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This is great for kids

There's no way a school teacher would have the time to go through this entire book. I see this being great for home school kids.

It's probably only 3 questions total where I've noticed the answer wasn't provided in the informational text boxes.

That is enough to set off the perfectionist 'I have to get an A' in me

If I was a kid actually assigned to answer the questions in this book I would be pissed off.

Some of the questions are about worm biology and not all of the answers are provided in the book. Unless there is a separate companion book with the info I have no idea where the author expects the kids to get the answers.

For my worm bin I'm going to buy 2 plastic tubs from Walmart.

I know some people use buckets. I'm actually thinking about buying the extra long tubs ~ the ones that are 4-5' long

Provides more surface area that the ones that have more gallons but are shorter in length

Worm bin tips:

Ideal worm bin is shallow, no more than 1 ft deep

Shallow worm bins with large surface area allow more air to contact the bedding

*We have an old chest freezer, no longer working. I've heard some people talk about converting it to a worm bin.

I'm not doing it. It's too deep. Hauling it away. The old bathtubs or even old standing fridges are better suited

With my cardboard experiment, I actually had 2 piles. 1 was 2 years old, another was only 2 months old. The 2 month old pile had already attracted earthworms to the area.

I hear people talking about burying rotting logs, organic materials to compost naturally in the ground. I'm tempted to bury shredded cardboard in the ground, where I'm wanting earthworms.

There is such thing as a worm to garbage ratio. 2:1

2 pounds of redworms to process 1 pound of garbage a day