Launching the 2013 Spring Challenge!

Launching the 2013 Spring Challenge!
What are you doing to your home? 

Let's challenge each other to do one thing that makes us feel good about ourselves, our homes, and the environment. Everyone can make a difference, no matter how small. You have until next Friday (April 5 to respond).

Vermicomposting

My family is vermicomposting our kitchen waste into something the garden can utilize. My daughters and I went on a field trip to Dr. Doug Hamilton's vermicomposting epicenter to gather the red wigglers we needed. Doug and his wife Paloma were absolutely gracious! Check it out... 

This is where the worms live. Dr. Hamilton used a molasses solution to "call" the worms up to the surface.

Hampton Sloane (age 6) getting ready to harvest the red wigglers.

Jenkins (age 10) and Hampton getting a lesson on how to harvest. Note the expression on Hampton's face :)

Jenkins after a successful harvest.

Some of our new worms! They are living in my garage in a vermicomposter. It is SO easy to do and an interesting project, to say the least.

Where does this fit on the ISSUE TEAMS?

Environment, of course! EPA estimates that food scraps represent 14% of household waste. Worms also eat shredded paper, which 28.5% percent of household waste. Worms can eat this trash and add value to our home in the form of nutrient rich compost.

For information, please visit... http://www.epa.gov/osw/nonhaz/municipal/pubs/msw_2010_rev_factsheet.pdf.

Thanks!
GP