I've got a couple of reptile projects I want to get going once my semester ends, and one of them is starting up a worm bed in a tupperware container. I've raised worms for my snakes before, so I know how to keep them, but this summer I moved to a city so I have nowhere I can go get pesticide-free soil. Any suggestions? I don't want to spend hundred of dollars on special dirt, but if there's something fairly cheap I can buy I'd be interested in that.

I'm also interested in trying to raise some slugs. They are all over the place (still). I wouldn't want to feed any of them to my snakes as-is because of the pesticide concerns, but if I could get a colony going I think it should be safe to feed the young ones. I have an 'experiment' slug right now just to see if I think the trouble of keeping them alive is worth the gains. Never kept slugs before though; can you guys tell me what a good temp/substrate/food source for them is?