The Worm Farm

Today we bought our worm farm. The boys were very excited, particularly Benson. I have no idea why, but from an early age he loved bugs! Bugs, of all things to love, why did he have to love bugs? He has always brought his finds inside to show me, a look of pure delight on his little face.  So, I squirm inside but smile at him and say "That's fantastic, what sort of bug is that?"
Anyway, we bought our worm farm and some worms and came home to set it up.

It was a fascinating process, particularly the "bedding" block that you soak in water.  The kids were fascinated by how much it grew.

We poured the soggy "bedding" block into the base of the worm farm to make it ready for our worms. Then, finally we could put our worms in.  So exciting!

  Look at our worms! Don't they look happy? There were so many, wriggling around everywhere, Benson loved it. Jemma obviously isn't like her brother "I am NOT touching that!" she declared. Aaron kept his distance, I'm not sure why, he usually doesn't mind these things. To add to the moisture and the darkness, we added a "worm blanket" that is soaked with water on top of the worms.

And finally, we added the lid and our worm farm is complete!

Now we let them rest for a couple of days so they can settle in to their new home. Stage Two of this Grand Adventure is complete.