Home Sweet Worm Bin, Day 11 or 12

Friday, November 16, 2007

A quick update on the tenants of my bin.

(Full disclosure: I don’t call them “tenants” any more. It wasn’t long before I began greeting them “hello worms, it’s your mother!” I knew it would happen, just not this quickly. I realize that interviewing as potential “father” to my worms could turn off potential partners for me. Love me, love my worm bin? Updates on this should the time come.)

There’s been a birth! I spied a very little worm among the adults today. Too small for my camera to get a good shot, but should I encounter a creche of them on my next occasion to burrow in the bedding, I’ll try to document it. In the interim, I do have a photo of worms at work on some bits of tomato, potato peelings, and I’m not sure what else.

The smell is fine—earthy, as one might expect. About a week ago I opened the bin and a couple of houseflies flew out, but that’s been it as far as other creatures. The lettuce-y items appear to be the most broken down; onion skins the least. So far, I’m quite pleased.