Worm Composting Employing worms to make compost is called vermiculture. The problem is that these worms cannot tolerate high temperatures. Add a handful of them to an active compost pile and they ll be dead in an hour. To maintain a separate worm bin for composting food scraps, you need a watertight container that can be kept somewhere that the temperature will remain between 50 and 80 F all year-round. Ready-made worm bins are available, but you can also make your own.
Red worms are available by mail.