On 06/12/2012 05:57 PM, Lew Hodgett wrote:
"Swings" comment about building worm compost boxes brought back
memories.

My father was an avid fisherman.

A low cost source of worms was a must.

His solution was to build a worm compost pile by adding just coffee
grounds to the clay soil.

Took a couple of years, but the combination of worms and coffee
grounds turned that clay sub soil into sandy loam.

BTW, no need to dig for worms.

A couple of metal rods stuck into the ground and a source of 120 VAC
would "tickle" the worms right out of the ground.

Memories.

Lew


In the 50's, the fisherman neighbor did the same with two large screw
drivers connected to a zip cord. Just poked them into the damp ground
and plugged in. Night crawlers came bubbling up out of his lawn.

Later, he had a large elm cut down on the corner of his property. Every
dog in the neighborhood wandered by and lifted his leg on that stump.
The neighbor modified one side of his worm machine with a metal plate on
top of the stump and the other screw driver into the ground close by.
You can guess the rest...

No dogie fatalities that I remember and also no repeat leg lifters.


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