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We have worms!

No, not the kind that live inside of you, the kind you use for composting indoors!  So here is the story of their arrival in picture form.  I’m pretty sure Chris wasn’t planning to be in the pictures, but too bad.

April 25, 2009  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Vermiculture, bulldog  6 Comments

Home for the Worms

Our worm farm arrived!  As you can see, we set it up outside on cinder blocks to make sure it wouldn’t get flooded.  The spigot is to get out the fertilizer juice, otherwise known as “worm tea”, which is great for watering plants.
Inside there is a layer of newspaper (so the worms don’t fall out [...]

April 21, 2009  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Vermiculture  13 Comments

Vermiculture

Vermiculture you ask?  Yes, vermiculture!  Though I think it should be called “wormiculture” instead.  It is the process of growing worms and using their “castings”, i.e. worm poop.  Worm poop and worms are great for your garden.  I also wanted to cut down on our waste by composting our kitchen scraps and ads we get [...]

April 10, 2009  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Vermiculture  11 Comments