One of my Christmas gifts came in a beautifully wrapped large, light weight box, and even after opening it I had no idea what it was!
It was pretty obvious how to assemble it, but I still didn't have a clue what it was used for!
At this point Marianne was not taking any credit for the gift, saying
'This one is all Matt'.
Ah! They know I love plants and flowers.
Is it a planter?
And then, in the bottom of the box!
And Marianne proclaims
'You are the only person we know who we could give worms to for Christmas, and they would be excited about it!'
It took a couple days for the worms to arrive.The mailman brought them to the door, instead of leaving them out in the mail box, but it was so bitter cold outside that I was worried they would have frozen to death.
The bag contained peat moss and a frozen glob of worms. Nothing moved. I misted them with water as instructed, but I was pretty sure they had not survived the trip.
They came with a guarantee, and instructions to wait 24-48 hours for them to recover from their journey through the mail.. I kept checking, and it wasn't until a full 24 hours later, when I opened the lid that I saw wiggling!
My plants and I are quite excited!! We will see how well I do with feeding my new pets!
chart from Home and Garden America
This is the description in the Uncommon Goods catalog.
Living Composter
Gardener's Gold
The happiest, healthiest plants ever—that'll be the end result of feeding food scraps to the worms in this sculptural compost container. Most worm farms look, if we're being polite, "functional." And most compost containers, in tactful terms, do not smell like roses. This one, cool-looking and odorless, raises the bar on both counts. The designers of this biomorphic worm house collected data for almost two years, then created an algorithm to figure out the best shape for both worm health and human convenience.
Drop fruit and vegetable peelings, grain foods, and tea bags into a top opening. The worms-in-residence will eat at least half of their own weight of scraps per day. The composter can "process" over two pounds of food a week, enough to keep up with most or all of the scraps in a two- or three-person household. Spread the easily removed compost next to your plants or in pots, and watch those babies grow.
Worm "castings" (a fancy word for the worm equivalent of manure) are the best natural fertilizer there is. They're packed with water-soluble plant nutrients, beneficial enzymes and microbes, and improves soil's ability to hold moisture. So potent is vermicompost that as little as a tablespoon could feed a 6" potted plant for over two months. Worms not included. Made in Taiwan.
That's so cool, Melinda! An ecologic present, couldn't be better. One day I'll have one! Good luck with your new pets! Cheers!
A worm farm that's cool....
Pretty fun gift!
It is an a bit different gift, but I am sure that was extracting very much profit
I think it will be fun and quite useful!
Earthworms for fish bait. He constructed a bed of dirt, in a wooden
Enclosure, about 18" deep x 8' X 10'...all raised about 24" off the ground it was quite productive for
The worms, not so much for him to make $ money. After one
Season he abandoned the worm bed, it quickly rotted and
Fell through.
That spot in our backyard remained the most fertile spot for
Years. If I had a yard, or even more space to keep my plants here
With me, rather than at a friends house, I'd love one of these
'Mini-worm farms'
Great post @melinda010100, you got my full upvote for this one.
Thanks my friend! Last year for Christmas Matt's brother got Jim an aquarium. The fish are thriving...So I have two fish and now pet worms. Your brother would see a theme of sorts here! Thanks for the big vote!
What a great present. The gift that keeps on giving and solves a problem or two in the process.
Why not make a video of your own experience with it for Dtube? That would be interesting too.
I need to get a tripod for my phone..That would make videos so much simpler!
That's a great gift! I'd love to get worms for Christmas. Haha!
A girl after my own heart! No wonder I like you so much!!
I'm super interested in this set-up. It looks like it won't take up a lot of space. Keep us updated on how it goes. Love to you!
you have lovely friends. I still remember the lovely christmas card (envelope!) you received
My beautiful gift from fellow Steemian @barbara-orenya I do have wonderful friends!! Lovely card/envelope
Did you already name them?
Slinky, slimy, wiggly.....
Lol... Then you can move on to Slinky 2, slimy 2, wiggly 2.... Slinky 3, slimy 3, wiggly 3.... hahaha...
I may have to make different colored hats for each of them so that I can tell them apart!
ohhh i would nooot have guessed that in a million years, beeest gift ever ! sooooo cool ♡♡♡♡♡
Isn't it fun? I hope they like living at my house!!
Its soo funny and a great gift, you got a packidge deal ha ha :D💖💖💖 Il bet they will 💖
Wow, that is actually a really cool gift! Not something I would have ever guessed but very cool indeed!!
haha i was thinking it was a bonzai planter for some reason :-P not that ive seen any like that was just my first thought
My first thought was planter for kitchen herbs.
hehe i forget to water plants my aunts worse though ahe killed my tomatos
I have one plant that is near my TV set that needs water often. When it lays down and begs, I know it is time to water the rest of them.
hehehe good viewing spot :)
This is nice to see a different but special gift. i have not seen one of this before.
@seyiodus.
I had read about keeping a worm bin, but had never done anything about it, so this was perfect!
Nice. Keep keeping. :)
I absolutely love this! We have three recycling bins in our backyard already! Never thought of ever having anything inside the house. I do put bread and citrus in the outside bins but that’s okay as they are outside. I see the hummingbirds come by to snatch off the little “gnats” you talked about in FB post. It would be real convenient to have something inside too for fast kitchen waste cuttings. We put our grass, leaves, anything green in the outside ones and have had a bounty of beautiful, black soil!
I have never done much serious composting outside for fear it would just attract critters from out of the woods. Raccoons already are such troublemakers here. It is so nice to hear from you here, but I do wonder why you are not putting more effort into Steem? Go look in my wallet, and those of some of your other old Tsu friends and you will see it is worth the effort!
Very cool! I love all things natural. I hope to move back into the country soon. And grow all kinds of things. Right now limited to container tomatoes and some greens. Oeace
Your tomatoes would be happy if you had a worm farm!
I know:)
Oooohhh! That's soo cool! I am a little bit jealous now. A wonderful present! 😊
And I love having friends who think this is a great present!! ❤🤣
Hehe! I bet not everybody fancies the idea of having pet worms in their kitchen! 😝😂😅
What a FANTASTIC gift to be given Melinda. I have two outdoor worm farms now. One given to me by a friend who is now living in an apartment. She would LOVE one of these to take it's place.
I would too. Haven't seen an indoor worm farm before. The design looks fabulous and so functional for people who don't have a garden but still love to nurture their indoor plants.
The soil of our garden was like sand eight years ago. Couldn't grow anything but now thanks to the worm castings and worm 'water' as well as mulching etc. our veggies are finally thriving. Now we ONLY have to contend with a bush turkey ~ or two. Resteemed. 😊
This would be perfect for an apartment! I have mine on a small seldom used countertop in my kitchen and I'm hoping they will be happy there. Thanks for resteeming this- I am so happy to hear from you!!
I'm sure they will be Melinda. Pleasure to resteem so that as many people as possible see your post.
A friend here in Sydney has a business: Living Apartments and I have a feeling that he may also be very interested in the Biovessel. 🦋
Wow I would never guess. It is very cool. Enjoy your gift :))
Without being told, I doubt if I ever would have figured out its purpose!
Indeed a well thought gift :)
Awesome gift! Enjoy
Thanks Melinda for sharing this! I've also only recently started vermicomposting. Would be great to exchange knowledge and information about our worms!
Let me know how yours do!!
I'll try and keep you posted! After Christmas (I had gone away for a couple of days), there were quite a lot of fruit flies in my box and a mushroom was growing inside. Also, they had eaten their hemp mat that was supposed to cover them. It looks like things are under control now, though. I've had mine since September so I'm still learning every day, too :-)
A mushroom! I am suspecting this is not as easy as they make it sound in the directions!
Oh usually the worms are quite happily digging through their earth feeding on all sorts of food :-) I suspect the problem was that I left them unattended for too long. Next time I'll do things differently.
Fantastic!!!
We'll see! I'm beginning to think it may not be as easy as they make it sound!
Aren't you lucky.....this is an amazing project! I'd love a gift like this - original! I know a few people who would enjoy this.
I think it will be fun....My poor mailman was horrified to think I was going to have worms in my house!
lol.....ya, that would be gross to carry around for him.
Wow, thanks for sharing @melinda010100! What a useful Christmas present! Didnt know there is such thing before you posted :) Maybe it is not available yet at this side of the world, but it is really cool.
Wow!
Now you can really follow "the circle of life" :)
Ha! I also received two fish in a little aquarium...I could actually continue the circle onwards!! 😉
That's so cool, Melinda!, couldn't be better...regards
Isn't it a fun gift?