February 22nd, 2010 I can confirm now that the worms seem to be doing their job! More little bits of dirt-looking stuff is falling through the bin holes into the catch basin, and with the level of the damp paper and other contents of the bin starting to decrease, I am sure things are going well! As the [...]
February 14th, 2010 I rescued two worms from the top and four from the bottom today. Put them all back in where the food is. And then I buried one full container of chopped up celery. (I had a nice bunch of celery that I apparently left in the fridge too long – it all had to be [...]
February 9th, 2010 Over the last few days I’ve been checking every so often for worms out of place. They seem to like the bottom catch basin best for some reason, or they just fall down there and can’t get back up. Next time I’ll put more whole sheets of damp newspaper right across the bottom so this [...]
February 3rd, 2010 I took another look today under the lid – no worms, good; and in the bin underneath – five worms! I got them all back into the bin with the food and stuff in it. Not sure why they keep going through the little holes at the bottom of the bin… I guess they’re not [...]
February 1st, 2010 I was just informed by someone in the know that onions are a no-no in a worm bin, so out they go to the outdoor compost pile. Weather be darned.
February 1st, 2010 I added some more damp newspaper this morning to cover all that exrta saw dust (which I assume is really just like kitchen waste, it’s food rather than bedding, so should be covered over).
I noticed a worm clinging to the cover, so I gently prodded him back into the bin. Then I thought, if there’s [...]