I am ashamed to say that I did not post anything in honor of Suicide Prevention Week. However, today I was shown this website curated by The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. It was shown to me because you can order publications on particular Mental Health and Substance Abuse topics that interest you. You can find articles on everything from alchohol abuse to workforce trends and I think its fantastic that there is such a great free resource for people out there. There are also over 70 articles on Suicide Prevention which is a great link to use this month as last year there were more suicides in Warren & Clinton County in September than any other month. So if you're at all interested in any of these topics I highly recommend checking out SAMSHA's website I know I'll be ordering some things!
Vermicomposting is exactly what is sounds like: composting with vermis, which is the Latin for worms. I first became acquainted with vermicomposting when I started at Grow Food, Grow Hope in November 2009. One of my coworkers was attempting to vermicompost in a container he kept in his desk and usually the 1st thing he said to you after "hello" was "want to see my worms?" However, the worms jumped ship, were all over the office, and then were banned permanently. Since that day I had a small adventure into composting with worms. In my ignorance in the nature of compost I assumed that worms were always necessary for compost and therefore dug up worms from the backyard to add to my porch compost bin (an 18-gallon Rubbermaid tub I drilled holes in and added my food scraps to). These worms of course were never seen again as they were cooked in my compost bin. And then the research began. Now tha...
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