Worm Girl – Promoting the Power of the Lowly Worm
I love hearing about other people who are as passionate about vermicomposting as myself. Susan McVety, a.k.a “Worm Girl” seems to be one such person – and she’s a fellow Canadian, no less!
I recently came across an interesting article about McVety and her Montreal-based worm crusades, and knew I had to write a post about her here.
Here is a blurb from the article:
If you’re looking to compost with worms but don’t know how, Susan McVety will come to your rescue.For $10 McVety will deliver a yogurt container full of red wrigglers to your home. For $25 she’ll bring a “stylish” Worm Girl compost bin (a Rubbermaid storage bin with plenty of air holes around the sides near the top and a “handy/pretty sash covering the holes”) complete with worms, and a pamphlet on worm care basics. McVety offers the service on weekday evenings and weekends, and technical assistance and follow-up visits as needed. She’ll even baby-sit your worm bin for a while if you run into problems.
“Baby-sitting” worms?? Now that’s what I call true dedication to the cause!
Interestingly, Worm Girl (in true superhero fashion) holds down a regular day job (as a university researcher) – donning her worm cape only on evenings and weekends.
Aside from reading the article I mentioned, you can learn more about Worm Girl and her wormy work via her MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/wormgirlmontreal
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Written by Bentley on October 14th, 2007 with
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#1. November 14th, 2007, at 2:16 PM.
Thanks for the mention!