REVIEW: NatureMill Compost Made Easy

There is one thing about gardening that gives me the willies. It is those worms…

I don't know exactly when I became completely creeped out by worms but I have an idea when it came about.

I recall my brother sitting on a cement porch that was painted green back in the 1960's. He sat there with a worm in his little hand, completely fascinated with how it could be pulled without breaking. This attraction caused him to stretch that worm so far between both his thumbs and forefingers that what came next was no surprise.

My little brother couldn't resist licking that stretched out worm and the more grossed out I was and screamed for him to stop, the more he licked it. He treated that worm like it was some kind of lolly pop or ice cream cone. Maybe that is when I got completely creeped out by shiny worms like the ones shown above.

What is it about worms that makes them so disturbing?

Maybe it's any one of the following:

• They have no eyes. Where are they looking?
• You can't tell which end is the top or bottom. Which end do I scream at?
• They move in such a way that when I look down and see one squirming I want to run. Why do I need to run from something that is slower than a turtle?
• That pink flesh color is just plain undesirable and flat out naked looking (immodest actually…). Even a caterpillar is more tolerable because it wears some sort of an outfit.
• When it rains like cats and dogs it is actually worms that are coming out of the sky and there is proof on the ground afterwards. Why do worms need to flood the streets and sidewalks making it impossible to avoid squashing at least one underfoot after a rainstorm?

In any event, I take it I am not the ONLY one who is not digging worms (pun intended) because the NatureMill Compost Made Easy is designed to avoid contact with the all important worm and other bugs. All I do is put the sawdust, baking soda and scraps in the compost and it turns into super charged fertilizer for the plant beds.

No longer do you have to open the stinking compost and stir all those bugs and insects that are going to town on the rotten mess.

I know bugs and worms are a part of the Tooth Soap® Urban Farm but I am still a CITY SLICKER at heart and I need time to adjust. This NaturalMill Compost Made Easy is one way to ease me into this new urban farming lifestyle.