Happy Red Worms Make Me a Happy Woman

My red worms the day they arrived.

A couple of weeks ago I started my red worm compost bin. Within twenty-four hours I was a little worried that maybe I had made a mistake in getting them because I wasn't sure if they were going to live and/or if I was doing something wrong that was making the whole thing smell.

I read that red worms can put off a smell when they are stressed and of course it has to be stressful traveling through the mail and getting dumped into a new bin.

Red Worms, Seedlings, Oh My!

You never have enough good quality healthy soil when urban gardening. To make matters worse, I live in Georgia and if you know anything about Georgia it is almost all red clay. I had to do something or I was going to be throwing away money every year on soil and soil amendments for my veggie garden. I decided to start a red worm composting bin but it seemed I could only get them through the mail.