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- From: D* S* <d*@yahoo.com>
- Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:58:23 -0800 (PST)
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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