believe it or not, its not the first time i’ve been asked such a question!  haha

before i answer, let me ask you…What do YOU do with waste from your home?  Office?  I’m talking every little piece of anything that goes into your trash or recycle can.  How much do you put in your trash can that COULD be recycled?  How much paper, food waste, cardboard, miscellaneous paper products, etc.?

so, here’s my answer:

y’know when you chop up celery and you take apart the rib, then cut off the ends?  then you take those ends and throw it away?  or, when you an onion, you toss the onion skins and the ends?

well, that my readers, that is the #1 reason i have worms.  i have always felt guilty about throwing those pieces of veggies away.  you loose so much of a veggie by just tossing it in the trash.  fruit too – watermelon rinds, lemon peels, strawberry tops.  all of it. just in the trash, to then go to the landfill and sit and rot with millions of other produce parts that are tossed out.  surely there is a better way to get rid of those things, right?

reason #2:  paper towels napkins, dryer lint, paper, cardboard, toilet paper rolls, coffee grounds, paper plates, cardboard boxes that had food particles touching it so it can’t be recycled.  all of that stuff, my worms will happily eat.

reason #3:  though i have yet to garden, and have never been super successful at it…now that i am a homeowner, i hope to garden.  i want a beautiful, lush yard that doesn’t look like someone tossed all their extra weeds in it.  i want beautiful, colorful flowers that everyone is envious of…and then, when i’ve got that down, i want a herb garden and a veggie garden and yes, maybe fruit too!  yes, my yard is small, but a determined soul can do great things!

reason #4:  (kinda finishing #3) i’ve heard and read and seen how compost can do wonders to a yard, garden, veggies, flowers, etc.  well, if compost is good, vermicompost (compost made by worms) is even better.  the process of vermicomposting adds so many more nutrients than just a hot compost process.  it’s also quicker.  and neater.  and has less rodent invasion (a story i heard from my dad).  plus, with vermicompost you can make worm tea or worm wine.  and that, my friends, that is like liquid gold.

more will follow this blog.  i’m thinking photos of my worm factory 360, photos of worms, even photos of worm cocoons.  heck, add to that update blogs and so much more!  haha.  get excited, i am.  i am so excited…and obsessed.  yes, several people probably think i’m obsessed.

thanks for reading!