Worm Bin Day and Feeding day for the plants

Over the last couple of decades I have made several worm bins, some hand made by me and some purchased.  As of this decade, this is my favorite.  Built for one person, I only attend it about once every 4 to 6 weeks.  I keep it indoors where it can’t be infested with any bugs that aren’t serving me.  This small bin feeds my entire container garden which includes many food related plants.    
This one batch of worms is about a year old, meaning that I purchased red worms from Uncle Jim’s Worm Farm; Just google him about a year ago and the colony has been alive and well since then.   This bin I purchased off amazon for $30, but they are $50 now “4 tray worm compost kit”. 
Please consult the internet for basics of how and why you would want a worm bin/composter, many folks out there better than me at this and have dedicated a long time to it.   I personally am interested in the casting (poop) for my garden.  EVERYTHING loves worm castings. 

Here are my tricks to awesomeness once you have the basic concept:

1.  Keep it in a clean bug-free area!  It will not smell or draw bugs if you follow my process.  You will only open it once a month or so.  I always take mine outside for the initial opening JUST IN CASE.  If you open it and bugs are present, you have a problem and need to tear it down and clean it well, hand pick out as many worms as you can and then restart the entire thing.  The only thing more annoying than this is having a house full of flying bugs for the next 2 days on top of it. 
2. Keep your scraps for the bin in a sealed Tupperware container throughout the month, in your fridge.  Only open the worm container once every 4 to 6 weeks and feed it all at once, ensure a tight seal on the containers and then leave it alone. 
3. When harvesting out the castings (worm poop) I put the “mud” directly into my containers in a little hole in the dirt.  If I can’t dig a little hole because of roots, I will lay it around the top and then water it lightly.  When you have many of the thicker castings out from the edges, put it over a big bowl or bucket and spray it down with water, I use mist level.  The black water dripping out is straight fertilizer, most of the worms have already vacated this level because you were messing with it and flipping it around. The spray will leave the food and much needed moisture without drowning your worms.  You can then water your house plants and other smaller pots.  Only a little, you aren’t trying to wet down your roots, you are trying to get as much of the castings into the soil and leave them there as possible.  I’ll often do this AFTER I water just so the soil is wet and better capable of holding onto particles.
4. Get a bag of plan dirt, no fertilizers or anything in it (no miracle grow!).  Always put a thin layer of dirt under the food scraps, take the sprayed down leftovers (Tip 3) and throw that on top of the scraps and then a layer at least ½” thick of soil on top, then the lid.   The worms need it, and it keeps any wayward smells or insects away while the worms go to town on the scraps. 
5. If you have dead plants or old dead root balls, you have worm egg heaven.  Leave a root ball in the bottom tray to improve your worm population.
6. Feel like your worms are too many and going through the food to fast?  Throw a bunch in your containers.  They will happily live on old dyeing root and broken-down material.