Worm castings

[Mitzi M]

I made a kinda hippie-style compost pile with no bin or anything - just right on the ground. I put all my veggie waste in with layers of yard clippings and covered it with an old rug to keep it evenly moist and warm. The earthworms just showed up and they've stayed right there ever since. (There isn't much soil here, but it's shady and the forest trees do provide some leaf mulch.)Hmmm... I don't think they are native...I wonder. But at any rate, they are here in lower Puna, so if you make it attractive enough for them, maybe they will come.