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A BETTER WORLD THROUGH WORMS The truth of the Red Wriggler: Yard by yard, life is hard. Inch by inch, it’s a cinch. The red wriggler is one of the wonders of creation. Each mature worm has both male and female organs and will reproduce weekly as long as it has ample space and food. Red wrigglers tend to mass in pink bundles with an energy that feels like the force of Nature itself. Amazingly, the worms' digestive tracts convert just about anything, kitchen scraps, manure, even newspaper, into the black gold that makes gardens thrive. In fact, one worm will happily consume half its volume every day in organic waste. In New Mexico, where the soil has never been blessed with either the water or the organic materials gardeners enjoy in other states, the humble red wriggler could well play a major role in enriching local soil. All a gardener needs to do is keep a compost heap groaning with worms and then work into the soil, trowel by trowel, the red wriggler's black gold.
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