Andrea Doughtie, Rural Painter

Ed and I have an ongoing argument about getting a dog. I’d really like one and he really wouldn’t.  So it was a little consolation that I did get some livestock today. A friend offered me some of her red worms and I was delighted. Ed drilled holes in the bottom of plastic storage container and we filled it with shredded newspaper (vegetable ink), peat moss and dirt. I had thought I’d be able to get a photo of all of them but they were buried so deep in the dirt and compost they came in, I only saw a couple. Apparently nothing is better than worm compost for perking up plants. My plan is to use it on the house plants this winter and in the garden next summer. It will be great if they multiply enough to eat all the fruit and vegetable parings we generate. It’s a cold trip through the snow to the compost bin in the winter so keeping it all in the house would be a huge bonus. Right now I have the bin in the guest bathroom where it’s easy to get at.  I haven’t named them yet…….