My friend Tony just bought a worm composter. He asked me if he could have some of my worms to start out with. I said “sure” and then promptly forgot that he asked me for them.
What Tony didn’t know was I forget everything.
One time I forgot my son. Yep, I got in my car and drove home not noticing that my eight-year-old son had gotten out of his car seat.
I was talking to a friend. He knew I might take a while so he got out and played in her yard. So when I was ready to go, I got in my car and just drove away.
When I got home I drove into the garage and left my phone in the car. Before I went into the house I watered some flowerbeds and did some weeding. I was expecting my son to get out of his car seat and run into the house to watch TV or play with Legos. I heard my cell phone ringing but I ignored it. I finished watering and heard my cell again. This time I decided to answer it. It was my friend on the line. “Did you forget something at my house?” She said. “What?” I said “You son maybe?”
So ya see Tony, I forget things, and children, all the time.
Tony, not wanting to bother me a second time, ordered some worms by mail order, but they showed up dead.
Which brings me to another query. Do you put dead worms in the worm composter? Are they cannibals? I would guess, Yes.
Upon the arrival of his dead red wigglers Tony called me again. This time he came to my house with his two boys, and hand picked their own worms from my composter. It was very cute to see them sticking their hands in the worm mud and picking them up one by one.
So how do you get free worms for your composter¬?
Easy.
Just ask a friend and maybe, just maybe, she’ll remember.
Tony's kids dressed perfectly for worm picking
LOL, fortunately I don't have kids otherwise I'd probably forget them too. ;-)
And you're so right, a prisine white shirt is the best way to dress when hunting for worms in a composter. I do it all the time. ;-)
Posted by: Yolanda Elizabet | September 20, 2009 at 05:10 AM