For me, here is what stands out about the ease of having a worm composter:

• The initial set-up takes 20 minutes max. The Worm Factory 360 came with instructions and just about everything necessary for getting started.
• When the worms arrived, I dumped them into my prepared composter, covered them with shredded newspaper and then a couple of sheets of newspaper and closed the lid.
• You don’t have to feed the worms very often – once a week will work nicely, but they can go up to a month as long as you leave them enough food. I wouldn’t do this early in the process, but later when everything is humming along.
• With all the shredded newspaper on top, there really is no “gross” factor. Even when I lift it to check things out or add more food, it’s not a big deal.
• Even though I haven’t been sure that I’m doing things correctly, there are no bad smells coming from the bin.
• There is no evidence that I even have worm bins, unless you recognize the Worm Factory. It looks like a small table on my porch.
• Although the temperatures were over 90 degrees when I started and I’m not totally sure what “too wet” or “too dry” would mean, the worms seem to be alive and eating. And I repeat, no bad odors.
• Best of all… THERE IS COMPOST WHERE THERE ONCE WAS FOOD!

Most of the time I’m spending on my worm composting is just because I’m curious or concerned about what’s going on in there. I do spend an extra few minutes cutting any large pieces of food waste into smaller pieces, but you don’t even have to do that. Of course I had to change a few habits with regard to shredding paper (no more plastic envelope windows) and handling food waste (in now goes into the Rubbermaid container), but neither take any extra time. One thing that does take a little time is wetting the shredded paper, ringing it out and separating it to put in the bin. It doesn’t take that long, but I”m thinking of putting it in dry next time and giving it a quick spray with the shower nozzle of my hose next time. I know I will get a feel for the amount of moisture or dry material that I need to add as well as when it needs carbons or nitrogens, but so far, this is nothing bad has happened even with my inexperience.

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