Monthly Archives: June 2004

Worm Composting

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This past winter, my brother-in-law made our family a worm composter. I’m not sure where he got the plans, but it is really cool! It is a 4 x 3 x 2 wooden box with a screen underneath to sift out the castings once the food scrapes has been ‘wormified’. It also has a heater built in to keep the worms warm in the winter. I am finally getting around to setting it up and will be getting some worms next week!! I can’t wait to start recycling my food scrapes instead of throwing them away!

The last link is how I found my worms! The woman I spoke with in the Education and Outreach Dept. has worm bins herself and said she would let me have some of hers!! She is also coming out to see the bin that my brother-in-law made, because she has never seen anything like it.

worm bin

Here I Am-worms

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I’ve been told that with all the research I do on a daily basis (just for the hell of it), I should start a blog and publish some of my findings. So, here I am.

Yesterday, I found a large string on my floor. Atleast, I thought it was a string until I tried to pick it up with my toes. That’s when it wiggled and I screamed and we were both unhappy. I picked the thing up and plopped it in the sink so I could have a better look at it. It was about 7 inches long, had a triangle shaped head, and left a trail like a slug. I’m not generally squemish about worms, but this one was freaking me out. Toby (husband) came in and said it looked like a tapeworm. eehhck!! Great, my one year old has just figured out how to crawl and is putting everything in her mouth. Now one of my pets has butt worms!! Gross!! (Sorry for the imagery, but it really is that disgusting!) Anyway, I have done a little research and, to my relief, discovered that what we had in our house (as it is now down the toilet) was a “Planarian”…a nonsegmented flatworm, that is not parasitic. Still a bit freaky, but no threat to my family. Here is a link with lots of info and this one has some great pictures not for the faint of heart.

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