Day 2, The Wigglers Survived

I confess, I couldn’t stop myself from checking on them before bed, okay, a couple of times before lights out.

They appeared to like their new home because none of them crawled up out of their bedding.

But, when I opened up the bin first thing in the morning, before coffee, that should tell you something, I found about 5 of the little wigglers up on a ledge in my tote bin. I put them back under the bedding where their buddies were, but before I covered them back up with bedding, I couldn’t help myself, I peeled back some of the food to see if they were there and YES!! I found a bunch of their buddies all around the food and in the bedding.

I covered them all back up, sprayed a bit of moisture and mixed around the bedding and closed them back up.

They like the dark so I’m going to have to exercise some discipline and not open up the bin till bedtime, or maybe earlier. After all I need to check the moisture content. That could be an excuse, or not. Moisture content is important as they breathe through their skin.

Maybe I should check them mid-afternoon. I need to assure myself, okay, I admit it, I’m new to vermicomposting, so there’s a little anxiety, but that will go away in due time as I see them surviving! I just want to see if they are still trying to escape. If they are then I think it’s a moisture issue. All in all, this is kind of fun.

Time will tell.