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The worms finally arrived last week. I soaked shredded newspaper in water for the bedding and placed it in the worm inn before placing our new 'pets' inside. I decided to give them a night to get used to the surroundings before introducing compost. When I went to check on them in the morning about a dozen or so worms had escaped out the bottom and were floating in the receptacle bucket-thankfully still alive! Apparently I had made 2 mistakes: not adding enough bedding, and not cinching the bottom of the worm inn tight enough.

A few days in and I think they are happy. I have added vegetable cuttings twice and I think they are eating them-a little difficult to discern when there are newspaper shreds, dirt, worms and vegetable matter all mixed together. We won't have enough worm poop to add to the garden for a couple of months so we are trying to be patient and let the worms do their thing.

Hopefully no more escapees!