I’m a proud Worm Inn owner that doesn’t have a stand kit. If you saw my original video for this, I hung it underneath my steps pretty easily.
Then the wintertime came, and somehow the mice found their way into the house. I’ve spent so much time shoring up the perimeter of my house, but there’s one section underneath the backyard decking that I can’t reach very easily and they must be getting in that way somehow.
I guess they found the Worm Inn quickly, since it’s in the basement and it has plenty of food scraps in it. One day I came downstairs and noticed some tiny rough spots in the mesh lid. It appears I’ve gotten lucky and they haven’t ripped a hole. Now I have to hang the thing up much higher so they can’t get to it.
So why the bucket, you ask? Well, I like to check on the worms and play with them somewhat often… I’m not able to do that when hanging them up extra high to keep any pests from getting to it. So once my kitchen jar gets full, I unhook the Worm Inn from the ceiling (this thing is heavy!) and put it inside a 5 gallon bucket…it fits pretty nicely. Then I can open it up, check the progress and add new material.
My basement is super cold, and I was surprised to see that they’re still in there doing their thing…resilient little guys, aren’t they? They’ll be getting a lot of extra attention until springtime rolls around, that’s for sure…I wasn’t able to build a pile large enough to make it through the winter, but the worms will pick up the extra slack with no problems.