Babysitting my Sitter’s Worms

My sister called me up and asked if I could feed her worms and take care of them. Since it’s so easy to do, I had no problem helping her out.

I’m excited to blog this because she uses the method that I used when I got started worm composting many many years ago.  I would rarely filled up my top container, so I would plant flowers on the top bin- this is where my idea for the 2 pot method began. 

I opened her box and she didn’t have anything in the top box either.  I opened the middle bin and in the calmness of the coconut coir, I could see the wigglers. The light bothers them, so they quickly began burrowing down.  

With these bins, my feeding method is “right-left”- so I move all the soil to the left and I place the food in a thin layer on the right and then I cover it. Next time I feed them, I move all the souls to the right and feed on the left.  This helps if I want to remove worm castings, they’ll be worms on the food side.

  I cover the food well so that I don’t get fruit flies and other funky creatures.  If I had cardboard, I would have place some on there too. Super easy and it only takes a few minutes- like taking out the trash- but instead, putting food scraps in the worm bin to give you amazing worm castings.

Resources:

https://arizonawormfarm.com/

https://www.lacompost.org/

https://cleanla.lacounty.gov/2023/10/24/unlock-your-gardens-potential-with-worm-composting/