how is it working out? I am just starting out. I got lucky with my worms, I got an already established bin, so I have no idea what works well or better than others. This sounds simple, and I have ample freezer space for scraps.
in my bin, I need to harvest the worms/castings in the bin I have. I am going to try the screen/new bedding method to seperate them. I hope this works. I don't want to loose any eggs or worms. but I NEED to get them seperated. wish me luck.

I've frequently frozen my scraps and it seems to work very well. For me, it's a question of logistics and convenience. If I have people over for dinner and wind up with far more scraps than usual, I don't always have room in the bins for all the scraps and I hate to overload the bins because that can create an odor and draw undesirables (such as the neighborhood pig). So I just fill a used shopping bag with whatever it is, pop it in the freezer, and fetch it at some later date when I haven't created any scraps for several days.

I also dig a hole and bury excess scraps various places around the yard.

I can't feed my worms frozen scraps cause they get blue lips & shiver. Besides, they reside in a centrally heated & cooled condo with a steady temp of 78 deg F.

Chuckie,
What is the bin temps in your outdoor bins?? Is it above 85 deg? Has it reached 90 yet??

bruce

Bendback:

No, they've not attained 85 yet. Probably won't. The bins are in deep shade all day. The bin temps are usually about 10-15 degrees lower than the ambient temps.

Chuckiebtoo

I freeze all the food but usually thaw it out but not always right now I am just going to go and put a layer of frozen food on top. I find though that I am not worried about putting frozen if there is a fresh somewhat dry top since I layer. I have seen frozen food tough my worms and then they somewhat literally seem to freezze and not move quickly away from it but that is with direct contactso as long as there is that extra layer then it is a great idea to keep an outdoor bin cooler.

Is anyone else doing this?

Yep. Me. :: waves hand :: And I'm doing it for all the reasons you've listed, plus the fact that it keeps fruitfly eggs from becoming fruitflies. I love castings. I do not love drosophila.

I freeze all the foodstock and try to defrost as part as possible before feeding but I still get fruitflies though not as many and yes I do freeze fro 5 or more days and do cover.

I freeze too - for similar reasons - it kills fruitflies and is a nice tidy way to add scraps to the bin. I generally clear a space in the bin and dump the frozen containerful in. It doesn't seem to hurt the worms. They tend to move away if it's too cold for them and move back in when it's defrosted.