Just starting

I want to clarify something. We DON'T have a backyard. No balcony. We have a fire escape that's not that accessible, but worms can't live below 42 degrees, and I don't feel like hauling my rotting food scraps in and out of my window every day. So we need a clean, contained indoor system that doesn't smell and can fit in our kitchen or right outside our door.

So we ordered our Can - O - Worms composter from Amazon.com for $99.95 (go through alonovo.com to support progressive economics) and our worms from umm... some other online thing for $30/pound (including shipping).

Here is the Can-O-Worms just out of the box and the baggie of worms. They come in a little breathable sack full of bedding. They're shy about being in the light, so inside it just looks like dirt.