Been there, done that...lint is such a HUGE annoyance to my life. We're in a 2nd floor condo where the dryer vent ducting goes to the roof through the attic over 20 feet and several elbows. My husband bought the condo years before we met, and the ducting was clogged after several years. At the time, he decided to disconnect the vent from the duct. The resulting moisture did some damage to the cabinetry (swelling of the particle board, even under layers of oil-based paint). Soon after we married, he decided we needed to fix the problem correctly. He went up into the attic and disassembled the ducting, brought it outside, and blew it out with his air compressor. I pushed some cleaning tool through it as well. We can't be doing this regularly! I mean preferably, never again! So, I had him put a filter -- a gallon paint strainer -- over the dryer vent where it connects to the machine. This clogs every month or so, we pull the machine out, disconnect the vent, clean the strainer, and put it back. This is still an annoying chore, but not the nightmare of dealing with the whole duct run. My husband had a cool idea, that what we need to do is sew a new, longer strainer that tapers to a skinny point, so that even when it clogs at the point, there can still be air flowing past the clogged strainer, and we should be able to go longer between cleanings. We got a new dryer last summer, and pulled the ducting out of the attic to clean it -- but it was already clean as a whistle. So, our secondary filter system has kept the duct run clean for 9 years. I found you can buy secondary lint traps with a door that opens to clean them out, but we don't have room to install the box in our laundry room, and I don't think it would work any better or be easier to clean than our homemade filter. When I redo the floor, I plan to put magic slider thingies under the dryer feet to make it easier to move in and out, plus I won't want to gouge my new floor. I have researched other solutions. People claim that solid metal vent will maintain better airflow than pleated, but I think it will still clog because we need 2 90-degree elbows to get it connected to the duct in the wall. And if it clogs, how do we pull out the machine with a non-stretching vent? If we could move the duct in the wall to match the dryer vent outlet, that would eliminate 2 elbows and would probably help... I also found you can install a secondary fan in the ducting near the exit, increasing the airspeed in long ducts so the lint won't clog. They cost $150-200, but if I never had to clean out the duct run or pull out the dryer to clean my makeshift secondary lint trap ever again, it would be well worth it. I also think that our ducting is leaky somewhere, because rooms on the other side of the wall (our master bath) get crusted with lint all the time. Finding and sealing those leaks would probably improve airspeed some, plus save me tons of work cleaning the lint all the time. I think the additional fan is the way to go. In 2 other areas where we replaced an ineffective low-cfm cheap fan with a high-cfm good one, like the hood over our cooktop, it made an amazing difference, night and day. Here is a link that might be useful: example of dryer duct fan

I've been reading self-help, cleaning and organizing blogs and magazines for years. One thought that stood out "You can't organize clutter." The only way to deal with clutter is put things away where they belong and toss as much as possible on a regular basis.

Hmmm... wonder why that didn't work... trying again... Here is a link that might be useful: Antique? Liv Rm Set

Thanks Shaul. Like you, I didn't buy books or anything and just like on-line,you have to sift what one book says from the other. As here, it's what happened in their/our bin(s). I have learned to accept and live with mites up to a certain size of colony. They break down the bigger chunks and give bacteria bigger surface to cover and so helping the worms get their daily food. AND, they stay in the bin. I'm sure those fungus gnats maggots (if you can call them that) help the same way. I have some odd 25 - 3 gal. bins with screen covers and just imagine opening the lid and have these gnats fly in your face. And with how much time from eggs to flying critters, they will come in waves. However, there are some bins that have minimal gnats and I suspect that there are some nematode of some kind in there. mywormyworld: There is no such thing as too much egg shells in the bin. What I understand so far, it will bind acid but when there's no more binding to be done it will just sit there as egg shells. I bought a hand-cranked grain grinder and it served me well (as keep me in shape). Just to add aesthetics to the bin, no big chunks of egg shells. With your size of worm population, I would put a partition in your bin, i.e. with a cardboard divider across. I found that they breed faster in a smaller space than having to roam the space to find a partner. You can fill the other half of the bin with your supply of shredded paper and extra kitchen scrap. It's OK if some wander off there but your main colony is on the other side. I mostly apply logic to my worm farming rather than scientific, which I have none or little of.