Vermicomposting. I blogged about it last year when we had our meeting about it.
How are your worms doing? Ours are going to town enjoying our carrots and eggshells, among other food items (never meats). We didn't have many to begin with (couldn't bring ourselves to mail order worms) but found that if we kept adding shredded newspaper and gently shook the container once in a while, the worms were happy. And it's great when we're lazy and don't want to take our vegetable and fruit cuttings outside to the compost heap in 20 degree weather. We just put our clippings into our 32 oz. Stoneyfield yogurt container (also see Whole Foods market's Gimmee 5 program).
But our yogurt container is getting too small for all of the sweet smelling dirt the worms are creating for us. So, we went to IKEA looking for a bigger container. It not only had to be big, but it had to be a dark color (at least opaque) and have a lid. Really, the free breakfast that IKEA advertised got us into the store. But we'd been talking about getting a larger container for a while.
So, we're in the household storage solutions area of the store and spot some white containers. Then, jackpot! We spotted the perfect container. It's a good sized black plastic one with a lid... and it's Made in the U.S.A.!!
Our worms will be happy in their new home. We'll drill some air holes in the lid and place the container in our basement where it will stay cool.
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