We have worms!

Just seeing that title made you feel like something was crawling up your arm huh? Well we do have worms. About 2000 of them unless they have begun multiplying already. Not only do we have worms but we have them in our kitchen. That way I can keep them the right temperature and easily drop scraps in their little tub. Don't worry they don't smell or try to escape.


Why do we have worms? For our garden. In about 5 months they are going to have made some lovely compost for me. After that they will make it quicker and quicker because I believe they double in number every 3 months. I ran across worm composting by accident while looking online. I sort of filed it in the back of my head. Once we got our garden going I figured it was time to get started.


The worms came in the mail. I gave them about 1/2 a cup of water and put them back in the box. The next evening we set up their home. Ian drilled air holes in a Rubbermaid tote. We all shredded cardboard and newspaper. The kids enjoyed helping getting things ready. I'm not very squeamish but these are kinda creepy worms. They aren't big earthworms. They are called red wrigglers. They are small and very pointed on the ends. They give me a yucky feeling because they look as though they could bore into your skin. Ugh! But they are supposed to be one of the breeds of worm that make compost quickly.


So yes we have worms. Our garden is doing wonderful right now. Our lettuce is starting to grow over the sides. I was going to do a post about it but it looks so different than the pictures I took a week ago. My peas and sugar snap peas have just come up. We are going to build a few more boxes very soon. I really love gardening. I go and check my plants every day a few times a day. With the garden doing so lovely already I'm sure it will be even better with some rich worm compost added to it. I can't wait!