The Rabb's Farm Life Adventures

Well, it happened.  The worms tried to escape, in the living room!  Yep, we all knew that this day might come, some of us feared it more than others.  Some of you warned me.  You were right! The worms have been doing very well.  They have been working hard to make dirt for us and doing a very good job of it.  We save all of our food scraps and to be honest, the worms are just not keeping up!  We have even resorted to freezing some of our scraps to save for a later date.  Today, however, John used the scraps we had left sitting on the counter all week, in an ice cream container, covered.  Let's just say they were a little putrid.  I prefer not to smell putrid first thing in the morning so, I left the room when he pulled out the Ninja to chop up the food for our worms.  I was getting ready for the day and when I came back into the living room I found him, on the floor, leaned over the worm bed,  apologizing and warning me that ...

Have you ever heard of Vermicomposting?  That is our newest adventure.  So what is it?  Worms.   They turn compost material into dirt.  And this is where it will all happen.  A Rubbermaid tub.  Well at least it better, I am excited about the worms making compost, but I want them to stay in this tub to do it.  I am not excited about them doing it anywhere else, especially on my living room floor! Our first Vermicompost bed without worms Ok, so to be honest, I had never heard of Vermicomposting until a few weeks ago.  This farm was a dairy farm when I was a kid.  There were cows and chickens and dogs.  No other animals that I remember.  I am not sure Granny would have allowed any other animals.  My granny was very particular, I am still a little surprised that she would drive through the pasture each day knowing that some of "that stuff" would end up on her vehicle.  Those of our friends who have come to visit hav...