Red wigglers, like the article suggested. I think I threw in 3 containers, about 90 total, of worms. I bought soil, a ton of newspaper bedding, my own yard soil, moistened it up, added egg shells, coffee grounds, peels, etc. Eventually, couldn't find any worms and things got moldy. Not sure what we did wrong, but I didn't put a lot of time and thought into it. It was my boy's project. I might look into it more this spring if he wants to give it another try.