Worm Composting Day 1

On Halloween we received our worm composting system. This system consists of two stackable buckets. The kit came with two bags of 'bedding' for the worms and 1000 red worms. The bedding looked like partially composted leaves and other organic matter.The instructions stated that we should dampen the bedding prior to placing the worms. The kids helped us to wet the bedding using a watering can.

Then came the fun part, inspecting and adding the worms!
We are told that the worms will dive down into the soil whenever they are exposed to light. So we will left the bin uncovered for about 15 minutes before covering with the black plastic sheets. Lastly, we stacked the buckets as instructed, and will wait to see what happens. We hope to have some great fertilizer in a few weeks!