“Nobody likes me, everybody hates me…

October 27th, 2008 at 05:09am Jennie Pollock

… I’m gonna go eat worms.” Remember that song?

Well, you don’t have to eat ‘em, but you can put worms to work for you by composting at home. They break down organic materials and create tunnels in soil that allow water to percolate and air to circulate.

You can learn more and make your own worm composting bin next month. The University of Illinois Extension program, led by Meghan Bowe, will be from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Nov. 8, at Klehm Arboretum and Botanic Garden. It’s “fun for the whole family.”

Register online here or at 815-986-4357.

Parting thought, courtesy of the Extension:

Worms are nature’s recyclers. There are 500,000 worms living in an acre of soil at any given time. Those 500,000 worms are capable of leaving behind 50 tons of nutrient rich castings. They are part of a natural composting process, which is nature’s way of recycling its own waste.

Try not to think about all those worms too much. After all, it has been raining a lot lately.

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