I had a similar situation here. You have inherited a neglected worm bin. My inheritance came from my youngest son who received a worm tote in March Â09 and basically only added Black Kow composted manure (available at LoweÂs and other big box stores) to the bin for the following 8 months. My wife tried to help him harvest the tote, but it was a slab of "fudge" about four inches thick. My son discovered that worms are not "his thing" and my wife agreed to supply him with castings and she brought home his tote. Here is how we fixed it. First: these worms were huge and in great shape from a straight diet of manure (their natural food source). Because this slab of "fudge" was unworkable, we used the overhead light method to separate the worms from the castings. Small chunks of "fudge" were pulled from the main slab and allowed to dry out somewhat (think all day Saturday and about 10 beers). As these 2X2X2 squares dried, they were much easier to break down and remove worms. We did not spend a lot of time looking for cocoons (which we normally do during harvesting) because of the wetness of the castings. All of this casting material went into an "incubator" to allow the cocoons to hatch out over the next three months, and then the pure castings will go into special storage (like you would do for a fine wine). These castings are the purist I have ever seen, and I have no idea if I can replicate the process. I donÂt think I could ever ignore my worms for that long, if you know what I mean? All of the harvested worms went into a prepared bin with fresh bedding and plenty of food. They will think they went to heaven.

I checked 5 Hershey's Cookbooks for a recipe and didn't find one, then I remembered my mother's Peanut Butter Fudge recipe had cocoa in it. Peanut Butter Fudge 2 c. sugar 2 T. flour pinch salt 5 T. peanut butter 1/2 c. milk 3 T. cocoa 1 t. vanilla Mix all in saucepan except peanut butter. Bring to boil over very low flame, then boil vigorously for 2-3 minutes. Remove and add peanut butter, beat until thick. Pour in greased 9x9 inch pan. Cool. Recipe found on\-line: Hershey's Peanut Butter Fudge Time 25 M. Serves 6 To 8 Ingredients 1 cup sugar 1/4 cup (4 tablespoons) butter or margarine 1 cup milk 3/4 cup Hershey's unsweetened cocoa 1 1/2 cups creamy peanut butter powdered sugar ~ If Desired How to make it: In a pan add sugar, butter or margarine, milk and cocoa.Let it come to a boil and turn it down to simmer and wisk well.Add peanut butter and vanilla.Wisk well.In an 8 x 8 or 9 x 9 inch pan lay plastic wrap and add the fudge.Let the fudge set in the fridge over night.Sprinkle powder sugar over the fudge if desired. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Recipe from Cooks.com: CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER FUDGE 1 1/4 c. milk 2 c. sugar 1 c. peanut butter 1 c. brown sugar 1/2 c. Hershey's cocoa 1 stick butter 1/2 c. powdered sugar 1 1/2 c. chopped nuts In saucepan, add milk, sugar, butter and cocoa. Cook over medium heat until comes to boil. Turn on low heat, cook until fudge can make a little ball in a cold cup of water. Remove from heat and mix peanut butter and powdered sugar until creamy. Use electric beater. Then mix in nuts. Pour into 9x13 buttered baking pan. \-Grainlady

Okay, the maple syrup isn't moldy. Yippee! Monster puppy is being a dream. Have the extra large crate from our beloved GSD, 'Kota, who went to the Rainbow Bridge in June. It was totally cleaned and bought an new pillow for it but Sig isn't interested. This is a 96.4 lb. GS pup that was never allowed to be a puppy - no toys, no treats and rough handling. He has no bad habits, but really stresses out out times. Does love little bits of my cooking, though, if offered. ;) Now on to the yummy Maple Cream Fudge.

don't tell him it's pumpkin. He will love it. We can call it "Brown sugar fudge" let me know if he eats it.