Worm Boys: Colorado boys raising night crawlers and earthworm castings
Mother Approved! Cooler-Free Night Crawlers
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Briefly glance at what God has done for these lowly creatures:
 
  • A worm has no arms, legs or eyes.
  • There can be over a million earthworms in just one acre. Together these worms can eat 10 tons of leaves,stems, and dead roots a year,
           and turn over 40 tons of soil.
  • Worms can eat their weight each day.
  • The largest earthworm was found in South Africa measuring in at 22 feet long.
  • Worms can grow a new tail, but not a new head if they are cut off.
  • Nightcrawlers feed at night and usually keep their tail in their burrow for quick escape.
  • Earthworms are consumed by people in Australia, New Zealand, and China.
  • Earthworms are 82% Protein.
  • Research has shown that eating earthworms can reduce cholesterol. The essential fatty acid of earthworms is Omega 3. (Mom doesn't think we should eat them, so we feed some to the laying hens to produce eggs high is Omega 3 for our customers.)
  • Cleopatra declared earthworms as sacred, and forbid Egyptian farmers from removing them from the land.
  • The Greek Aristotle called earthworms the “intestines of the soil”.
  • Earthworm castings contain 5 times more nitrogen, 7 times more phosphorus, 11 times more potassium, and 1000 times more beneficial bacteria than the material the earthworm initially ingested.
How much more has he done for you?