Lots of news here in Seattle:
'Worm Brothers' is now open for business. The boys sold red wiggler composting worms at the Ballard Sunday Market this week. They sold 4 boxes! And, had alot of fun. Liam is quite the salesman, and was talking all the kids into a look at their sample worm bin set up next to the table. They are taking orders if anyone wants Worm Brother's worms delivered!
The baby crows have arrived, and both parents are quite skittish. They do not mind at all the boys playing under the tree, screaming, shouting, playing ball, or swinging on the playstructure close by. But, this afternoon, Ben was looking at the nest with a tele-photo lens and both parents dive bombed him. He said he could feel his hair move when they went by. Poor Lottie gets no rest when she goes out in the backyard, but is constantly swooped on and cawed at. Amazingly the crows recognize different faces. Jan was out in the garden alone the first day she was here, and for hours they cawed and cawed at her. They now recognize her as family though, and leave her in peace.
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ReplyDeleteWhere did you get the worms?
Do you have a "Worm Brothers" franchise for girls? Did you make a profit?
Uncle Tim
Hi Ben and Liam,
ReplyDeleteWhat a good business your starting. I am scared of worms so I can't be your customer.
Bob bought a starter box of worms for our compost bins quite a few years ago. Now we have millions of them. It is a messy business counting them out though. Ben did most of the work. They made $12.
ReplyDeleteYoung entrepreneurs, sounds like fun. Are you going back next week? Can you see the baby crows? Amazing that they get to recognize people.
ReplyDeleteWELL WE DID A GOOD JOB AT SLLING RED WIGLIRS AND
ReplyDeleteI THINC WE WELL GO BAC.
ICANT SEE THE BEBY CROWS.
LIAM.
Hi Ben and Liam: If you could find a small kitchen scale at Value Village, you could weigh some small number of worms to find out their average weight then sell them by the ounce: perhaps a packet of worms that weighed an ounce would contain approximately 100 worms (or depending on how heavy these critters are, perhaps you could sell them by the 1/4 pound, like hamburgers.
ReplyDeleteGPa Jim
I am conviced that the crows living in my yard area recognize me and fly down to see me when I start out for a walk.Wish I lived close eough to purchase some worms.
ReplyDeleteWhat fun with crows, they are very smart and even pass their experiences on to their offspring as humans do not infrequently. One biologist and graduate students (of course, from UDub)caught and banded some crows while wearing a grotesque mask. Check out here to see what happened!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/26/science/26crow.html
How about a mail order business? I would buy some.
ReplyDeleteDo you put the worms into your existing bin or do they go into one especially set up for them?
We are in Stratford with Noah, I am using my travel computer, first time. But, part of this 'travel computer was to post pictures. Left the adaptor at home.
I think 'Worm Brothers' would make an excellent T-shirt. Or, in the case of Worm Sisters, a onesie.
ReplyDeleteK2- I have the T-shirts and fabric markers downstairs and ready to go (if baseball season ever ends!)
ReplyDeleteKamala!- Our crows totally keep on eye on the comings and goings of our house. Jan said when she was gardening they followed her around the yard, but after her 2nd trip to the yard waste in the backyard the crow was waiting for her there.
Janice- I defer to Ben who is at a Mariner's baseball game.