We just ordered a red worm composter and we are SO EXCITED! Not only will this unit help turn our kitchen waste into great soil for the garden but it will also be a food source for our worm eating creatures. I can almost hear a very loud 'YUM! YUM!' coming from our critters.
Red wrigglers reproduce very quickly so we're pretty sure that we won't be depleting our force too much. In fact, worms are hermaphrodites so each worm can lay eggs (but they do need to exchange sperm with another worm to do so). They form a cocoon around part of their body and then they basically slip out of this cocoon leaving it to incubate in the soil (the eggs and sperm are deposited as they slip out). Each cocoon can contain up to 20 fertilized eggs, the average is 2 - 6. That's a lot of hungry babies!
To learn more about worm composting or to order your own worm composting system, visit this website:
http://www.cathyscomposters.com/
As for us, we are eagerly awaiting our composting that will be arriving tomorrow afternoon.
Yolanta
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