They have arrived! One day ahead of predicted scheduled delivery. After quickly reading through the instructions several times, we proceeded to inflate the soil brick that the worms were to burrow and eat through as their starter. Once inflated, we then proceeded to fill the bin with foam, cardboard, soil, and then for the squeamish part, opening the can of worms.

I must admit, with the lights on, cameras poised and then peeling back that lid, we were a bit disappointed…. the worms in the pot also shared it with compost. All I could see was the slight glimmer of slimey worm underneath the surface. Skugg was about to put away the camera when I tipped the contents into the bin and lo and behold, there were quite a few of them.

The instructions said to leave the bin in sunlight so that the worms naturally burrowed downwards, but it was late, the sun had set, and I think all the flashes from the camera did a good substitute. I finally fed them a small meal of egg shells, lettuce and radishes. Placing one more piece of cardboard on top, the lid was closed. Sorted!

The amusing thing was that my can of worms came by business post!