fertilizer, composting, and hail

Here's how the composting came to be in the computer room:  I ordered red wigglers, hoping to improve my garden soil, which tends to be somewhat clay-ey.  They came as the weather was turning desperately cold, so I started my "vermicomposter" bin in the computer room.  Uncle-whoever-I-bought-them-from said they won't smell bad, just feed them your house garbage, and lots of damp newspapers.  That's true; they don't stink.  HowEVER.  They provided the perfect environment for ten gazillion flies that are not fruit flies because their eyes are not large and red (the defining trait, so I'm told) but look and act a lot like fruit flies.  My husband does not like having tiny #$^&^%$ flies go up his nose while he's trying to sleep on the couch while pretending to become enlightened about the current economic status of the country.  So the worms are now outside, in a shed, hoping that we don't have anymore dreadfully cold weather to freeze them into
 red-wiggler-sickles.  The little &^%$ flies are gone, and my husband is still here.  I think he applied that much stuff to my garden in revenge for the little  (*&^%% flies that flew up his schnoz.  

The little red wigglers have done a remarkable job of composting ALL our house garbage for the last four months.  I'd recommend putting them somewhere besides the computer room, though.  Maybe a semi-heated garage or shed.  Where the little (*&^&*^$%^@# flies won't be a problem.

If it makes you feel any better, it's only about 35 this morning, and we had hail yesterday afternoon and again in the night.  Still want to come to Kansas?

 cheers,
duchess of gladstone

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