Worms = major excitement

My friend Heide and I have talked about a number of projects geared toward simple natural living. We're embarking on an adventure in vermicomposting. I've never followed through with a compost heap because it just seems like too much for me, all the turning and covering and do you want to build a structure to hold it, or make a barrel, and what if it smells or animals get into it...it's just too overwhelming to me right now.

Vermicomposting, however, is awesome because it can be as simple as worms in a plastic bin that you stash under the sink. Heide is going to build a worm bin out of plywood and I'm going to go the total cheapass route and use whatever I have around the house. I know I have a couple of extra Rubbermaid bins kicking around that would be perfect and I can set them up in the basement on a wooden pallet. Right now we're talking about ordering redworms online, I even found them on eBay, go figure. They run between $15-$20 a pound (around 1000 worms). And then if your worms thrive they have babies! Yay worm babies!

I am ridiculously excited about this project. If I don't use the compost on my gardens, I can spread it all over the sandy part of our back yard to add topsoil and hopefully assist the brave grass trying to sprout there.

I've already put a recycled margarine tub under my sink to put scraps into. I put an apple core in it last night, and here at work I have another apple core and a banana peel I'll be bringing home. And of course used tea leaves. Yum!