This AM I went down with some leftover brown rice, some used tea leaves, and some fruit leavings, and saw no live, adult worms! The drainage pan beneath the bed contained quite a few dead worms. I did see some little "wormlings" wiggling about in the bedding.
So I cleaned out one large glop of un-consumed food and took the drainage pan outside. I dumped that whole mess into an outdoor compost bin and then hosed out the drainage pan. Now I've reassembled the worm box in the basement.
Maybe the materials I used for the bedding (mostly shredded newspaper and cardboard with some added sawdust and soil) contained something toxic? Maybe it's too wet? I'll need to keep a close watch on this; although I don't know what to do differently. It's probably time to reread the web references on worm bins.
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