Harvesting worm compost

This weekend I had some free time so I decided to harvest my worm compost bin. Although I read many methods about harvesting worm compost (not just worm castings), I tend to gravitate toward the simpler way. Here is what I did to harvest worm compost. I have a black plastic sheet, turned the bin on its side, put on a pair of rubber gloves and use a hoe to rake the compost down to the black plastic sheet. Any big stuff that had not decomposed was thrown into a second bin. The worms tend to burrow down to the bottom and when I flip the plastic sheet over, I can collect the worms and transfer them to another bin. This compost took nearly 4 months to age.

Hoe and black plastic bag.


What the inside of the compost bin looked like.


Stuff that did not get decompose the first time were thrown in this bin to get a second chance.


Here is what the second planting of tomato plants with proper soil preparation and compost from the worm bins looks like after about a month. The plants look very healthy don't they!