Timmah!

Good times. I, too enjoy the company of the outdoors to most other people.

Did you monitor your ph, &/or buffer with some dolomite or crushed egg shells?. What likely killed your worms was NOT mold, as they happily eat mold, in addition to other microorganisms. The culprit was likely the anaerobic microorganisms from the rotting food. They create toxic conditions, byproducts & poisonously low PH to worms, as opposed to the aerobic bacteria which flourish in the top 6 inches of a bin or forest floor, upon which composting worms feed. Perlite is a much better option instead of Styrofoam because Perlite is inert, doesn't decompose & leach chemicals (as it's essentially lava/volcanic glass), & has many pores on its surface to hold moisture & air, making these key components available throughout the media/bedding, along with keeping the bedding nice & fluffy. Can be left in or screened-out to be reused, too.

Here, check this link out. You can use European Nightcrawles for both composting & fishing bait; they go deeper than Red Wrigglers, which stay in the top 4 or 5 inches. Or even a mix to cover the top and deeper levels of a bin/pile. https://unclejimswormfarm.com/vermicompost-nightcrawler-worms/

The bins are available for $8.00 or so, a piece. Made it myself. Just a 1.5-hole saw & some Teflon tape to secure the spigot purchased online. You want European Nightcrawles if fishing is your intention. The Red Wigglers I use were purchased for about $30/lb. online. and simple to build oneself.

XI>XI< ...The bilateral symmetry is not visually unappealing... Prolly wose than @Predat0r & his shiity Dutch internet!

Some expressed an interest, so here's me blathering about worms for longer than any normal person probably would: . .

Pretty perspective! Is this near the Great Dividing Range?

Smells like a craze, a fad; people investing on accumulated hype, not wanting to miss-out. It's a bubble ready to pop with the untenable, unfounded-on-anything-but-hype all-pervasive social media buzz. A little over 10 years ago, Bitcoin was worth like 10 cent, now it's 'worth' like ~$50,000?! That's over a 200% annual compound growth rate; & based upon what justification? Hype? It's pure speculation & the hype train is in full effect, pushed along by those already invested. Just know it's speculation, not a tenable investment & should be treated accordingly. It's not a question of if but when the bubble bursts & one can only hope to get out before what they've invested goes down the tubes; all like the dot.com hype & eventual pop.

Dude, he fucking POSED for the slap, with a dramatic pause; & he turned & walked-off with a comedic swagger. Nothing more than a stunt. And Rock's faux expression is not one of someone genuinely surprised at being slapped on-stage in front of a television audience. After initial surprise there would have been even the briefest moment of an angered micro expression: nada.

Yes, I'm thoroughly familiar with Blues, it's history, & especially the great Albert King; Mr. King was SRV's mentor, friend, Godfather; I think my favorite parts of the 'In Session' recording is seeing the unabashed comradery between the two & the reminiscing of how SRV showed up as some small, skinny kid maybe 16 with a guitar & asked Albert if he could sit-in with them & jam. The normally gruff Mr. King practically gushing with pride over SRV & his imminent rise to stardom, telling him a couple times how he better keep trying, that he'll be watching & had a board or paddle or something & he'll find SRV & come to where he's at & give him whoopin' if he deems necessary. The 'In Session' recording was just as SRV was gaining commercial success & having just released his first major album. I'm a fan of music, especially Texas Blues. Thanks for the suggestion, nonetheless. To watch SRV play Texas Flood immediately reminds me of Albert King, you can't help but notice the recurring licks, especially of Texas Flood when they make appearances throughout so many of his songs; that & his penchant for repeating a lick to where it's almost monotonous, but then becomes seemingly fitting after maybe having been 'over-played'. To watch/hear SRV play is to hear, in many ways, Albert King play. The 'In Session' recording really clarifying this point for those not as familiar.

...but it's moderately amusing most times; not strictly banal self-absorption.

Not you, buddy!

Holy non sequiturs, Batman! What's your eye color even remotely have to do with the conversation... not that TBB, Rob & the usual suspects haven't already hijacked the thread - which is fine- but try to make your content at least tangentially relevant & mildly entertaining...or I'll dot that other eye! ....fkr....!

Only my family doctor may have 'pressed my button' once during an - ahem - exam... had to check he was using one of his hands & not have both on my shoulders! =P

...if you lived close enough, br0ther; I'd be happy to make extra...

Yup; my dad's last station of duty was Fort Knox. Arrived here back in '74 & I stayed after he retired in '81. Love the area with all of its hardwood forests, parks, hunting & fishing areas. They're literally all over the state. Green, Rough, Barren, Cumberland, Nolin, Barkley & Kentucky, Ohio river, Taylorsville, Buckhorn, Grayson, Laurel, Kentucky River, Salt.... and price of land, cost of living is reasonable.... & most people are nice; especially the farther out into the country you travel.

Lol, just don't insult my mule.

Been there; like anywhere else: Only find trouble if you're looking for it.

Yes, Dogwoods: The tree of Jesus's Crucifixion, according to legend...a harbinger of fishing season & all glorious outdoor activities.

virga 30-segment p.i.d. for custom coffee roast profiling apple pie, anyone? gettin' well-tired of these pics, Mr.

Gotta fill-up before I r0ll out: LOve the ease of work in cast iron; no need to worry about being delicate, can transfer to oven...use over a campfire... Can't stress enough the consummate utility of Maillard in all things culinary Medium-high heat & stir until just set; ~20 sec. glorious cheeeeseeee!!! Flip over to allow cheese to participate in Maillard action... ....aaand flip back over to plate...

...and Stevie Ray Vaughan is my favorite artist...& where all the style went: he apparently took it with him. This cat was LEGEND, whether playing some nameless dive on a Friday night or President Bush's Inaugural Ball, The El Mocambo, a charity event (of which he did many), with Buddy Guy, to celebrate a friends birthday, at his eponymous Legend's Club (he's the only Blues Legend left, imho), some State Fair or anywhere: He always gave it all, inexorably drawing-in his audience to journey with him to the planes of greatness to which he ascended when playing, performing. . . Gotta include his performance of 'Texas Flood' played at Bush's Inaugural Ball. Purely epic, & introduced by none other than The Iceman himself: Albert Collins, whom SRV insisted by invited to play; giving credit to fellow Legends who came before him & were his influence & peers.

We're all b0rn natural scientists, with the Scientific Method literally wired into our DNA. Curiosity & cause & effect, to wit: Notice something, ask a question, observe & research (data) relevant to the question, make a prediction of what's going on & what's gonna happen given the information (hypothesis), test the hypothesis (which is just a story to explain a phenomenon), observe (gather data (information) to test hypothesis, draw a conclusion. Did it answer the question? Did it predict future results given the context, the system in which the phenomenon in question occurs? NO? repeat, refine. Yes?: Theory! working theory. 4 year olds do this. Crows, Corvids do this. Manifold mammals do this. An environment that has elements trying to kill you, & one in which you usually must also in-turn kill (participate) develops, evolves this trait of curiosity, observation (vigilance, too), to avoid being food & rather one who collects food & those other things which facilitate survival & advance our genes through reproduction. That hungry lion pride on the savannah, as you were resting in a tree with your simian compatriots...in a clade, if you will...an adjacent Orangutan, a gibbon...maybe even a chimp. Well, Fred -not the smartest Catarrhine in the tree- is NOT in the tree; his dumb ass decided to rest his neck for a time comfortably under the tree. Shortly, he was fueling feline mitochondria. You notice & then hypothesize they went for low-hanging fruit, so-to-speak. You hypothesize that they will do this in the future: make a prediction; and decide to make it a point of focus to rest perhaps a few branches higher from this day forward. From your perch, you observe, as the days melt into weeks & months that, indeed the li0nesses do go for targets of convenience the vast majority of occasions they hunt, & have now formed: A theory!; a working theory. Everybody does it, since pre history. It's encoded into our genes & fun to witness young ones practice what comes natural, before it's drubbed from far too many.

I, too try to...

Red Wriggler worms are native to Europe; they live in the top 3-6 inches of the forest floor; just under the leaves. They consume the AEROBIC -as in the presence of oxygen- microorganisms that decompose the organic matter- read leaves & twigs laying under the trees. There is no smell, other than the rich smell of loam, humus. The stench of which you speak- r0t- occurs under & is produces by ANaerobic microorganisms. If I didn't lift the lid, one would not be able to guess what's in the bin. I feed them only that which they can consume within a 24-48 hour period; only adding additional food after what I've offered is consumed. You could keep this under your office desk & not even notice....anywhere. NO SMELL. Do you smell the all-pervading stench of rot when you go for a walk in the woods? That same process is occurring throughout the woods, everywhere in the world....