Basics: vermiculture (worm-based) composting

Reg wiggler worm (Eisena foetida) basics:
- a home (bin, box, bag) with ventilation for air flow, but not large enough for the worms to escape
- soil
- bedding (shredded newspaper, cardboard, wood chips, leaves, straw, peat moss)
- kitchen waste
- worms

A cool, dark environment is ideal - Redworms feed most rapidly at temperatures of 15–25 °C (59-77 °F). They can survive at 10 °C (50 °F). Temperatures above 30 °C (86 °F) may harm them.

Earthworms are also called megadriles (or big worms). Small worms are microdriles.

Eisenia fetida, known under various common names, including redworms, brandling worms, tiger worms and red wiggler worms, are earthworm species well suited for decaying organic material (vegetation, compost, manure) or vermicomposting, rather than being found in the soil.