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Thursday, January 14, 2010
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Kennytheheat
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Bristol R.I. USA
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Finally the worms came in yesterday, I was glad that the Mailman came to the house as I was working outside in the frigid weather. It certainly was a good thing that the package of worms didn't stay out to long in the cold weather. They certainly would have died.
I put them in the bottom tray of the can of worms composter. I also filled up the second tray full of salad scraps and banana peels as well as the coffee grounds. After coming home from work I noticed that the worms had worked their way around the composter. I was told that the worms will do this at first until they get settled and get used to the new habitat. Those red wigglers sure do move fast. I hope to have them do their jobs and start eating the stuff that I give them. This particular system is a good one and doesn't smell and seems to be the thing of the future for people wishing to make their own castings for compost tea and general over all gardening practices.Now its just a matter of time till they eat their way to the second layer. The bedding consists of coca nut shavings and the second layer consists of vegtable scraps and coffee grounds egg shells and banana peels. I found that some of the worms made their way to the second layer. Thats not a great thing considering that they have the first layer to eat through. I guess eventually they'll get to it. Perhaps I put to much food for them or was it the coffee grounds giving them that blast of energy....LOL...time will tell. on my worm casting adventures and in this hobby theirs nothing short of the great pumpkin dreams and chasing the orange cantaloped fantasy...
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