RE: fertilizer, composting, and hail

Yes I do! Maybe during pheasant season? Hint, Red Wrigglers love spent
coffee grounds!
Take Care!

Steve Haberman


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From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf Of
Diana Sigel
Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 11:53 AM
To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
Subject: 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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