Tote #8 into Tub #3

When I did the tote #8 I counted 12 large worms and 4-5 very small ones.  Today I counted only 9 very large worms, but I may not have seen all of them.

The soil content in the tote was frozen all the way through because of the cold weather we have had.  I broke the dirt up as I transferred it to the tub.

As before, I put a layer of leaves/shred mix at the bottom to the top of the holes at 4 inches.  Followed by water and then food scraps and quick oats.  More leaves/shred, leaving only about 12 inches.

I added more food scraps and quick oatmeal and then more soil.

I added the rest of the food scraps, more oatmeal, coffee grounds, and egg shells.



I finished adding the soil but didn't have enough to fill the tub.  The soil left over from previous tub builds was also frozen in the 5 gallon bucket, so I just put on the plastic and left it at that.  The plastic should keep it from freezing in our next cold spell.

I'll buy a carton of worms to add to it to being the worm count up.


P.S.  On Monday, February 17, I emptied the green tote #6 which was being used to hold leaves/shred mix into one of the red tubs.  In the process, I found 3 worms, 1 large worm and 2 small worms - it looked like they were 2nd generation.  I thought there must have been one more large worm, but I couldn't find it.  I added the 3 worms to red tub #3.  I found 9 when transferring from a tote to this #3 tub, and then found 3 more as I sifted through the remains, bringing the total to 12 worms, and with these 3, that brings the total to 15 worms.  I will buy a carton of worms to add to red tub #3, to bring the total over 40 worms.