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Spent a great evening with my son and 2 of his buddies last night. We built a new "flow through" harvestor. Used a 5 gallon bucket, some 1/4 screen and a Rubbermaid type tub. They are all 19 now, and it was the most fun we have had since they where Cub Scouts. They where like little kids and couldn't wait to get it finished. And it worked great! I added some aluminum bars to the inside today at the suggestion of one of them. And that really helped to gently separate every thing. But trust me NO… Continue

I know this is about the only place I can tell this story and get any understanding.
I last night I sent my friend a picture of the worm squirm. His wife saw it ant FREAKED OUT!!!
Seriously freaked out, she could not believe I would send such a nasty picture into her house. I couldn't believe it.
She acted as if it was porn. She has known me for 10 years and I thought she knew I raised worms. But OMG I could not believe that reaction. So whats the protocol now? How to I repent? Or do I?

This the first harvest from the bunch of free worms I found in my normally very hot outdoor compost-o-matic. I figured I should start the process of moving them indoors for the winter. I plan on building a flow through bin for them. That bin is still in the developmental stage,… Continue

With the recant discovery of red worms in the compost-o-matic the need for worm food has doubled. Today I feed the outside worms about a half-pound of flowers off of the Trumpet Vine.
I all ready have the lady across the street saving me kitchen scrapes but like us they are only a family of 2. So there is a limit of how many scrapes are going to come out of our combined kitchens. I probably should explore this avenue more.
I have thought about asking one of the local restaurants but for several… Continue