Cabbage Worms 1 - Smiths 1

Our incessant search for those little green caterpillars paid off. We were constantly on the lookout for cabbage worms and because of our diligence we have a happy, healthy, cabbage! Those tiny green worms eat and eat and eat giant holes in our precious cabbage leaves, so whenever we walk into the house or out of the house we would inspect the leaves and peel the worms off. Most of the time I would collect a few and send one of the girls to the backyard to give the Donnas a treat. Other times, I would just let the greedy little worms meet their demise. 

Last year, we lost this battle. This year we evened the score. 

A cup of tea?

Worm tea that is! 

Gotcha!!

Longest worm ever!

Evan and Matilde insisted they take photos of the worms that came out to play last night. They were loving them!  The photo below was just one of the many pictures of worms I now have on my phone. :) 

Evan couldn't believe how long they were. Matilde wanted to feed them to the Donnas, but big sis wouldn't let her because these were too special. 

Worms

We bought even more worms to add to our vermicompost bin. Luckily, red wriggler worms love rabbit poop and coffee grounds, so they should be in heaven in their new home right about now! 

Vermicomposting

Vermicomposting is a method of using worms to transform organic waste into a soil rich in nutrients.  Our red wiggler worms work hard to eat and cast (poop) our refuse into a healthy soil to be used in our garden.  Matilde learned to love worms from her big sis, Evan, so she was very excited to help me set up our Can-O-Worms vermicomposter.