worm farms

I've received some recent criticism for the lack of upkeep on my blog. To my excuse, you know when you agree to do something and than immediately regret your generosity and look back at the situation and reflect that you were conned and manipulated (but always in a strategic, subconscious method, and usually by someone with good intentions)? Well, I have been manipulated into giving much of my precious free time to the cause of education.

Recently I've been asked to participate in a number of events and head a table with some sort of demonstration for City Farm and Men of the Trees. This usually consists of Worm Farming and Worm Juice.
Today, I had no idea where I was going and what kind of event (or in today's case- galaxy) was happening.
Arms stacked full of styrefoam containers and some information sheets, I cautiously approached this market of mayhem cursing under my breath why I agreed to waste a Sunday. Teenagers, Kids, young-aged people began to swarm the space around me. Stylish clothes, bright colors of hair and a multitude of body-piercings were insight at every angle. 13 year olds, skateboards in hand, or under foot ran past me nearly causing me to drop my precious box of worms. Ugh, I'm only 25...how I am so sick of teenagers already? But it's true, my passion for working with youth is diminishing by the second (that may be a major exaggeration for the sake of this story...i still like working with them).
The neighboring city to Perth, the "shire" (yes Shire, but there are no hobbits- at least...none that I can see...yet) of Swan Valley decided to hold this major festival/event for kids. The Shire carpark was turned into a mass of head-banging teen-bands, food, and stalls...like mine.

Our stall may not have been what the majority of 15 year old girls want to do. I have a big box of worms and I teach you the basics and general concepts of building a Worm Farm, and gathering...oh yes, you guessed it... WORM JUICE! I know I know, this all sounds so fascinating and your jumping out of your seat at the computer stand wanting to know more. Well, I'll leave the suspense and suggest you check it out on google, because I can't be #$%@# with talking about it anymore :-)

I do like my little creepy-crawler friends. I've actually become quite fond of them and digging my hand into compost and who-knows-what to grab some yummy worms to show off to the kids.

This is why I have been unable to upkeep my blog. I have been giving worm-farm demonstrations. And I have been searching for a bike- which didn't work so I've decided to keep my old one.

So for the few of you who may be wondering what I've been doing in the past 6 weeks since my last email/blog update...I can tell you- I've been saving the world. At least, thats what Gangashwar, one of our older volunteers on Saturday tells me I'm destined to do. So I decided that I didn't have to wait, I can consider my every day actions fulfilling that destiny. hehe