SafeKiddo Blog

Although it is one of Peter Gabriel’s best, I’m not thinking of the song here, I’m thinking of a fun, eco-friendly activity for you and your kiddo. Try creating a worm farm, or in Spanish, as my guy calls it, lombricero. It’s easy to do! By the way, this is not for the squirmish (is that the word I’m looking for?)

You may ask, why a worm farm?

4 Reasons:
Great for the earth
Less household waste
Makes GREAT, free fertilizer
REALLY fun for kids to make and care for!

A great deal of household waste is organic and doesn’t have to go to waste. It can kept and recycled by worms! Worms eat almost anything that was once living, including: food scraps, leaves, grass clippings, weeds, natural fiber cloth,manure (including dog and cat droppings)–I know, Yuck–, paper products and more! Worm castings (poop) is one of Mother Natures best natural fertilizers. Oh, and your worm farm won’t stink, as you think it may because of the rapid speed at which they eat.

Click Here for Worm Farm Directions.

Personally Speaking
My son and I had the best time making ours! We even dug up a few worms of our own to add (although I know I’m not sure if that was helpful or harmful) It feels really good and healthy to have a running worm farm. We recycle all that we can in there, more food than anything. I realized we eat avocados more than any other fruit or vegetable! We waste practically nothing between our dog and our worms.

Liza, a good friend and fellow mama, but to 2, aged 4 and 6 months, put her 6 month old in her Baby Carrier, and while he slept, she had her hands free!