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

Purchasing the 2000 quantity was a good price /worm. They arrived in good condition. Very lively.

I ordered the Uncle Jim’s Worm Farm 2000 Count Red Wiggler Composting Worms to start our new compost bin, and they have been fantastic. A very generous amount of worms arrived in great condition — healthy, active, and ready to get to work. I really appreciated the fast 2-day express shipping, which ensured the worms didn’t sit in transit too long. We had our compost bin ready before they arrived, and I recommend anyone ordering do the same. It also helps to spritz the bedding with a little water if it feels dry upon arrival, and to keep everything in a cool, shaded spot as they acclimate. Within a short time, the worms were actively working through the material in the bin. No issues at all — very happy with the purchase. I would definitely recommend this starter pack for anyone looking to kick off their composting efforts. Great value, great shipping, and excellent results so far.

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.

Worms came early so be prepared when you order them. It was packed full of worms, they were very active and healthy looking. Put into my worm tower and they buried down within 15 minutes. I would definitely recommend.

Got the worms, fairly quick shipping... ordered 2000.. I expected there would be a potential loss in worms but at 2000, I assumed the numbers would be incredibly minimal. Upon opening the box, I was hit with the smell of rotting flesh... I started to spread out a few within my worm beds and almost thought I got short changed.. then I started to see more, about 30 to 60... the bag was still heavy and i got excited thinking I was about to hit the mother load... and I did! A mother load of pure wormy genocide. Thousands of worms decaying within a slime ball of pure rotten stench with just a few burrowed between their relatives squirming to the surface as if they were begging to be put out of their misery. I felt terrible for even ordering worms now. The packaging was sub par without any real venting. The bag of worms inside were left without any sort of real insulation to protect against temperature or impact. What an absolute nightmare it must have been... I did think perhaps I had enough of these survivors left to at least reproduce quickly to compensate... however as I scooped the decaying, shredded and smashed ball of goo that was once living beings.... I would guess I only got 200 out of 2000 between 2 worm bins... not enough to make these bins functional. We're about to prepare the mass burial of these fallen brethren complete with a 21 gun salute... I can only imagine that if this is what they experience when shipped, how many murders did they witness within their motherland.... Sarcasm aside... this was terrible

The worms were extremely lively and wiggling so fast. I was worried bc I saw reviews saying they arrived dead or almost dead. Two things that may have contributed is one, I got to them a couple hours after delivery, and then I got the 2k bag so maybe it helped there was more worms and castings in there. They were smaller than I expected also, smaller than typical worms I find in the dirt

Hi. the short story: Pleased with the purchase. Received exactly what they advertised for fair price and fair shipping rate. a longer story aka the details: I ordered the 2 lb Red Wigglers on 5/10; per website, Uncle Jim usually ships on Mondays; they arrived at noon Tues 5/14. (UJWorm Farm is about 2 hours drive from our home). Luckily I was home when the mail was delivered so they did not have to sit and wait in the stuffy, warm mailbox. My first impression was "wow that was fast" and "hey, great, they put on air hole in the box". Took the package into the house - it weighed in at 2.39 pounds. Opened the package. Found instruction sheet, a green bag with Uncle Jim's logo, a piece of newspaper dated 5/13, and 6 escapees -worms that had made it from the bag to the box! 50:50! 3 alive, 3 dead. Please note these 3 escapees were the only fatalities! Opened the green bag o' worms "immediately" and gave them a "a drink" per instructions. The instructions say "one half cup of water will do" - it was 2 pounds or worms so I went with one cup. Noticed the top of the bundle was mostly peat moss; was a little concerned about number of worms until they immediately started moving toward the moisture. I moistened the enclosed newspaper (comics no less : ) and headed out to the garden with the green bag. Remoistened the bedding in the worm bin (DIY Rubbermaid tub-style) "dump"ed half the contents (about a pound) of the green bag into the bin. Seemed to be high quality peat moss with a fair amount of worms - I did not count. Most appeared 1.5 to 2 inches long and thin; a few where thick. They look like the picture - only thinner. As I am not very familiar with the different types of worms, I am not sure they are all Eosinia fetida - or if there are a few of the "other" species people mentioned in their reviews, definitely not European nightcrawlers. Took green bag to garden. It is u-shaped, clay-ish topsoil that was supposed to have 50% mushroom compost per mulch guy - the neighbor says I "was robbed - there's not enough compost in that mix". Hence the need for worms to loosen things up! Loosened soil in three areas and "dump"ed 1/4 of the remaining worm mix in each spot. Noticed that this half of the mix had a much larger ratio of worms to peat moss. Then thought...duh...of course they burrowed down to the center/bottom. They are worms after all and fasting plus travel is stressful! Went into the house to find and dampen three more pieces of newspaper for the garden worms. (PS finding newspaper without color/glossy print was the hardest part of this whole process!) By the time I came back - within 5 minutes - the worms in all four locations had spread out and down into the bedding/soil. Placed damp newspaper on all four sites. It's a little windy today so I used garden pegs to keep the paper in place. Re-read the instructions - they are very honest about the difficulties and results of shipping live worms. Their instructions to revive the worms upon arrival seemed to work well. Am anticipating a smooth transition to highly functional compost bin and improved garden soil. Will update if anything goes wrong, other wise... Good purchase - 2 lb live worms, $29 plus $10.49 shipping, As advertised. Enjoy!

Had a few hiccups with the order but their customer service was top notch in getting the issue resolved. I was unaware they use USPS to ship and placed an order not knowing this, as a result the worms never got to me at first. If you're like me and live in a town so small they only deliver mail to the post office/PO Boxes, then make the necessary arrangements to have a hassle free shipment because it WILL be shipped via USPS. I had prematurely sent a message concerning the order via Amazon, but upon opening my email discovered that they had attempted to contact me days before! They were more than happy to replace the worms, no charge! 5 stars just for that. My only issue is that I got my package 4 days late due to a mishap. I got my worms on the 11th, but apparently it was there since the 7th! I checked my PO Box daily for a package notice, but nothing. The only reason I even knew to ask for my package was because their customer service rep (who was polite and prompt) had informed me my package had arrived on the 7th when I had asked them where it was. The story may not seem like it has much to do with the product, but I feel it does. These worms survived 4 days longer than they should have without any food or much hydration. The bag smelled a little bad so I'm guessing that some of them died, but I had a lot more movement than I thought considering I was expecting them all to be dead! Definitely a quality product and I can't help but wonder what they'll be like when they haven't sat longer than they should have, I'll be sure to leave another review once I place my next order with them in a few weeks. All in all, I think the stress of sitting in the post office got to a lot of them because I certainly don't have 1000 worms let alone 2000. I haven't done much digging because I don't want to disturb them, but if I had to guess I probably have 100-200 worms max after this entire ordeal. The ones that I do have left though are growing by the day, some of them are HUGE! I have them in a rubbermaid bin/tote, with a peat/newspaper bedding for them. I put some of my compost in the bin, some from my pile outside as well as some from my container in the fridge. When I do dig around, they're often found either on the side with no food chilling in their bedding, or they're deep in some coffee grounds. All things considered, I would (and will) definitely be ordering from them again. Their customer service was stellar and what little of their product that I didn't manage to kill has performed exactly as advertised. For anyone on the fence about this product/company, my personal experience has been 5 stars. Just keep in mind that they ship via USPS and arrange to either have it shipped to someone with a deliverable mailing address, or to a PO Box.

Unfortunately my purchase was to be red wiggles. I however received Indian blues. Disappointed but a lesson to avoid this uncle Jim company