Monday 21 January, 2008

Worms of wisdom

I'd like you to meet the new guys in the hood.

Their name is Wilson and they are named after God the Cat, ruler of all things (who was himself named after Wilson Pickett.) My naming strategy concerned my brother who offered me the following advice. (He comes from Canberra. They all know about composting up there.)

Words of wisdom, from Saul Cunningham .

Tip number one -- don't give all your worms the same name, it makes the feel that they have no individual identity. Tip number two -- I'm actually not a very good worm farmer -- one thing that I think we should do, but we only do sometimes, is throw in a handful of garden lime -- if you fail to do this it all gets too acid and the worms stop reproducing. Tip number three -- if it looks like you hardly have any worms left, consider buying some more. I think the populations go into decline sometimes. Tip number four - if you cut a worm in half with an icy pole stick you will feel like you now have two worms, because both halves keep wriggling, but normally only one half survives (the half with the funny thick band on it).

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