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Some of my worms now live in Tucson. A gardener out there told me there aren't many worms in the desert and he needed some to get his compost ready for his rose beds. In trade for the worms he sent many many enticing details about life and gardening out there in the Arizona desert. He wrote a beautiful description of Tucson's incredible sudden summer thunder and lightning storms. After he opened the worm shipment at his dining room table he wrote that it was probably the neatest present he'd ever gotten in the mail. The group that now resides in New Mexico convinced their new Mom to paint a nice little tiny worm's eye view oil painting of the mesa they see out their windows. It's hanging now in my parlor. As I gaze at the painting, I can almost smell that New Mexico fresh air! Another group packed up and hopped a jet to Milwaukee. They sent back some seeds for ox-eye daisies from their new worm mistress. The daisies are doing great and come back every year, which the butterflies and birds like very much. Those that use Colorado Springs as their address now were able to locate a couple of bags of bat guano. I am already using it in the garden. The dahlias love it! Lititz, PA, is now home to a lot of my worms who are busy eating up the fruit residue from a session of jam-making by their new mistress. She puts up the best homemade grape preserves! |
As we speak, 922 of my worms are busy getting ready for a priority mail trip to Hollywood (Florida, that is), and believe me, it took a long time getting them outfitted with classy bathing suits, sunglasses, and beach umbrellas. In trade I will find myself planting an assortment of unlabeled fabulous Florida dahlias and white Italian sunflowers. The group that landed in White Oak, Texas, report that they have finally perfected the famous Texas drawl, and are having a great time drinking Pearl beer while scouting out the chili pepper garden of their new landlord. They have also been supportive of White Oak's community composting project. If you get to Georgia, you might meet some of the worms that have taken up residence in the compost heap of a talented graphic artist who designed for me a customized wormy signature icon for an on-line discussion forum. And then there's the gang that boarded Amtrak and headed to North Carolina. They munched on carrots and coffee grounds for the 8 hour trip, not wanting to take a chance on finding the dining car. Their mission was to transform a big pile of leaves, weeds, and horse manure into black gold for a garden being built in that famous North Carolina clay. In exchange for the worms their new manager sent along a fabulous silk pink and black house dress from the 25¢ bin at the local thrift store. |
My worms usually throw a big farewell party for their brothers & sisters who are traveling on. They always promise to send post cards once they get settled in. Those lucky worms who are now in Maine have been on the lookout for bats, and promise to send me some guano if they ever find the time. In the meantime, their new master sent along plans for a bat house. When they then found themselves in a school, they sent back a bunch of fabulous worm message-pictures drawn by all the kids in the class. And, I got an Email from the spokesworm of the gang that recently flew to Missouri City in Texas with a report that they dined on cow manure. In trade, their new chef sent back an Eastern bird field guide book. Do you need a starter-kit of red wrigglers? What do you have for trade? I lost most of my worm-bin red wrigglers in a heat wave. The worms in the gardens are OK, as well as the worms in the compost heaps. If you want to work a trade for red wrigglers, Email me, and I will keep you on the list. It will depend on how they do this summer... |
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