Cathy delivered our cute little red worms today. She delivered them 'dry' so I had to add water to the subtrate myself and in my typical fashion I added too much! So after a few minutes of correcting my mistake I was able to properly set up my worm tank. The little wormies quickly dove into the subtrate and am looking forward to feeding them.
Go worm composting!
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Oct 14, 2009 - Wiggly Worms!
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
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
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Oct 13 - Thanksgiving
I hope that everyone have an enjoyable Thanksgiving long weekend. It was nice spending some relaxing time with family on Sunday and Monday after a very busy beginning to the new school year.
Business is certainly growing and we love every second of it. It is so wonderful to be able to follow our passion and have people love it just as much as we do.
This Thanksgiving, Duane and I are very thankful for some of the wonderful and caring staff that we have, the super animals that we share our lives with and the fun clients that we are meeting all of the time. Like I said, it is a dream for us to be able to follow our passion.
The up coming months are booking up nicely and we are so excited to see where the future takes us and our Creature Quest gang.
Looking forward to seeing all of you soon!
Yolanta
Business is certainly growing and we love every second of it. It is so wonderful to be able to follow our passion and have people love it just as much as we do.
This Thanksgiving, Duane and I are very thankful for some of the wonderful and caring staff that we have, the super animals that we share our lives with and the fun clients that we are meeting all of the time. Like I said, it is a dream for us to be able to follow our passion.
The up coming months are booking up nicely and we are so excited to see where the future takes us and our Creature Quest gang.
Looking forward to seeing all of you soon!
Yolanta
Oct 13 - P.S.
The tortoise table is all finished now. It looks great and the little guys seem to be happy with it too! Still working on all of the other stuff. It's funny how something that you think will only take a day or two ends up taking much longer than expected!
Monday, October 5, 2009
Oct 3&4 - October is starting off with a bang!
Our first weekend of October was a busy one. Between birthday parties and Park Lawn's Fall Fun Fair, we were certainly kept on our toes and kept entertained. What a great way to start October!
This week we are going to be busy one. We still have to make a few final adjustments to your new tortoise tables. We have some breeding tortoise so this is a very important thing. Allison is back for the month (yippi!) and we need to set her up with a schedule. We need to rent a carpet cleaner (finally) and scrub down. There's also updating our website and creating some promo materials! I'm really looking forward to getting everything settled.
I guess it's time for me to roll up my sleeves and help Duane get'er done!
This week we are going to be busy one. We still have to make a few final adjustments to your new tortoise tables. We have some breeding tortoise so this is a very important thing. Allison is back for the month (yippi!) and we need to set her up with a schedule. We need to rent a carpet cleaner (finally) and scrub down. There's also updating our website and creating some promo materials! I'm really looking forward to getting everything settled.
I guess it's time for me to roll up my sleeves and help Duane get'er done!
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