All very interesting. I'm laying my food on top of the bedding, and when the worms infest it, I know it's time to add more food. I don't know if it eventually gets mixed into the bedding, but that's up to the wormeys!
I have to say that I was a bit creeped out by them at first, but now I love them and can't wait to see them.
One season, I buried a bunch of kitchen scraps about a foot down in my flower garden. When I went to check on it some months later, there wasn't a speck of it left. I love when that happens! As humans, we take from the earth all the time. Isn't it wonderful when we can give back?
I'll try to post pictures of the leaf mold at some point. It's lovely and I don't feel bad about taking some because no one else seems to know about it.