Do you think our little squirmy friends are resilient? They have no brain, no skeleton, no lungs, no face not even a centralized heart. They can't possibly be very resilient can they? Contraire Mon Fre're, the lil guys in the pics(few you can see) left San Antonio Tx on Sept 29th, made it to Shertz Tx that same day and started a sight seeing journey towards Memphis Tn over the next 5 days. Decided they liked Tennessee so well they spent 4 days slooooowwwly making their way to Knoxville Tennessee where they liked it so much they spent 8 days(must have caught a Vols football game) before finally arriving to their new home in Pineville, Ky. Its quite possible they have become some of the most well traveled and culturally diverse worms in the country. With all that said I didn't find 1 single dead worm and they weren't really skinny looking. If thats not resilient I dont know what is. I don't think I could pack enough stuff in my truck to travel as much as they have for thus amount of time and not be starved and strung out. Thanks a bunch @Cherene Packard they made it!!!!

Harvested a 14 inch section from Big Ben today. The bedding was only 6 inches deep. I started my dry down process last Thursday. I use a small 4 inch fan that blows across the top and work the bedding 3-5 times a day(3 on work days, 5 weekends). The result is over 90% of the worms vacate, the bedding reaches a moisture level of around 65% and I can hand sift around 5 gallons of castings in about 20 mins. Now I only need 30 more gallons of castings to fill my 4x8 bed. Big Ben and his squirmy crew are paying huge dividends!!! Pics are the before and after with a lil over 4 gallons of 1/8 sifted castings 😁💩🪱😁

@Jason Evans is! He sent me a package... Seriously, I LOVE this. With digital cash apps, it's hard to save the first dollar. This is SO much better. I'll never be jonesing for a drink and steal the dollar! :)

***Update*** Progress on Bigger Ben and change of plans. Pictured is this weeks progress on Bigger Ben. Caster wheels installed, floor joists and flooring put down. Hopefully get the side and end walls installed tomorrow and the pond liner in this weekend. The change of plan is that it will be a red wiggler bin. Little Ben has become home to my ANCs who seem to be very happy in there after a few days. Coming soon to a wormery near you. An even bigger worm bin, "Bigger Ben". This is the initial frame work for a 3 1/2' x 8' x 18" ANC bin. 3/4" plywood will make the walls and floor which will be on 16 inch centers. It will be lined with pond liner and this time I'm gonna cut it to size and seal the seams with a pond/fish safe sealant and will also be installing caster wheels rated for up to 4,400 lb making fully mobile as well. The max capacity for ANCs is much different than red wiggs and blues. They top off at about 3 lbs per sq ft and only about 300-400 per lb which is a max capacity when full of about 35,000 worms. We shall see 😁🪱💩😁

Never mind. I know you wet the bedding, but what about the newspaper you put on top? I see some people getting it wet - others put it on dry. What do you do - and more importantly tell me WHY!