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@@ ALL DRAPERY 8: FABRICS PLUSH WOOL DOUBLE QUEEN B/Box Duvet . . from $145 CONSULTATION FREE HOME $ 95 $109 $139 Letworms eat garbage Fall is the time when garden refuse and leaves bring the compost bin to mind.The other day I found the lower door on my square town supplied com- post bin open and saw smooth black compost I poked and found about half a box of compost. This bin is just a year old. It has been aerated infrequently with a compost tool but has never been turned over. I just add a little‘kitchen waste, leaves arid weeds to keep it topped up. This is called cold compost- ing. It is a slow but easy method. sting worms to get rid of kitchen vegetable waste is the easy way to recy- cle. Several schools have worm com- posters so ask your children about them. The box is filled with bedding material. which may be newspaper that has been soaked in water and pulled apart into about one-inch-pieces. Cardboard or paper shreddings from office machines soaked in water and squeezed till just moist makes, good bedding. Peat moss is another but it needs soaking in water for several hours before being squeezed out to reduce the acidity. It may be mixed with other bedding material toprovide water retention/This provides a place for the worms to live. The top is covered as worms like to live in the dark. Their food is kitchen waste, apple, banana and potato peel, cabbage and broccoli leaves, lettuce, tea leaves, egg shells and any other vegetable matter. Com cobs and husks' nwd chopping up and should be added to the mixture before they dry out. The food is buried in the bedding weekly as it accumulates using a different area each time. The best way is to divide the surface into six- inch by six-inch grids making sixteen areas in a two-feet by two-feet box. Add the food to each area in rotation. A paper on the bin is used to mark off each square as it is used When the Cycle is finished look at the bedding in the first sectiOn. If it still has its initial texture, i.e. the paper or peatmoss has not broken down completely and the worms are still flourishing, do another cycle of fwding. In four to six months when the bedding is disintegrated dump the container on a plastic sheet and sort out the worms. Put a pound or so and new medium in the original container and start another box using the spare worms. Micro-worm composters may easily be made from two-litre plastic pop bot- tles, worm bedding and two Worms. One bottle is cut off at the top of the label, the other at the .bottom of the label. The two bottoms are fitted togethâ€" er to make the container. Holes are made in the trio ends, a soldering iron will do this. Moist peat moss, shredded paper or other sterile soil-like material are placed in the container. A small amount of food is added, equal to one or two banana peels, or half a tomato, and is covered with an inch or two of the'bedding material. Two red worms are placed in the container which is covered with a light~proof bag. An inch wide slit is make along one side of the bag to let in air . This covered mini-composter makes an ideal decorative conversation piece on the mantle. Set it on a dish as it may leak a little. This is a fun project, and the children may well become quiet involved It makes a good show and tell project I will donate the worms to any- one who brings a mini-composter to the house. Any groups or classes that would like a demonstration of mini- -wonn oomposters phone (416) 845-8380 to set up artimc and date. ONTARIO JUNIOR CITIZEN OF THE YEAR AWARDS We're looking for the "good kids" of Ontario Contact this community newspaper for details. Deadline for nominations is ( JI 0F AWA October 3 1 st, 1993 am»- Bell