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My Past with earthworms and ex-husbands |
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My Past History With Red Wiggler Earthworms is colorful, and could take up a whole book. My Past History With EX's is Relative, I kept the worms and disposed of the Husbands! Recycling at its best..... I bring up the subject of Ex's, because if it hadn't been for one of them and his uncanny ability to get me into "unusual situations" I might not have ever discovered my life's dream.... Recycling with earthworms (vermicomposting), and making a good life for myself and the others that share this "Big Blue Marble". "Way Back in 74", in So. Calif., my husband of the time, told an elderly, neighbor lady that "we" would gladly help her with the removal of several trees, which lined her driveway. We, being me at 5'2" 108 lbs, and He being 6'2" 215 lbs... When we arrived it became quite evident that we couldn't "just" cut down the trees, we would have to cut them off in sections, to avoid hitting the roses, fence, garage, house and her neighbors property. The trees were thin, spindly things that went straight up. They were not stout enough to hold the other "half of We" so, I had to climb the trees and cut them off in sections. Which finally brings me to the point. As I enjoyed my birds eye view of the neighborhood, I noticed that the neighbors backyard was lined up neatly with a bunch of covered boxes. When I got down out of the trees, I ask her what they were (she was anxiously leaning over the fence, waiting for me to mess up and squish her worm beds!) She told me worm beds, I had never heard of such and ended up spending the rest of the afternoon talking to her about them. As my "Other half" cut up and hauled the trees away! Thus, was my first encounter with Red Wiggler Earthworms, I bought a bed from her and started on my adventure... A major problem was: I wanted the vermicompost, not the worms, to sell. I tried all the usual means of separating the earthworms from the castings, I got very little casting, but did get lots of blisters, sunburns and sore backs.. I continued buying and setting up conventional earthworm bins/beds for over 20 years. Each time I would become disillusioned and give up, for awhile... Finally, I sat down one day and decided that the "Separating of the castings" was definitely a "Wheel" that desperately needed to be re-invented. That is when, why and how I designed this NEW AVSA Process and bin Design. I took what I had learned throughout the years about the earthworms preferences, breeding habits and idiosyncrasies and applied them to a design that would keep me from getting blisters, sunburns and a sore back. I used my head instead of the rest of my anatomy. AVSA is the end result.. It may need some refinements, but I believe that it is as "Henry Ford" is to automobiles and the "Wright Brothers" are to Lear jets...It is a giant step in the right direction.... Since, my history is constantly being re-written, check back for future updates, life goes on. P.S. I gave up on the husbands, they didn't understand my Worms! |
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