A nice crisp morning at the Rose Bowl. Time for a run.

Add helpful lid.

Let's hope this works.  I am going to keep the little guys in the back room for the first couple of weeks to regulate the temperature.  Once they start thriving and it warms up, I will move them outside.

Add layer of moist newspaper.

Sorry Hometown News!

Add worms.

Say hello to my little friends.

Add shredded newspaper.

Add kitchen scraps (apple core, avocado peel, tea bags) to worm bedding

Annie, get out of there!

Mix it all up for the worm bedding.

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Coir + egg shells + other stuff that came with the worm factory.

Soaking the coir (dried coconut husks)

First layer of newspaper.

Sorry Vons!

Setting up worm factory.

Worm factory has arrived!

Working hard in the garden.

Contest: What is this?

First prize:  um, ... We'll get back to you.

Things are blooming

Lemongrass

Some in a pot, and some in the ground.  We'll see what takes.

Michelle's card came!

No 3rd dog (boo!)

Chris is against the idea of a 3rd dog. But we have added 9 fish to the household. A suprise fish will make it's debut in the next couple of weeks.

Since I can't have a dog, I have decided to start a worm factory. Our kitchen scraps need to go somewhere. I present to you, the beautiful 5 tray worm bin I ordered today.

Clean Plate: a food blog

I've been really picky about what I choose to purchase and eat (as some of you know all too well). I also like to waste time at work on the world wide web. It was only a matter of time before the two of these things collided. With that, I present to you a food blog on one of my favorite websites, http://www.slate.com/.

http://www.slate.com/BLOGS/blogs/cleanplate/archive/2010/12.aspx

Oh, a note on the best way to read this blog - on the right is a menu called "Archive". Best to read the one post in December. Then click the January posts in the Archive Menu. Start with January 1, and click the next arrow to move onto the next day.