We finally broke the freezing point here in NY…and with the warm weather came another delightful treat…the return of the fruit flies.  So in addition to my husband going Rambo style with his water squirter, and my setting my lethal little vinegar traps, we have discovered a whole new trick in the world of worm wrangling.  Well…I must begrudgingly give credit to Mr. Needle for this one and even more begrudgingly, 7th Generation.  Allow me to explain.  Flies like it very wet.  So…remove the excess moisture and remove some of the temptation, no?  So my husband, on his way to becoming a vermi-genius, has been stuffing wads of 7th TP in the corners and in various pockets of the bin.  The worms don’t seem to mind.  After about 12 hours or so he removes the paper with the excess moisture, checks to make sure his "little buddies" aren’t hanging on for the ride, and flushes it down with the next flush.  And gosh golly…it seems to work.  Yes…the TP is safe for the worms to eat, but the idea is to remove the excess moisture all together.  Over the winter it was getting down right soupy in there.  Now it actually looks like something one could plant with.  And the flies?  Off to swarm some old lady’s forgotten fruit bowl.  That’s my man…the MacGyver of recycled toilet paper/ master of the worm bin/ arch nemesis of fruit flies everywhere.  I tried to get him to pose with his vermi-posse, but for some odd reason he declined.  Total closet crunch.

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