I got worms! Diane

[Guest guest]

Diane,

 

Worms love coffee. Since you live in the coffee capital, you can

probably get coffee grounds at almost any coffee shop. Actually

they don't eat the coffee or any food but the organisms that

decompose the food. you should have lots of food for them there.

 

GB

 

, " strayfeather1 "

<otherbox2001 wrote:

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> I've had my worms almost 2 years now but I'm no expert. It seems

to

> me the books and literature make it seem smoother and faster from

> trimmings & paper to castings & tea. These are really low

maintenance

> pets I put the food sort of in a clump under a layer of

shredded

> paper; the books said that would reduce fruit flies but I still

get

> some in the summer. They seem pretty durable too - I tried to

drown

> all my worms this winter (left the bin out in the rain and forgot

> about it. Went to check and found it FULL of water! Poor worms!)

> but after I drained the bin and added a bunch of fresh dry paper,

> they've recovered and made me some nice dirt for spring anyway so

I

> guess they don't hold grudges either

>

> I highly recommed Mary Appelhof's book, also there's a

> called OrganicHomesteadingandGardening and I know there are some

worm

> people in there. Friendly helpful group, great files.

>

> Say hi to the worms from me

> Peace,

> Diane

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> > >They don't hang out on the surface much - are you

> > >using shredded paper or ?

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> > I'm using a mix of shredded newspaper and spring

> > leaves. Everything seems to be going allright, but

> > i'm still concerned I'm doing somethign wrong... do

> > you put the food directly under the paper, or its it

> > ok to have it mixed into the the paper (as long as

> > it's low)?

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