Use only black and white print and avoid colour sections, as dyes may be poisonous to worms. Place the shredded paper in the box. Worms require grit to help their digestion. Bedding material should be moist but not sodden. Prepare moist bedding two days before adding your worms, giving time for the initial heat to cool.
Purchase worms from a fishing bait retailer or from a worm wholesaler.
Feed your worm food scraps such as fruit and vegetable peels, crushed eggshells, tea bags and coffee grounds. Avoid using meats, milk products, oily foods and grains dues to odours and potential rodent and fly problems. Lessen fly and odour problems by buying the food waste by pulling aside a little bedding, placing the waste and then cover with bedding again. Bury other loads in different areas in the box. Just continue adding food up until after two and a half months.