Wiggling Around

Just a quick update today!  Two posts in one day is tough for me!

Data and Observations:

Pretty cool stuff is happening to the piece of the bag that ripped away from the bigger piece of the bag…see, I can’t write two posts in one day.  My brain can’t take it.  Everything comes out jumbled.  Take a look at the picture.  The silver glow on the inside of the piece is fading and the blue outer color is being exposed.  Looks like a layer is breaking down.

The temperature in the bin is about the same from last week, 42F.  The outside temperature has fluctuated from about 20F-40F.

That’s about it!  no big whoooop!

Yikes, it’s been cold in Bend! Cold enough for it to snow in November. When there’s snow on the worm bins, I like to leave it there.  Having the snow on the bins, provides another layer of insulation for the Red Wigglers.  I am still conducting the SunChips experiment despite this cold weather.  The bag is in it’s 3rd week of composting. Each week, I will update the “Data and Observations” section of the experiment.

Data and Observations: The temperature in Bend was 41F when I went to check on the worms.  To my surprise, the temperature inside the worm bin was about the same.  I made sure to thoroughly clean the thermometer when I got back inside!
When I pulled away the bedding, I saw one lonely Red Wiggler next to the SunChips bag. He was moving rather slowly, and I am sure he was cold.  There wasn’t much of a change from last week.  I did pick up the bag to see if it would rip some more, but it didn’t :^(

Even with these frigid temperatures, I will continue to observe the SunChips bag.

Happy Wormin’

Check out this cool trail of ice which formed on our gutter chain.  At the moment, it is slowly melting away and the sound it’s producing is rather calming!

It’s been so cold in Bend!  Last week, our daytime highs were in the 20′s and the night time lows were in the negative single digits. Not only were we blasted with winter temperatures, Mother Nature also granted us 6 inches of snow.  The kids enjoyed the snow and weren’t phased by the arctic temperatures.  They made a really cute snowman with Carlos and loved pelting each other with snowballs.  I’m not to sure how the Red Wigglers felt about this unseasonably cold weather.  I’m going to check on them and the Sunchips bag today and will record all of my data for my ongoing experiment.  It will be a quick visit because there is a nice layer of snow on the top of the worm bins, and I don’t want to expose them to the outside temperature for too long.  That wouldn’t be too nice to blast them with cold air…yuck.  Be back in a bit!