I think I could do this plan. When the weather improves I'll probably find other things to do.

Here is a link that might be useful: worm bin from plastic tubs

I've read some pretty funny stories of people trying to round up escaped worms all over their basement. Of couse it wouldn't be funny if it were in my own house. lol
The castings make some of the best fertilizer from what I've read. The soil and compost forum would have lots of info on raising them. Don't forget to look there.

Well I feel stupid. I just discovered that Gardenweb has a vermicomposting forum. They might have some info too. lol

If you decide to start a worm bin, let us know how it goes.

I've heard that if you take a bar of soap and rub it around the top of the container that the worms won't crawl over it to get out.

My pets came today. I like them. I keep picking up the shredded newspaper to look at them and they run away. I hope I don't kill them because I ordered them on-line during the ice on impulse and now they are here. I just made their bed today after I checked the mail.

Keep us posted Helen.
I'm curious. Yes I've heard about the cat.
No really I have always thought it sounded really cool in theory. Just don't know if it would be right for me.
Good luck.
Bonnie

Congrats! What are you keeping them in? Did you make a bin like the one in the video? The photos that someone posted in the winter sowing forum showed a worm bin that looked like just another piece of furniture sitting in their kitchen. It seems like it would be so convenient to have it right there in the kitchen to dump scraps into as long as it's odorless like they say.
If a person was crafty (I'm not), they could make a bin out of wood maybe to double as a plant stand or bench or something.

The cat?

Crafty? Wood? Hummm.... William? Hey william maybe something for you to think about next year when there is little to do.
Sure hope you an your family are doing alright.

Helen let us know if it really is odorless. I just can't imagine it being completely odorless.
Bonnie

It is a plastic tub with damp shredded newspaper and it is in my basement. It smells like onions because I put some in there with potato peels, apple cores and lettuce leaves. Heck with the compost these are my pets; I like them as well as goldfish. In better weather, I think they could be just out my back door. I will not put onions in there in the future.