After some research online, the little pellet thingees I've been picking out of the old bins really are cocoons filled with worm eggs.I'm retrieving as many as I can with the primitive worm egg retriever (PWER) I've devised. I sort through the bin with a gloved hand, scoop up the eggs at the front of the PWER, and then tap them into a glass holding bowl.
Once my eyes start crossing, I dump them into the wigwam to join their friends and families. I would feel bad leaving any worm (or its cocoons/eggs/pods) behind while the rest moved on to bigger and better housing!
I don't think I mentioned this yet, but the biggest, greatest, fastest, free-est food processor ever died on me a few weeks ago. I admit it may have been from overuse/abuse. I LOVED that thing and what it did to giant food scraps, and I loved to hold that button down and watch all that scrap turn to MUSH! So much so, I'm afraid, that I held it down a little too long, and pfftttt.....it died. My brother took it apart with great intentions, but it was fried, fried, fried. So I was back to using my miniature one again.
Tonight, the big bad processor was born again, as I picked a Black and Decker version up at a crazy discount store for less than $20. It is HUGE, and did a bang up job on THREE BOWLS at once! Which, my husband quickly pointed out, was exactly how I broke the last one- putting too much in and running it too long. I guess I'll try to be more gentle this time around.
Clever indeed. I've been using a mesh garbage can I picked up at a office supply. it has diamond shaped 1/8 th holes. I add and screen my vermicost before i make elixir. an old screen door sometimes works too. I've been a farmer for sometime now, and am finding that growing living soil and repairing the damaged is more important. a fun experiment too with eggs is to set-up a small bin or nursery for them, add a little cory an food, bran works good. keep it damp and count the days till hatched, its really cool to see a bin of just little white threads squirming about and see them develop as a group of their own. I sure enjoy your blog !
ReplyDeleteThanks! That is a great idea with the mesh garbage can- I know exactly what type you mean and that would work pretty good. Wish I'd have thought of that!
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