We is composting! (and worming)

[sabadine]

Following negotiations regarding the use of grass clippings as mulch around the herbs, the flatmate revealed his previously undisclosed history of compost heaps and worms. I responded that such a system sounded like a great idea, he went to Bunnings and returned with a black plastic, bottomless contraption and a box of worms (seriously - the boxes

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Composting & worming

[robynv]

Nearly typed "composing" instead of "composting". Reminds me of the good ol' Monty Python song "The Decomposing Composers" ;)
We just put a slab in for a shed (a biiiiggg shed) out the back then had heaps of rain. Found heaps of worms you could have - they all crawled onto the slab to get out of the waterlogged soil, then seemed to split open because of too much water. Never seen that before.

Re: Composting & worming

[sabadine]

Poor worms - maybe they absorb water through their skin like frogs do. We've had a lot of rain up here - it's going to be a long wet season. I haven't had to water any of my flowers down the back for nearly a week now.

How's the writing going? So far, the only thing I've managed has been these LJ entries, but at least it's a start ;)