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Amazon Packaging Overwhelming Recycling Centers

Well, it appears that the growth of Amazon is also causing growth in the piles of garbage in landfills and recycling centers.  Here is a link to the news story. 

So, why is this newsworthy, especially for a blog about worms and invertebrates?

The simple fact is that red worms eat cardboard.  If everyone kept a vermicomposting bin they could compost those Amazon boxes right at home and never have to send those to a landfill.

The process is simple.  Cut the boxes into strips to increase the surface area once placed in the worm bins.  Moisted the cardboard strips by soaking them.  Then let the worms have at it.  Aerate the bin by turning the cardboard every few days to get air into the layers and the worms and bacteria will do the rest.  In a few weeks your Amazon boxes will be turned into worm castings which will be ready to feed your plants just in time for spring.

Please let me know if you need for me to make a video about it.

If you need redworms, then please check out our selection.

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Arowana Fish *SECRETS* Revealed – Learn Insider Arowana Care Tips

It was not until I met a group of breeders that I was taught the techniques and industry insider tips about how to bring out the colors and shine in my Arowana that left me wondering how many other fellow enthusiast like yourself are being kept in the dark.

Although not the best, but my first Arowana using the methods I’ve learnt turned out to be a beauty.
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Discover Beekeeping – Beekeeping Made Easy! A Beginner Beekeeping Guide.

Imagine that you are sitting on your deck enjoying the sun on a summer afternoon. You can see the red and green of your tomato plants in your garden.

You can smell the perfume of your flowers in the flower beds just off the deck. And you can hear the buzzing and humming of the honeybees in your garden beehive.
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Chameleon Care Guide – Keeping and Breeding Healthy Chameleons Made Easy!

Discover What You Really Need to Know to Raise a Happy, Healthy Pet Chameleon! And Avoid The No.1 Cause Of Death of Chameleons in Captivity…

I’m sure you’re going to love your pet and he or she is going to give you hours and hours and hours of enjoyment.
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Armadillidium Nasatum Peach Isopod Care Sheet

Armadillidium Nasatum

“Peach”

Nosy Roly Poly

Armadillidium Nasatum Peach Isopods, also known as Nosy Roly Poly,  are color morphs of normal Armadillidium Nasatum which originally came from Europe.

They look a great deal like Armadillidium Vulgare, but they are more sleek and smaller.  They also have a bump in the front of their anterior between their antennae.  They do roll up into a protective ball when disturbed, just like regular common roly poly’s.

Nosy Roly Poly Isopods are very easy to care for.  Please see our video and care info below.

Housing: Any container

Food Preferences: Vegetables, dried leaves, grasses, decaying matter and rabbit poop.

Temp Requirements: 65 Degrees up to about 85 Degrees. The cold and extreme heat can kill Armadillidium Nasatum

Breeding: They will breed readily if cared for properly. They will begin breeding before reaching full size

Substrate: leaf mold, coconut coir or peat moss substrate slightly damp.

Difficulty Rating: Easy

Size: .65 inches.

Humidity: slightly humid

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Invertebrate Studies Institute

My friend, Dr. Aaron Dossey, started Invertebrate Studies Institute.  This is a really interesting concept that deserves further investigation and implementation.

The basic concept is to create a learning environment to introduce the public to invertebrate ecology and study, while also creating a facility that could host investigation and scientific study of invertebrates for a host of applications from medicinal uses to uses in food ingredients, and for a greater overall understanding.

The public portion would hose an invertebrate zoo while the scientific portion would host a world class scientific lab that could be used by government, university and business scientists alike.

Please check out their Facebook page and let Dr. Dossey know that we sent you.   https://www.facebook.com/notes/invertebrate-studies-institute/invertebrate-studies-institute-mission-and-vision/601522430033230/

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Our Fabulous Gardening Books Growing Veggies

A large component of what we do at Wormman.com is geared toward gardening and self sufficiency.  From growing your own vegetables using natural worm castings and beneficial insects for pest control, to growing your own reptile food and bait.

 

Well, here is a great ebook where you will learn all about beneficial insects for pest control, and growing wonder plants that will make you your own food.

Learn all the secrets of Growing Tomatoes, Growing Potatoes, Companion Planting and Natural Pest Control.

Lucia Grimmer, Msc – has authored several scientific papers and won awards for her technical articles. She’s the expert that professional farmers turn to for help.
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Aquaponics 4 Idiots – The Idiot Proof Way of Building an Aquaponic System

Imagine growing your own fish for food and then circulating and filtering the fish water through media and growing garden plants in that media to produce some of the biggest, best looking and best tasting food available for Human consumption.  Not only is the food and fish you will grow safe, they are also highly nutritious.  I have two aquaponics systems here at Worm Man’s Worm Farm.  The first is for our Tilapia and the second is Koi.  We do not eat the Koi, but we do eat the vegetables that the Koi help us feed.

If you are still interested well check this out:

“Break-Through Organic Gardening Secret Grows You Up To 10 Times The Plants, In Half The Time, With Healthier Plants, While the “Fish” Do All the Work…”

And Yet… Your Plants Grow Abundantly, Taste Amazing, and Are Extremely Healthy. Here’s How It Works:
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Armadillidium Vulgare-Rollie Pollies

Rollie Pollies

 

Armadillidium vulgare, also known as the “Pill Bug” and “Rollie Pollie” is a common isopod that rolls into a protective ball when disturbed.

The can get to be almost 3/4 of an inch long.  Vulgare is very interesting in that it can tolerate drier conditions and also is known to Sun themselves on cold days.  I have caught our Rollie Pollies sunning themselves in our greenhouse on cold days.  On hotter days they will hide under rocks and debris.

Rollie Pollies will eat decaying vegetation and have also been known to be found eating rabbit droppings.  At least I have caught them hanging out in rabbit droppings.  I am guessing that they were eating them.

Rollie Pollies were introduced into the U.S. from Europe and can pretty much be found everywhere.  They enter a state of dormancy in winter in order to survive the cold.

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