Richard I got my worms about two weeks ago. Lettuce does not decompose to where the worms can eat it very fast. So I run the lettuce, cabbage, bananas, tea bags, corn meal through a blender, sometimes adding azomite (rock dust) which helps their digestion. They LOVE that mixture. I spread it about 1/8' thick in an area about 3"x4", and it disappears in 24 hours. Now I see LOTS of activity, worms churning everything up all around the food. Yesterday I doubled the area, and it's taken a little longer than 24hours. In any case, putting the lettuce in a blender gets the lettuce down to the size they can eat it right away. The bigger leaves won't decompose down to a size they can eat for several weeks. It's kind of exciting to see them go after the food now.