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ABOUT US
Austin Worm Farm is not a large Industrial type of business. We are more of a Mom and Pop style worm shop. Business is done right here from our Austin residence so please excuse the non professional manner if you are picking up worms our “store front” is only online. It’s more like doing casual business with a neighbor.
The “we” is mostly me. Hi there, my name is Kristy and I am the vermiculturist that handles the worms and most of everything else here.
Although being a Mom can be a full time job, I was also working part time as an E.M.T. Currently, I am growing my hobby of raising worms into a larger scale with the goal of providing Austin with a local source of worms. I would be happy to sell you some worms in person or over this website. When you contact Austin Worm Farm you are essentially contacting me and I will work diligently to provide you with some live and active, healthy worms.
One of my favorite motivations about it all is reducing household waste. It just seems to me that so many people think once they put their trash out on the curb their problem just magically disappears. Landfill build up is a problem for all of us whether you can see it or not. By composting your paper and kitchen waste with worms, even people in apartments with no land can make compost or at least reduce the waste dumped in land fills. Another thing I really like about raising worms are the end products created from it that help my garden grow. I don't like using chemicals on my plants because our family eats them. When people use Insecticides and weed killer products they are poisoning the soil and water for humans too. Worms provide the balance of just the right fertilizer without using chemical products that often contain carcinogenic poisons.
My husband and I met in Paramedic school just a few years ago. His name is Will. We are both native Austinites. He works part time as a Paramedic and is attending school full time to become a nurse. He has built most of the stuff it takes to run our worm farm. Because he is fueled by a rampant coffee addiction (helps with studying) he provides most of the coffee grounds to feed the worms.
UPDATE 2013: Will is no longer working at Austin Worm Farm but I am thankful for the contributions plus for the other helpers that have helped get this project going.
The “we” is mostly me. Hi there, my name is Kristy and I am the vermiculturist that handles the worms and most of everything else here.
Although being a Mom can be a full time job, I was also working part time as an E.M.T. Currently, I am growing my hobby of raising worms into a larger scale with the goal of providing Austin with a local source of worms. I would be happy to sell you some worms in person or over this website. When you contact Austin Worm Farm you are essentially contacting me and I will work diligently to provide you with some live and active, healthy worms.
One of my favorite motivations about it all is reducing household waste. It just seems to me that so many people think once they put their trash out on the curb their problem just magically disappears. Landfill build up is a problem for all of us whether you can see it or not. By composting your paper and kitchen waste with worms, even people in apartments with no land can make compost or at least reduce the waste dumped in land fills. Another thing I really like about raising worms are the end products created from it that help my garden grow. I don't like using chemicals on my plants because our family eats them. When people use Insecticides and weed killer products they are poisoning the soil and water for humans too. Worms provide the balance of just the right fertilizer without using chemical products that often contain carcinogenic poisons.
My husband and I met in Paramedic school just a few years ago. His name is Will. We are both native Austinites. He works part time as a Paramedic and is attending school full time to become a nurse. He has built most of the stuff it takes to run our worm farm. Because he is fueled by a rampant coffee addiction (helps with studying) he provides most of the coffee grounds to feed the worms.
UPDATE 2013: Will is no longer working at Austin Worm Farm but I am thankful for the contributions plus for the other helpers that have helped get this project going.
ABOUT US (WORMS)
v There are many other species of worm but we are composting worms.
v We have 5 aortic arches.
v Breathe oxygen through our skin.
v We make a huge natural impact by being recyclers
v Although it still takes us two to tango, we are hermaphrodites
v Worms are photophobic (don’t like light)
v If you can take out the garbage then you can take care of worms.
v We can eat up to our own weight every day.
v We’ll make your kitchen food scraps in to an organic fertilizer
v Our castings (poo) has no foul odor and has a neutral pH
v castings increase amount of nutrients available to your plants
v We have 5 aortic arches.
v Breathe oxygen through our skin.
v We make a huge natural impact by being recyclers
v Although it still takes us two to tango, we are hermaphrodites
v Worms are photophobic (don’t like light)
v If you can take out the garbage then you can take care of worms.
v We can eat up to our own weight every day.
v We’ll make your kitchen food scraps in to an organic fertilizer
v Our castings (poo) has no foul odor and has a neutral pH
v castings increase amount of nutrients available to your plants
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