Moms Talk Network

One of my favorite posts for this internship was one about worms!   Urbanwormgirl came up with a new kind of at-home party that turned out to be a big hit with moms.   Instead of Mary Kay or Pampered Chef,  moms talked worms, vermiculture, castings, and how much leftover food a tray of  indoor worms could consume.  Worms, it turns out, consume a great deal:  crushed eggshells, coffee grounds, tea bags, bread, oatmeal, watermelon, apples, small amounts of wet cardboard, and even clean Kleenex.

For those moms who don’t want to compost outdoors, indoor worms are easy to feed and maintain.  And, red worms are the new green:  since food waste contributes to a big portion of what goes into landfills (the third largest source of garbage), having a little worm habitat in your home can reduce how much you and your family throw away.   Think how much food a  mass of worms could eat with the leftovers from a school cafeteria!   Worms are vegetarian, of course, and don’t eat meat or dairy products.

 To learn more,  here are resources for all things worm-y.  According to this article, worms are much easier to keep than bees. . .or pretty much any kind of critter.   What they give in return is priceless for your plants and garden and doing something a little green for the environment.

Two popular books to get you started on indoor or outdoor composting are the aptly titled The Worm Book, a favorite of gardeners and those wanting to understand how to start composting indoors or out, and what kinds of worms work best.  

   A beautiful, easy to maintain worm condo.

 A second popular book:  Worms Eat My Garbage explains how to set up and maintain a composting system from A to Z.

  A stylish and sporty hoodie, once you are really into worms.