Celia, when I lived in an apartment I made and kept a worm box for a few years to make fertilizer for my house plants. In 1995 we bought a house with a garden out back and we made a compost bin so I dumped the worms in it. We’ve kept it up since then. Whenever I move the top layer of vegetable matter and look deeper down there are so many worms that it looks like a solid mass of moving ground meat. The variety of worms I have is Red Wigglers, which are very pink and quite thin and not very long, maybe 2-2.5 inches. They’re different from the regular earthworms which are much thicker, longer, and more grayish in color. They’ve been there 28 years now and there must be millions of them.
I'm already sure you're the best mom they will ever have and maybe better than any of their far flung fish bait bred cousins will ever have had. I have a soft spot for worms too. Likely from the hours I spent with my mom transplanting them from the deep end of the sidewalk puddles back to the glysophate fields from whence they came. There's a lot we can learn from a toothless recycler with 5 hearts and no judging eyes.
Reading this I couldn’t help but think back to a sweet episode in our backyard when our daughter was 6 or 7 years old digging around in the dirt as usual (she had to keep up with her older brothers😁). She came up with a ginormous, fat, wiggly worm and couldn’t understand why I wasn’t infatuated with it like she was. She kept trying to get me to hold it (I wasn’t into it at all lol). Finally she said “Aww come ON mom, LOVE the worm!” I can still hear her sweet sincere little voice♥️.
It’s a happy memory that always makes me smile, thanks for stirring it up :). And as others have said - your worms will thrive without a doubt!♥️
Great story, i love my worms too, and my chickens, ducks, parrots, cats, horses and dogs. it's easier to have great success in your garden, when you have a bunch all-star friends helping out. Next up BlackSolider composting
I have always loved worms from my earliest memories. I grew up in a small Queens, NY house with a backyard garden and I loved playing in the dirt, digging up worms and stroking them and showing them to Mom - 'Look! A Worm!' And putting them back and letting them keep the soils and the plants and flowers healthy. No doubt all that playing with dirt and worms and ladybugs and such gave me the robust immune system I have that keeps me from ever getting sick (eating all organic food and daily yoga practice helps too).
OMG, I did that in an apartment on the 4th floor in the Bronx, but I had trouble keeping them alive, though I did get at least some great potting soil. ;-)
you'll do great with yer new "charges"--an' given the new book comin' out--you can add Book Worm Mama to yer list of "hats!"
If they'll be compostin' I highly recommend organic egg shells and organic coffee grounds (Lower East Side Ecology Center offers free advice fer worm compostin' newbies too!)--I think they still have a landline...
Not to worry, Celia. In my experience, the worms are more than able to take care of themselves as well as convert all our garden and kitchen waste into compost. Trust Mother Nature ;)
What are their names?
You beat me to it. 😁
Hilarious, you!
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Celia, when I lived in an apartment I made and kept a worm box for a few years to make fertilizer for my house plants. In 1995 we bought a house with a garden out back and we made a compost bin so I dumped the worms in it. We’ve kept it up since then. Whenever I move the top layer of vegetable matter and look deeper down there are so many worms that it looks like a solid mass of moving ground meat. The variety of worms I have is Red Wigglers, which are very pink and quite thin and not very long, maybe 2-2.5 inches. They’re different from the regular earthworms which are much thicker, longer, and more grayish in color. They’ve been there 28 years now and there must be millions of them.
That's exactly what I want to hear! Amazing story Reg, as ever. btw mine are Red Wigglers too.
I'm already sure you're the best mom they will ever have and maybe better than any of their far flung fish bait bred cousins will ever have had. I have a soft spot for worms too. Likely from the hours I spent with my mom transplanting them from the deep end of the sidewalk puddles back to the glysophate fields from whence they came. There's a lot we can learn from a toothless recycler with 5 hearts and no judging eyes.
Reading this I couldn’t help but think back to a sweet episode in our backyard when our daughter was 6 or 7 years old digging around in the dirt as usual (she had to keep up with her older brothers😁). She came up with a ginormous, fat, wiggly worm and couldn’t understand why I wasn’t infatuated with it like she was. She kept trying to get me to hold it (I wasn’t into it at all lol). Finally she said “Aww come ON mom, LOVE the worm!” I can still hear her sweet sincere little voice♥️.
It’s a happy memory that always makes me smile, thanks for stirring it up :). And as others have said - your worms will thrive without a doubt!♥️
that's so precious!
Thank you, Celia!🥰🥰
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You're funny.
Great story, i love my worms too, and my chickens, ducks, parrots, cats, horses and dogs. it's easier to have great success in your garden, when you have a bunch all-star friends helping out. Next up BlackSolider composting
I have always loved worms from my earliest memories. I grew up in a small Queens, NY house with a backyard garden and I loved playing in the dirt, digging up worms and stroking them and showing them to Mom - 'Look! A Worm!' And putting them back and letting them keep the soils and the plants and flowers healthy. No doubt all that playing with dirt and worms and ladybugs and such gave me the robust immune system I have that keeps me from ever getting sick (eating all organic food and daily yoga practice helps too).
Celia, you and your worm clan will be fine. They're in loving hands.
Worm Tan Clan.
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Oh yeah, bought the book the day you sent out the stack about it. Try to make the signing somewhere half way to Georgia...🤓
Oops. Spell check fail. Fixed it.
OMG!!! 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
OMG, I did that in an apartment on the 4th floor in the Bronx, but I had trouble keeping them alive, though I did get at least some great potting soil. ;-)
What inspired you to do that? lol
I live a whole foods, plant-based lifestyle, so there is ample organic scrap. Kept it up for 3 years, but now it's collecting dust ;-)
Well, at least now I know I'm not the only nut on Earth.
I love you, Celia. You are made of love. And grit. And brilliance.
you'll do great with yer new "charges"--an' given the new book comin' out--you can add Book Worm Mama to yer list of "hats!"
If they'll be compostin' I highly recommend organic egg shells and organic coffee grounds (Lower East Side Ecology Center offers free advice fer worm compostin' newbies too!)--I think they still have a landline...
Celia, my daughter is a farmer. She knows all about this stuff. Slugs, worms etc etc. you guy’s should meet someday.
You're cute, Celia! You'll be a great worm mom! ❤️
Not to worry, Celia. In my experience, the worms are more than able to take care of themselves as well as convert all our garden and kitchen waste into compost. Trust Mother Nature ;)
Your last sentence warmed my heart and made me smile. Celia, you are very dear.