David - Thanks for listing your method and experience. The screens are suggested to be 1/4" and 1/8" mesh, so I don't know if that would be about right for red wigglers or not. These are the smaller worms. You are right that in the video the castings seemed to be drier so that they would sift right through the screens without sticking. So .... I guess I shall find out.
Many have said they do what you do and just place food in a corner of the bin and wait until most of the worm move over there and harvest the castings from other areas of the bins. So far, my worms seem to be doing okay. A few have escaped (only to dry up and die on the concrete patio or garage floor. But that has only been a few worms. Most seem like they are settling in their new homes.
I was told that it takes a good 6 months when first starting out to get the worm colony really going strong. Then after that, there are enough that they really increase and compost at a good rate, so that you may have to add more worm bins to keep up with the growing colony. I have almost an entire yard of gardens to feed, so that works for me! LOL!
