No really, I do and I’m even proud of it! No.... my dear doxies have not given me some
critter that makes me want to scoot my butt across the carpet, I am starting a
new adventure in composting – vermicomposting.
I have been trying to compost the old fashioned way, with a bin behind
the shed, but I am impatient, and forgetful, so that little project so far has
been a bust. I started reading an
article on Pinterest about composting with worms and the idea appealed to
me. The little buggars are quick and
efficient, don’t smell, they can take up as little or as much room as you want
them to, there is very little labor required (on my part anyway, they do all
the hard work). And really, they are
kinda cute little guys too
Before diving
right in (which I have a terrible tendency to do) I did my homework. One of the best resources I have found so far
is from a great page called Red Worm Composting. The owner, Bentley
Christie, does a great job of taking his readers by the hand and walking them
through every faction of composting with worms, and he has a great sense of
humor too! Ok, homework done, I was ready to start my new
adventure. Thankfully Kim was on board
too, although I’m sure in the back of her mind she thought this was just
another way for me to add another ‘unique’ critter to our collection!
Sunday morning
over a cup of coffee I jumped onto my mostest favorite online ordering source and took the plunge. Ordering
everything was a breeze. In
the battle between my laziness and frugality, laziness won out this time and I purchased a 3 tray Worm Factory. You can
expand it with more trays but for our household I’m not sure that will be
necessary. Now for the worms… seriously, is there anything you CAN’T order
on Amazon??? There were a few suppliers
out there but I decided on 1000 red wigglers from Uncle Jim's Worm Farm.
Now the worst part…waiting. Remember, I am impatient. Being able to track packages online is a
pretty cool thing, and it is perfectly understandable that I would go out and
check the tracking a few times a day starting Monday morning – after all, it is
summertime and I needed to know when my new little wormy friends were going to
arrive….. Wouldn’t want the poor things to suffer any heat exhaustion.
Right?? Yeah.
Appetizing, huh |
As I sit here in
the living room writing this, I can hear something coming from the
kitchen. Could it be….an ever so quiet refrain
of “Hi Ho, Hi Ho, it’s off to work we go”?????
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