Addams Family Moment

My mother's day roses were finished by the end of the week, so I cut the dry blooms off the stems and gave them to the worms.  (I put the stems outside on the yard-waste pile.)  I felt a bit like Morticia Addams from the Addams Family TV show cutting the heads off the roses.

Photos: The Worms Arrive!

Here is the box that the postman held at arm's length.

Contents: Instructions, invoice, styrofoam insulating box, wadded up newspaper packing, carton of worms and compost, escaped worms (top left corner) and a ziploc bag with some gummy worms (nice touch!!).

Upon taking the lid off the carton you can see where the worms were escaping.

Settled into their new home!

(inspected by my 2 1/2 year old daughter)

So I spread the compost they travelled in over the coir bedding, rinsed out the carton with some water and poured that over the compost, then re-covered with the shredded paper (which was quite damp after sitting on the wet coir for a week).