The Worm Farm

Hey,it's Ben,
Last week I went to the Worm Farm, where we get our worms for our compost that we give to Farmer Jim. So we drove to Durham where it is, and when we got there we learned all about worms. After that we went outside and we saw a tractor with hundreds of pounds of worms. After that we learned that worm poo is actually very clean, he said we could actually eat it,I said it plain and simple,"Gross." After that, we climbed on a ten foot tall pile of worm poo, of course my sister thought it was just dirt, hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah. We found out what worm eggs look like and I even saw a tiny, tiny, tiny baby worm on a worm egg. We had snack and then we looked at worm soil. Then we left and got Mr.Pickles for lunch.

Worm Farm

Hey guys! Its Hannah

     The other day, we went on a field trip to none other than... the Durham Worm Farm! This is where we ordered our worms for composting a few months ago. It was really neat to see where our worms had been, how they were raised, and how they got from the dirt to our mailbox.
     The man who ran the farm taught me, my brother, and about twenty other homeschoolers and their parents all about the WORM. Basically, a worm eats dead, decaying matter and then it's castings (poop) become super nutrient rich soil for plants! The worm man even said the castings (poop) are so pure and clean that you could eat them...GROSS!!
     We bought more worms for our compost bin, and headed home to get hosed off because guess what? The giant dirt hill that everyone was playing on towards he end of our tour of the worm farm was really a giant pile of worm castings!! Eeeeuuuuu!