A Composty, Wormy Update on the Garden

This weekend I spent some time with my compost, both the regular bin and the worm bin. I wanted to share a quick update, particularly with the worm bin, which has really turned around and is looking better. I guess time does heal some wounds, or festering mold piles in this case (if you're curious about what I'm referring too, there's a previous post on the problems with feeding worms moldy tortillas)...

A Moldy Setback

I had to move my worm bin outdoors this weekend. It's a bummer but things got a little funky in there and I had to do a little damage control. I suggest you not be eating anything if you're going to read on...

Worms!

It's been raining so hard I haven't been able to do any gardening, so instead I made a worm bin! There's supposedly 50 worms in there right now. I didn't actually count when I added them. Not too many, but I thought I'd start small (also I'm being cheap). Hopefully they'll multiply quickly. The instructions for building the bin are available online from the WSU extension. (Thanks Yoonjo for the link!) It was SOOO easy.

Composting for Beginners

 

This past weekend, I attended a composting workshop at the Milagro Allegro community garden in Highland Park, which was taught by master gardener Lora Hall.  Having no previous experience in composting myself, I sat through the hour-long lecture with an expression of awe and fear.