Starting a wormery

I've done some mini farms and plan to make a bigger one this year. There are loads of good videos and articles online, especially the does and don'ts of a healthy wormery.

Normally the larger worms like European nightcrawlers or red wigglers are used because they can quickly plough through compost faster than regular ground worms.  If you want the bigger worms, they're usually available online and will quickly develop a big colony for you. But groundworms will work, just slower because you cannot overfill their area with compost. Too much rotting compost will kill groundworms.

Worm castings (manure) are very rich and should be used sparingly, so there's no need for huge containers of them unless you plan to sell the castings.

We have a wormery in our kitchen and it does not smell at all.
It takes all the veg waste throughout the year.
I use red wrigglers bought off flea bay and they breed very well. The casts are super growing fuel and the worm wee is a brilliant liquid fertiliser diluted ten parts water to one part wee.
You can also make a fertiliser tea from the casts.