Well, things have been less than rosy around here, thus the lack of posting on my part. I was zapped by the winter bug that is always "going around", and after a week of misery got zapped again by the bacterial bug that sometimes attacks after the cold bug. Anyways, two weeks later and here I am, just starting to be healthy once more.
Due to my illness we never did a large harvesting of Saaba's worm composting garden. However, as her family was getting ready to move and packing everything up after the fire, they invited the neighborhood to come over and harvest as they pleased. I daresay we fed lots of folks lots of kale in the past several weeks! I never harvested my red wigglers, either. This was partly because they just looked so happy and healthy in their trench, and partly because I could barely get out of bed. Anyways, Saaba has moved along now to a far off land, so if I want my garden back I'll have to make friendly with the new neighbors. We'll see if they can measure up. :-)
In other news, I've been experimenting with feeds of late. Two options have recently become available to me: rabbit poop and chicken lay mash. The rabbit poop is a new development entirely, and the chicken mash is new because my retail delivery route takes me right by a country feed store. Initially I was certain that the worms would prefer the poop to the corn mash, but I was quite mistaken. While it's clear that they are eating the poop, they are positively swarming around the chicken mash. I have fed it dry and sprinkled over the top of wet bedding and I have mixed it with water and fed it in little mounds on top of the bedding. Everything I read indicates that chicken mash should not be mixed in with the bedding or one runs the risk of turning the bed "sour", or too acidic. Keeping the mash on the top enables the worms to retreat away from the feed if it should start to cause problems. So far the only drawback I see to the mash is the presence of some unground corn. Obviously, the worms are going to eat the smaller particles first, and the larger particles get left behind until they, too finally break down enough to get ingested. Anyone got a flour mill for sale?
The poop, while I find it to be a great alternative feed, is quite expensive. So I think I'll need to find my poop elsewhere. Ahhh, the endless search for the perfect poop. Will I ever have my reward?
I hope this post finds everyone happy and healthy. Come on, spring!
Good worming!
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