I am just one person but am a vegan and so everything I eat the wormies can eat. I put my stuff through a food processor and can fill two quart size mason jars a week. I put those jars in the fridge and by the time the wormies get it the stuff is about two to three weeks old so they scarf it up. Currently my bin has almost two pounds of worms in it so they're not quite eating the two jars a week, but they're getting close.

I have found that it really doesn't take that much time and effort to run everything through the processor, plus it takes up so little space like that. And I never have to worry about some one mistaking it for actual food just from the way it looks. I do gather scraps during the week in a container in the fridge and process that stuff maybe once or twice during the week.

DH & I fill up a 8-cup container probably about 4 times a week. This includes coffee filters. I would not dream of processing the scraps; that's Mother Nature's job. I don't vermicompost any more, just put the scraps under a compost heap or bury them. I got tired of dealing with the worms and bin, and in my zone stuff can be buried all year.

Even though I have a large family we don't make a lot of food scraps (for a family of 8). Maybe about 5 lbs a week. But, if you add in junk mail, newspaper, cardboard, paperboard, and all the random increase in food due to garden extras like watermelon rind and stuff, it really adds up!

I am halfway tempted to order 5 lbs. of worms before I get into fall canning season. I will have 5 gallon buckets full of apple/pear peals and cores. I make a lot of sauces, preserves and crisps in the fall and get 50-100 gallons of fruit from my father-in-law. It was sad when I made 3 batches of strawberry jam last week and I had to put most of the tops into the compost pile since my 2.0 lbs. of worms couldn't process them all. I gave them a couple but I was scared to give them all.