{"id":3634,"date":"2026-02-16T04:50:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T04:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diomederacing.com\/blog\/?p=3634"},"modified":"2026-02-16T18:38:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T18:38:12","slug":"worm-bin-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diomederacing.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/16\/worm-bin-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Worm bin update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s been a bit since I posted up about the worms. They are still going strong in my UWB next to the washer\/dryer. I&#8217;ve done one small harvest of castings just over 6 weeks ago. At that time I was a bit concerned about how many, or should I say how FEW,  I saw at the top when I was looking for worm balls around the food I&#8217;d put in there. I am guessing that they just didn&#8217;t love whatever I had used. Earlier this week I dumped in 4 pears that I had forgotten about until they has started to smell up the fridge. I guess they love those. Below are the pictures I took when checking on them tonight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/pw\/AP1GczPyJVxZG--ZvkUOxiNOcb9LPnmNaaXQXveTTLlWiZwYRl0ootrQpRVgdD7gVyd0FxQKZfMD6pvQjsVvRI_DbmMKHS9dv0vlajfk4Pu7XY1YhsIFSTL0udyxOCf5xSeK4p_tS5P1Cyt8mc2wtySch4kF2Q=w1210-h911-s-no-gm?authuser=0\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Since I have mostly indian blues you can see that they like to explore or escape if they could but with the uwb they can&#8217;t get out, but that doesn&#8217;t stop them from climbing the walls of the bag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I kind of dug around to see how they were liking the pears, as you can see there are LOTS of worms around the pears.  After moving them around a bit for the pictures, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/pw\/AP1GczM6jeJamdp0RlOW5sTkHWtbHT-nUY6qr_Vi_1MVyu87kAjKvfEexOdH39MM7mJol6_ohu_UaH1hkZZDNLC80uKkwD9wfemMZci1nAcgCPtA2Ghg1wf5Tc_v_UJm2V2eNcY7BMM9mR3iZYebgG-CVDkIMQ=w1210-h911-s-no-gm?authuser=0\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes, sometimes I handle the worms with bare hands. That is I think the largest worm ball that I&#8217;ve found in the bin. It&#8217;s also it was not the only one! There were at least 5 other pockets of them in the bin that I found while fluffing it up to add more food, bedding and water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/pw\/AP1GczN89_HHADQR0Z9bg01KxPKO2mXx9OoC8Q4G0P0oKVyefDjw7OHOhhtCe7VUMwa9p8I-kza70ag7JJdQHtUSLbC1LUi5aOPar3-Fd-eKrA6BaYFG8CUkWCU-ySEeYzSCDI7cdSQvWkjmrbE36kKwbVA5Lg=w1210-h911-s-no-gm?authuser=0\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I know that most people are really into the red wigglers, but these blues do an amazing job of creating castings.  They also seem to be really good at multiplying,  I still don&#8217;t ever seem to find any cocoons but I do find a large number of TINY worms every time I do anything with the bin.  So I know they are producing like crazy.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/pw\/AP1GczMV8_tBsGV-SrB03uEOQ7Hy9pvwhYNzcxhFQVWwOC_d_nX0vRcXkKJPqPqs7XWkIrvStwNcvQ0BPGsC1fO7g3TS6pc4W9NDwrf8JUJaMahDqRkK8nUyDN8vaGkTh16Rebqz65p_m0gxAk2bviE5XQgdBA=w1210-h911-s-no-gm?authuser=0\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>That makes me very happy!  Not only do I get a great fertilizer in the form of castings, or worm tea, I get to recycle food waste and cardboard in a more eco friendly manner. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a bit since I posted up about the worms. 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