This popped up as the random article for me today and it is fairly timely as the weather is starting to get cold and I'm starting to worry about the worms in my compost bin. Since I have gnats (and other things I don't want in my house) that live in my worm bin, I have to keep the bin in the garage. Inside is *not* an option at this point. I have them against a wall that butts up to our house (i.e. pretty much as far away from the cold as possible), but with Michigan winters, it gets COLD. It seemed that I lost a lot of worms last winter, even despite purchasing a tiny space heater for them. I checked on them periodically and they were always in the bin closest to the tiny heater, which worried me because I doubted that they were venturing to the top to get the food (which was probably hard to eat since there wasn't much warmth to support the break-down of the food scraps). I felt bad for them.
Any suggestions?
Continuing to use a space heater worries me because space heaters are responsible for a lot of house fires in the winter months. I'd love an option that allows for something safer. If it helps, I use the Worm Factory 360. Has anyone successfully used a setup with something like the foil hand/feet warmers or heat-reflecting blankets of some sort....anything???
