The red wiggler worms (2 lbs) arrived 3:37 pm CDT, April 13, 2010 via FedEx, in a brown box with what looks like dry castings. "Left at front door. Signature Service not requested noted. The worms are thinner than I expected. I set them up in their new home - The Worm Inn - layering moistened shredded paper (black and white only), cardboard, and my mix that I had been working on for almost two weeks in a 5 gallon bucket. The mix was food scraps (no meats and oils), coffee grounds, straw, well rotted horse manure, shredded paper. I had been tending this mix on the balcony, keeping it moist, and noting that the smell was a sweet earthy fresh odor.
Each day, I visited the worms, opened the zipper on top, enjoyed the earthy odor, put my hands gently into the mix to make sure it was moist, and lifted from the bottom the mix to see how the worms were doing. A flash light would reveal that the worms are active, and fattening up. Because this is in my storage bin in the basement, I have to figure out how to move the Worm Inn easily when I need to find other items in the storage area.
Phase 2 - a Mobile Worm Inn - by attaching to a Folding Grocery Cart. Tonight, I will move the worms to the cart (Mobile Worm Inn), and treat all with some coffee grounds.
There is something elegant about worms - they move gracefully about - eating garbage and giving output of high-priced fertilizer along with non-stop mating. Worm have no ears, eyes, lungs and a small brain - yet they contribute so much.
There is something elegant about worms - they move gracefully about - eating garbage and giving output of high-priced fertilizer along with non-stop mating. Worm have no ears, eyes, lungs and a small brain - yet they contribute so much.
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