I've decided to dispense with the worm towers for the winter. I got all 7 made, the last 2 had extra large holes for the worms. I've decided to work more shredded paper/cardboard and leaves into the soil over the winter, for more composting and put the food scraps directly into the soil through the rest of the winter, and then save the worm towers for when I start to plant to I don't have to dig around the growing roots in the totes. As I store the worm towers over the winter, I'm going to increase the size of the holes for the worms and maybe shorten them all to about the same height.
I worked one tote according to the new plan today -- the watermelon tote. I saw three worms as I was thoroughly mixing up the soil that was already in it, which made me very happy. I took out the worm tower and added a couple inches more of shredded paper and leaves, and then worked all that into the dirt loosely, plus one banana peel and four egg shells, and then put the plastic cover back over it. If the weather gets severe again, then I will put some of my extra bags of paper/cardboard and leaves into the totes to keep the worms warm.
I went out this morning and put down the stakes for the last tote to anchor it to the ground, but I forgot my tape so I still have that to do, plus put in extra ties around the stakes in the cantaloupe bin.
And I'm going to go out again and pick up the leaves from the front porch area so they don't keep blowing into the building.
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