We started with a half pound of worms locally and still are on the first bin. Our food waste is next to nonexistent - and that makes us happy since our city does not collect compostables.Setup is a breeze because everything is included! Hooray! I wish I had bought more worms to start, but I think the local worm farm wanted me to to get the bin environment going before adding too many worms. The worms are happily multiplying and we have many babies and cocoons!I've had NO TROUBLE with flies or other pests. If you are having trouble, your bin is either too wet or you are feeding too much. Cover your bin with a few pages of newspaper and a couple inches of shredded paper and cardboard. If you squeeze your paper and it drips, your bin is too wet! It should feel like a wrung out, wet sponge. I mist my top layer of newsprint every couple of days.We've kept our bin in the kitchen for handy access since March! No smell, very clean. Our 65 lb. dog leaves it alone, so you don't have to worry about your pets messing with it.My bin still has not had liquid come out of the spout yet. If you have a lot of liquid draining, add more shredded paper and cardboard.My preference is to feed the worms about twice a week. Our food scraps get chopped and saved in plastic freezer bags. When they're low on food, I take some of the frozen food and let it defrost before adding to the bin.I'm so glad my family got me this bin - instead of making a DYI version. It's AWESOME!
Sarah Marie 
