http://chfermetteaquaponicsanewyork.blogspot.com/2015/03/the-worm-experiment-update.html

Anyway I had moved my bins outside because they had started to smell. Outside they were thriving, more than in the house. But it started getting colder so I moved them to the basement. I think the basement was too cold. In the first bin yesterday there were two very tiny worms. I was excited although they didn’t look very healthy I don’t know where they came from since the bigger worms hadn’t been mature. I was dismayed when I went through the bin though and found that the two bigger ones were gone. Even more dismayed when I found one of them had gotten out of the bin and died.

In the second bin there was one worm and it was much smaller and unhealthier than last week. I found another dead worm on the ground so it must have come from one of the bins where there is a missing worm. 🙁

In the third bin were two very healthy and very active worms. I think they are probably mature. I didn’t see any cocoons but by then I was upset about the fact that the other worms had died because I left them too cold and obviously in a position where they could get out.

I’ve changed two of the bins to taller yogurt containers with lids and will find something for the third one today. I thought about stopping the project but I will continue and see if the remaining worms get healthy.

Both of my worms are mature now, and I found one cocoon. Originally I started the bins with a layer of rabbit poo between the newspaper/cardboard layers, but when I was putting everything back I thought the “food” layer looked a bit light so I put 3 frozen zucchini ends in -I don’t want the worms to go hungry just as they’ve started breeding.