The compost worms still aren’t in their permanent home (we close on our house in Bolton on the 30th), but they’re settling nicely into their temporary digs. I gave them their first 5-gallon bucket of food scraps from Outer Space Cafe yesterday, and they’re already hard at work turning them into nutrient-rich worm castings! Eat up, little worms…
As I mentioned last week, the initial shipment wasn’t exactly smooth. The worm farmer I bought them from is kindly sending me an extra 15lbs of worms this week to make up for it. They’ll be joining their red wiggler friends Wednesday or so. Hopefully that’ll give me enough worms to keep up with the 50+ pounds of food waste Outer Space generates each week. It takes a little bit for compost worms to settle in and get down to the business of vermicomposting, but I think I’ll have enough to keep up once these reinforcements arrive.
Less than two weeks until the brand new Burlington South End Farmers Market starts up at 3:30pm on Wednesday, June 4th: http://southendfarmersmarket.wordpress.com . The worms can’t wait for their grand debut! Check out the growing list of vendors (others still coming) at http://southendfarmersmarket.wordpress.com/market-vendors/.
Cheers, Jase
