So there's this super sweet girl on our team who's way into agriculture. Her family has a huge garden, and they also own a bunch of cows. So, she came out to India all excited to do all these projects with agriculture. The only problem is that we're in the middle of a very big city. Still, she's persistent and has arranged projects in a nearby (2 hour bus ride) village.
The project she's most excited about? Worms! She read about worms being able to turn compost into really great soil, and she's just sure that the village farmers will be thrilled by this concept. But first, she wants to try it out. In our backyard.
Yes, what you're thinking is correct. We have thousands of worms in a big plastic bucket of dirt and rotting food and maggots on the back porch. And yes, they totally escaped on the first monsoon when she left them uncovered. I went to go lock the back door and saw hundreds of tiny worms spreading out in every direction. There was no hope of saving them. We just covered the ones that were still in the bucket and went to bed. The next morning we had dry, dead worms covering the porch.
So, when I say we have worms, take it literally.
We also have a mouse, but I'll save that story for later.
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