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Sunday, September 9, 2012
Expanding the Worm Digs
The flurry of canning activity resulted in tomato skin and seeds that overwhelmed my worm bin. Although I contemplated buying another worm bin, the bins on the market were sporting $100+ price tags, and that seemed like a lot to pay to house creatures that prefer to live in garbage. Plus, since the whole point of this is to be more green, it didn't make sense to me to purchase another hunk of plastic.
I rummaged around the house and found an old plastic storage container with a lid. Perfect! A little (crooked) drill handiwork to make air holes, and I had myself a homemade worm bin that cost nothing but a bit of time, and not much time at that.
Once the lid had holes, in went some cardboard, fruit and vegetable trimmings, and a few scoops of worms. Yes, I made worm lasagna!
Now, in a few weeks, this bin should be established and I can start adding more scraps to it. Done and done!
We just started a worm farm at my preschool. Just plain earth worms, but the kids are having a great time watching the "garbage' disappear.
ReplyDeleteHeyyyy!! I like this worm bin!!
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