{"id":544,"date":"2009-01-15T13:51:24","date_gmt":"2009-01-15T11:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/?p=544"},"modified":"2009-01-15T13:51:24","modified_gmt":"2009-01-15T11:51:24","slug":"and-the-worms-ate-into-his-brain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/?p=544","title":{"rendered":"And the worms ate into his brain *"},"content":{"rendered":"

Earthworms, that is. Specifically, recycling kitchen waste, leading to less landfill and a healthy garden.<\/p>\n

I bookmarked this web site<\/a> a long time ago. It has instructions on building your own worm farm<\/a> and all.<\/p>\n

So when I recently revisited the topic, I found that a whole lot of new web sites had sprung up. This worm farming thing is becoming popular.<\/p>\n

In the order I found the sites:<\/p>\n

Full Cycle Worm Factory<\/a>, Wiggler Magic Worms<\/a>, Wizzard Worms<\/a>, Full Cycle Can of Worms<\/a>, Mother Earthworms<\/a>. They also sell worm farms at the Porter Estate market<\/a>, but they’re the single-bin type, and I quite like the stacked bin idea.<\/p>\n

The Wiggler (imported) kit sells for R930, including worms — probably not that much more than the bits to make my own would cost me. They also have a locally made one for slightly less, but I prefer the look of the imported model, which is what I ended up buying. I picked it up from Vernon’s house in Lakeside.<\/p>\n

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Yup, those are the worms, in the top box…<\/p>\n

So now I have a colony of earthworms, eating some spinach leaves… will see how it goes.<\/p>\n

(* Pink Floyd lyrics here<\/a>)

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