January 2010
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You Know You Are A True Worm-Head When… →
from Red Worm Composting:
You Know You Are A True Worm-Head When…
…you’re the only person you know who gets excited about rotting produce.
…you have a worm bin that doubles as a piece of furniture.
…you’ve attempted to name all your worms at least once.
…your heart skips a beat walking down the plastic bin aisle in department stores.
…you start seeing EVERY container as a potential worm...
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Springtails
So, while feeding my worms their weekly meal today, I noticed a bunch of very tiny white specks in the compost. Upon closer examination, I noticed that they were moving. I thought at first they might be juvenile worms, but they seemed too small for that; they were only about 1mm long. So I browsed Red Worm Composting and discovered that they are Springtails, an insect-like organism which RWC...