Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Squigglies...

Recently, I've been thinking a lot about worms. I would like to start a worm bin but the only space I have is indoors. I still have not found the courage(?) to bring worms into the house. I've read that if done correctly, it does not smell but I just find this hard to believe.  Plus I'm worried about fruit flies, ants, and roaches. I'll just have to think about it some more.  Maybe this was a sign for me to start a worm bin, but I found some baby worms under the bags of soil and mulch this morning. I'm not entirely sure where they came from. Anyway, I popped them into the snap pea container and watched them *happily* dig themselves into the soil.

2 comments:

  1. Give in to your desire for wooooooorms. Come to the daaaark siiiide. We have the best compost.

    There are some people that just feed their worms cardboard and paper; worms don't seem to discriminate. They love to murder the shredded paper I give them. So, you could start with that...

    I wouldn't think you would have to worry about roaches, to be honest. Fruit flies...maybe. But, that's why you keep a lid on the bin and you bury the food, in the bedding. Since you're basically emulating a closed environment, you're going to get some other, small lifeforms in there; they're essential for breaking down the food and debris into vermicompost.

    If you want to read a really good book, the Baltimore County library circulates a copy of http://www.amazon.com/Worms-Eat-Garbage-Mary-Appelhof/dp/0942256107 Worms Eat my Garbage. This tome is, basically, the Bible of worm composting.

    If you search 'worms' on Craigslist, the guy who is selling them in Aberdeen/Columbia would probably let you check them out before buying.

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  2. I'm definitely getting closer to buy a bin. I have seen the guy on craigslist. I might just have to give him a call!

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