On the Loose

I maintain four indoor worm bins throughout the year for our food scraps. They're not big enough for all our scraps but they help a lot and we make some great fertilizer for Linda's houseplants. Last summer I dumped one of the bins into one of our large compost piles. I fed the pile lots of garbage throughout the winter and yesterday when the picture was taken, I was blown away by how many worms there were.
They slowly turn the big pile into worm castings which are ten times richer than compost. They may be too slow for me, however, and I think I'll add some grass clippings to help the pile finish up quicker. The good news is that even with a frigid Missouri winter, they were happy and healthy and in great numbers.