Migration Harvest After Worms Were Neglected for 103 Days

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwkpzPYXNkE It's great to see that worms aren't as high maintenance as it seems... I tend to view them as pets, but I'm starting to re-think that. Given the right conditions, they can go for months without new food. Remember that once they eat all the food scraps, they'll get to work on the bedding. The less work, the better- worms will stick around with just a little bit of effort.

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120 degrees and the worms are still here!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFSUG0tg6q8 My Envirocycle compost tumbler is cooking at about 120 F, and the red wigglers are still hanging in there- wow! I added two red wigglers several months ago, and now I have tons of them. I didn't think they would last, let alone multiply, let alone stick around when the compost is cooking. If they wanted to leave, they could exit through the air holes or the drainage vents... I'm really surprised they're hanging around. How much longer will they last? We'll see...

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