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Those little buggars are going to town.  I haven’t touched the top since the first of the month.  Hoping the worms will migrate down.

This morning I added some organic matter to the bottom bin, there was not a lot of activity, so I looked in the top bin.

Call me crazy, but I totally love the dirt.  It was about half full at the beginning of the month, now it’s about a quarter full, but like I said, the dirt is amazing! I tried to take a picture, it doesn’t do it justice.  It looks like potting soil though.

I don’t know when the mass migration will happen, my hippy heart is happy with the results.

And if you want your own MIO-Composter, Target.com has them on clearance.  They were only a limited production for Earth Day.  $69 may seem like a lot, but if you are a complete crunchy dork like myself, it’s a good deal, if you want a pretty one.

I was looking at reviews online.  I feel compelled to remind you that this is not a composter, this is a worm composter.  Regular composters rely on heat to break down the material.  Worm composters don’t like the heat.  Don’t add worms to your regular heat generating composter.

Also, the reviews at Target mention that this composter doesn’t come with instructions.  Since you are currently on the internet, just use the Google.  You probably have one in your tool bar.  Problem solved.

I’m going to go dig in my dirt.

Oh, that would be me.

I know, who the hell do I think I am?

I love coming home and finding out who has been checking up on me while I’m out.

Hello http://organisingtips.blogspot.com – were you using me as the anti-example?  Whatever the reason, I’m glad you stopped by.

What was I doing out with real people?

It was a church thing where we went to some body’s house and ate lots of good food and hung out and locked the kids in the backyard with a pool (that was being monitored by a lifeguard at all times) and not a trampoline.

I may have a lead on a Spanish Rice recipe.  I’ll keep you posted.

And we talked about God.  And marriage.

I love my marriage.  I love my husband.  I love my God.

And I met someone who was very interested in my worms, and has a housekeeper.  We’re destined to be besties.  Although that may be relationship step jumping.  Assuming we’ll be besties.  But did I mention, she has a pool (that is constantly monitored by a lifeguard) and not a trampoline?   And she likes my worms.   And lives next door to my other bestie?

On the way home the Princess played the “if you really loved me card”.   I sense trouble on the horizon with that young one.  She wanted a glow bracelet when we got home.  I told her she was going to bed.  She said “I thought you loved me”.   Well, I did.

If she only knew the havoc that has been wreaked by our love for her.

And I’ve been up 18 hours.  Hubby snuck out of the house this morning before 6:00 a.m. to go to Bible study.  The boys heard.  They woke up their sister.  They were trying to figure out the tv.  Then they started yelling at each other to “shut up or you’ll wake up mom”.

Isn’t it ironic?  Doncha think?

I know, I’m still here.  Have to finish my Coke.  Yes, I drink Coke at midnight.

Now, I’m done.  Good night, or good morning or good afternoon.

Worms on Wednesday?  I don’t know, this is a post about worms.  Just wanted to make that clear, in case anyone might me eating or not like worms.  People, I listen.

The worms are moving.  As you may recall I have a three bin system.  The middle bin holds the worms, the top up until now has been housing extra material for composting.  The bottom is where the liquid by product goes.  Well, this morning, when I went to add more material.  I decided to move the worms.  The material is getting so fine that it is falling to the bottom bin and clogging up the spigot.  So, I moved the middle, worm bin, to the top. Shredded the former top bin, placed it in the middle and added the new material there.  I then dumped the worms that were hanging in the very bottom bin, the the new bin, with the new material, which I had soaked with worm tea.   So, the worms that are in the top bin, should migrate to the middle bin and in a couple of weeks we’ll have fully composted compost.  Woot!

Now, for pictures.  And good news for you non-Kindle readers.  This one is just for you.  The pictures look horrible on the Kindle.

Compost Before

8 Weeks Later

One of many worm parties

But look at that dirt.  Doesn’t it look great?  No, it doesn’t stink, and I’m going to be leaving it in the bin til it dries out a bit, hopefully avoiding the early earthiness in the new bin.

So, the worms that are in the top bin, will be able to migrate to the middle bin in search of food.  When they are all gone, I will pick out the bigger pieces of material that they didn’t go through.  Egg shells don’t disappear, but there were lots of reproduction going on in the shells, so we’ll add those in to the mix still.  For some reason, potatoes did not fare well, Neither cooked nor raw.  If I mixed the potatoes with other vegetable scraps and let them decompose to the point of liquid then added it it was fine, but I don’t know if I want a vegetable soup brewing all the time.  Anyway, fun times, and I cannot wait until I get to use the dirt.