The wonderful world of vermicomposting is fascinating and is as varied as the people who practice it. It's kind of like our old motto in home brewing: "It's not rocket science... unless you want it to be!" I can recommend some places to seek additional information and learning about vermicomposting.
First is Bentley "Compost Guy" Christie's site Redwormcomposting.com. Bentley is a passionate vermicomposter and educator in Canada who has a lot of great content available and has been producing worms and castings for years in a climate not too dissimilar from ours. He spends a lot of time on his content and on social media groups helping vermicomposters around the world and is a great resource.
For those who really catch the bug (like me), Bentley has some paid content as well that I have found really valuable in taking my vermicomposting to a new level. This is of most benefit for people who want to do more than just divert your food scraps but who really want to super-charge your bin efficiency and/or produce castings or worms as a sideline. He also has DIY plans for sale for the VermBin Continuous Flow-through Reactors of varying size, which are an advanced castings production bin that I've found work really well. If any of this interests you please consider signing up through my links below to let him know I sent you!
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I've run many styles of bin over the years, and the basic Rubbermaid storage tote works great for the beginner (or advanced) vermicomposter. They do tend to accumulate moisture though and harvesting requires figuring out how to separate worms from vermicast. For these reasons many of us end up wishing to explore other kinds of bins and once you start doing some reading, you'll start hearing about "flow-through" bins. These are really cool setups where you add food scraps to the top, and harvest finished castings out the bottom, hence "flow-through". This has the super-cool benefit of the worms having finished up and left the castings that are at the bottom, meaning you harvest worm-free castings! These systems are often called "Continuous Flow Through" or "CFT" systems, and my favorites for home systems are the DIY VermBins (above) and VermiBags. Both are highly successful systems for castings production.
A CFT in a tapered, fabric bag allows for optimal airflow and bin health once you learn the system. They are easy to maintain and harvest, are raised in their stand to be at a nice working height, and even have zippered screened lids for containing the occasional fruit fly hatch. I've run several types of "bag" systems including the old Worm-Inns and Worm-Inn Megas, and I really like bag system CFTs for home vermicomposting.
Full disclosure that I am (at my request) an "affiliate" provider for Tom at VermiBag whose bags I've come to love for my indoor casting production (I run several currently and would have more if space permitted). His bags are sewn by Tom himself, made in the USA, and are of very high quality. I'm glad to show off mine if you would like a tour of them. If you are considering a Vermibag flow-through, please consider purchasing through my affiliate link to let Tom know I sent you! Tom also has a robust YouTube Channel that is a wealth of information on vermicomposting in general as well as cultural pointers specific to flow-through systems.