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On the bus.

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Uploaded on Apr 5, 2010

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A grocery trip to Trader Joe's.

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Uploaded on Apr 5, 2010

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Success at learning how ride!

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Uploaded on Apr 5, 2010

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The first feeding. Some bok choy stems and a tea bag. Yum.

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Uploaded on Mar 1, 2010

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Worms love eggshells because they're alkaline and add calcium. So always having a good sprinkling of them, I've heard, is a good idea.

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Uploaded on Mar 1, 2010

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Now, add worms. Home.

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Uploaded on Mar 1, 2010

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Sprinkle some soil in the bedding and mix it up.

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Uploaded on Mar 1, 2010

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There are a couple of the little guys. We got ours from our nursery down the road. Red wrigglers is what you're looking for.

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Uploaded on Mar 1, 2010

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Those are the private documents we've been holding on to in a bag. No one will dare read...

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Uploaded on Mar 1, 2010

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After feeding, cover the food over with bedding again. A good idea is to rotate the feeding...

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Uploaded on Mar 1, 2010

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The first feeding in the first quadrant.

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Uploaded on Mar 1, 2010

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Voila! Bedding plus worms plus eggshells. Cozy right?

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Uploaded on Mar 1, 2010

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They burrow to the middle after a few minutes. They're not big fans of light.

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Uploaded on Mar 1, 2010

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The paper part complete. Worms eat this too. The brown part of their food is paper and leaves. The...

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Uploaded on Mar 1, 2010

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First, the bedding. Wet the paper and mix up until it's all damp. There are also coconut coirs you...

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Uploaded on Mar 1, 2010

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Out of that nozzle, at some point (a few weeks out) worm tea will flow. That's a polite name for it....

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Uploaded on Mar 1, 2010

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My worm bin is from the Los Angeles county Smart Gardeners program (Wriggly Ranch brand). But you...

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Uploaded on Mar 1, 2010

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These are my favorite and another staple: buckwheat soba noodles from the bulk bin. Topped here with...

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Uploaded on Feb 14, 2010

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