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Earthworms by hale_popoki.
And a resounding "Ewwwwwwwww!" springs forth in the Flickrverse...


Red wigglers in my classroom composting bin.....our first science lessons typically involve the critters living in my classroom.

I bought a pound of red earthworms when I first started my worm bin. Twelve years later, they're still thriving! (Well, not the exact same worms, their great great great grandchildren.) Wow, hard to believe we've been vermicomposting that long... 

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katgyrl.com  Pro User  says:

gaaack !
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chinafaye says:

Just got up, sipping my morning coffee, and looking at this ... The "Ewwwww" effect is multiplied ... Great shot! definitely got me :-)
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alida saxon  Pro User  says:

Urk! I actually debated clicking on the thumbnail for this one, and finally gave into my curiousity because my imagination is so much worse than reality. ;)
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EricGjerde  Pro User  says:

Contrary to popular opinion, I think they're lovely! they do such a good job of taking icky stuff and turning it into amazingly healthy dirt.

Whenever I end up having a real actual house, I plan on having a large composting bin that is home to zillions of worms. a good way to dispose of household waste without filling up landfills, getting marvelous potting soil, and of course providing lots of bait for fishing expeditions :)
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stripedpinkbunny says:

Ewwwwwwww! Indeed ;-)
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hale_popoki  Pro User  says:

Yeah, I admit I was a bit leery about the whole worm thing when I first heard about worm composting....
but it's been great actually! Surprisingly, I find that the kids aren't too grossed out by the earthworms. I tell them they never have to touch the worms, but when my students catch sight of me holding worms in my hand, they want to do it too!
And Worm Monitor is on my classroom job chart...his/her job is to collect leftover baby carrots, apple cores, banana peels, etc. from the school lunches and feed the earthworms after lunch. The bin doesn't smell at all (as long as the kids remember to bury the food, and they don't overfeed them.)

Word of caution: Noo oranges! Earthworms can eat them of course, but I remember when the kids fed the worms a lot of oranges...I walked into the classroom after one weekend, and discovered a whole bunch of unwelcome fruit flies (?) buzzing around the classroom! Now that was a big Ewwww! to me.

Eric, you can actually have a small worm bin in an apartment....but it would probably gross out people (and significant others). At our last apt. my hubby relegated the home bin to the deck. =P
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hale_popoki  Pro User  says:

For more info on worm composting, a good resource is Worms Eat My Garbage by Mary Appelhof. Sadly, Worm Woman passed away earlier this year, but her legacy lives on! =)
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Wesley* says:

i have a bug phobia, please delete this photo!!
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EricGjerde  Pro User  says:

thanks for the worm woman link, that's some interesting stuff!

I actually keep my (sealed!) worm containers in the bottom drawer of the fridge during the summer. as long as they aren't going anywhere, my wife's OK with it.

Wesley, worms aren't bugs! they are your friends!

Flies on the other hand... ewww.
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Sunshines Uniques says:

Great project!!!!
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Gini~  Pro User  says:

niiiiice! what a great idea.
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SparkyLeigh  Pro User  says:

Cool worm colony!

My dad used to raise worms in a huge box and feed them coffee grounds.
And sometime he would take me "Night -crawler hunting". This involved going out to a nearby golf course in the middle of the night with flashlights & sacks, then searching for these HUGE earthworms that were fat and as long as my little kid arm (well--they seemed that big then!)

I guess he raised them for lake fishing for him and his buddies.
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Cursy says:

please consider adding this to the Decomposition pool
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Garden Keeper says:

Great photo.
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laurelfactorial  Pro User  says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Vermicompost, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

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mushroom says:

Great photo! I've been featuring/linking to it on vermicomposters.com (I hope that was ok), but am trying now to move over to using a Flickr group to manage which photos are featured. Could you add it to the vermicomposting group? Please feel free to add any other vermicomposting related photos to the group as well. Thanks.
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theskepticaloptimist  Pro User  says:

What healthy worms! They must be well fed...
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scruge11 says:

gross. yet interesting. i did a project with worms
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Ed_X says:

That is a healthy looking bunch
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

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