Well, here we are over a month in and all is going well. I've been putting a 2litre ice-cream-tub-full of waste in the wormery (spread over one half of the surface area) about once every week to ten days, and that seems to be working well so far.
I had to go away on business for a week mid-October and they suffered no ill-effects while I was away - good job too, as I'll be away several more times before the end of the year!
We've had a couple of frosts already (although it's warm again now), so I'm ready with the bubble-wrap to give them a bit of insulation, stop them from slowing down in the cold, and keep them wriggling and munching ...
They're making great compost, although still little to no 'worm tea' - I'm being careful not to put too much wet waste in, so that may be affecting it. I don't mind, the tea is a bonus really, and I only expected to get it over the summer.
I'm hoping that the worms will do well over the winter, and may decide to split them to start a second wormery next summer - I'll have to see how they breed over the winter though.
