Adventures in Vermiculture

This is our composting bucket, which sits in the corner of the kitchen. We started it at the beginning of the year, using an old cat litter bucket for the bin and a container of worms from the good folks at F.W. Horch in Brunswick. So far it's been going pretty well-- no flies, no odor (other than when you stir things up). The only thing is that the composting is going really slowly-- totally should have listened to the other sites saying to wait until your worms have increased in population enough to handle your compose load. So I think we may have to start another bin soon and let the full one cook for a while.

As of a couple of days ago, the bin started producing compost tea, which is apparently a natural by-product of the worm "castings" (i.e. poop). You can kinda see it in the plastic tray in the pic. It's supposed to be really good for plants but I can't help but think of it as worm pee.