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Post by auntieannie on Jun 19, 2010 16:35:15 GMT
Just received my "desktop" model!
Have you got a wormery?
I am ridiculously excited about it and keep admiring it.
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Post by imec on Jun 19, 2010 18:13:40 GMT
I'm more partial to bugs than worms - am thinking of a little desktop buggery maybe...
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 19, 2010 22:27:23 GMT
Oh lord!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2010 6:07:42 GMT
I used to love digging up worms and watching them burrow their way back into the ground.
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Post by auntieannie on Jun 20, 2010 8:50:34 GMT
oh, imec!  they currently hide under their food. I have made sure they are damp enough. |
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 20, 2010 14:02:27 GMT
Okay, enough teasing ~~ Annie, what exactly is a desktop wormery?
The dirt where I live is so gritty, but I do what I can with compost. I thrill at every sight of a worm.
When my brother was nine or ten he had a worm farm going under the raised back of my grandparents' house. He'd come into the kitchen, snag a tomato slice, and go right back out. My grandmother quizzed him about this. He said, "They see me coming with this tomato and raise their little heads out of the dirt and go 'snap snap snap'."
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2010 14:05:29 GMT
Love the idea Annie but,do you keep them confined or perhaps let them out to "do their thing"?
There was an abandoned worm farm that I was privy to years ago and I went and rescued a slew of them to put in my compost pile where they were quite prolific and useful.
I had an ant farm once...would watch it for hours....fascinating!
Can we see a pic Annie? Would love!!!
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Post by auntieannie on Jun 22, 2010 17:30:22 GMT
Here is what I got, Bixa and Casimira! bubblehouseworms.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=4_19&products_id=15it is called "desktop" as it is tiny and can be kept inside, which was crucial to us, as we don't have any outside space. The worms are confined to the bottom two pots (their "duplex") the top pot is for plants or seeds and I have hopes that the mini sunflower seeds I planted will grow happily there. I keep fussing over them, wondering if I they are damp enough, have enough newspaper, enough food.. worry that they are drowning in their wee (which is collected in the saucer at the bottom and is used to fertilise my houseplants). Since the weather is definitely warmer, I wonder if they are too hot... I am sure I'll worry that they may be too cold in winter!  |
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 22, 2010 17:50:27 GMT
You'd better get cracking with this project ~~ you're gonna need lots of teensy slinky sweaters.  |
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Post by imec on Jun 22, 2010 20:58:19 GMT
Here's a model for you annie...  And er, let me know if you're interested in the other thing... |
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Post by auntieannie on Jun 23, 2010 17:10:22 GMT
;D hahaha! imec, you make you laugh out loud! (and I am at my grumpiest today). Lots of love to your wonderful lady.
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