healthy worms. Will definitely buy again .