What's Wrong With My Worm Bin?

Living with a herd of worms definitely provides you with an interesting educational experience. Watching a few hundred worms turn my apple cores, potato peels, egg shells, and coffee grounds into dark, rich vermicompost is almost too much fun for this particular gardener. (Seriously. I'm geeky that way.)

But it takes a bit of trial and error to get a worm bin in perfect working order, and my first year or so of vermicomposting presented me with a few challenges. It turns out that the issues I ran into are pretty common among vermicomposters, so I thought I'd share them here, as well as what I did to get my worm bin back to normal. I'm happy to say that now that I understand how to keep my worms happy, they are more productive than ever.

Without further ado, here are the top three issues I've had with my worm bin, and how to solve them.