You'll never see 70% capped brood frames,....perhaps 5 frames, the rest is honey and pollen. Add second deep when you see about 90% full, jam packed bees.

As a seller, if I have a buyer I trust is en-route (and I will know that based on a phone call, not a text or email) I would ask for 15 min. buyer's phone # and tell them I'll call if it does not sell to the buyer en-route. As a buyer, I once called early in the day on a cabinet that had posted late the night before. Seller told that someone responded by email in the wee hours, he set an appointment time by response email and would allow them to look first even though I could get there sooner. In my gut I KNEW the person would be a no show - it was just fishy they way they responded. Sure enough, the seller called me later in the day, they'd been a no show. I hightailed it over there and bought the cabinet from a really nice young man who trusted a 3am email to be legit. I often think that being of a 'certain age' where a phone call is a measure of legitimacy is an advantage. By speaking with someone, you can get a lot of information that tells you whether to proceed or pull away. I don't get taken in by emails or texts because they are not my first 'language' although I use them all the time. Younger people rely on those communication forms as a first language - and they often pay a price for it!!!

I don't think that is an antique; it's a repro. I have a similar one, true antique, that I got on CL and upholstered in linen, but I don't sit in it often. It's fine for the few times I do. In 'my' CL, I have seen people call things from the 1980's antiques. I'd ask the seller more about that chair, if it being an antique or not means a lot to you.

Like Steve said there are a lot of variables. If you started with the full brick of coir the final appearance will also depend on how much other food You've mixed in. Coir as a component of the compost is great and it will eventually breakdown. If it's mostly coir though it will take longer and it won't look quite the same. My first tray took about 2-3 months of maturing before I was satisfied with it. I had a few scraps of paper and a few peanut shells that didn't break down but the rest was very good quality. I left my first tray alone without adding more food to it for 2-3 months and only added food to the new trays for that time. My rational was to allow the worms to continue to mature and eat on the tray without being disturbed. I started with 1000 worms and I'm still trying to grow my population. I think the general guidance I've found is about 1000 worms per tray but that number varies by who's quoting it. (I'm also assuming you have a worm factory or similar system). If you need to continue to add more scraps (because you don't have anywhere else to put them) I'd suggest either freezing the scraps for a while or composting in a more traditional way outside. You can use the traditional compost as feed for the worms since it's just breaking down what they'd be given anyhow. When you add the next tray to your system, you're in effect dividing the population and the number of worms working on your first tray will be reduced. Which is another reason to add new material slowly. Usually some worms will stay in that tray and continue working but the rate will be reduced until the population increases. If you decide to start your next tray I would suggest almost forgetting the first tray for a few months. Too much time won't hurt anythig but you'll end up with good quality castings