getting big

My first thought for impromptu seedling stakes was wooden chopsticks, but we don't really keep utensils from take-out places. Finally I ran through a mental list of plastic or wood things with the proper shape and came up with paint brushes and knitting needles, in that order. I originally was going to tie them with yarn, but I couldn't remember where that was, so I ended up using embroidery floss. So now I have some DIY plant stakes that will hopefully last until the plants are ready to move. The squash babies are getting so big that I'm afraid I'll have to move them to another container before their real transplant. I should not have waited so long to stake them, but it took me a while to figure out what to use. In the meantime, I had flipped around the container around trying to even them out since they kept leaning over for the sun.

These plants are growing at a crazy rate. On the left is a picture from 2 days ago, which was 2 days from the previous post. I guess the bigger the seed, the faster the growth rate, since the eggplant and tomatoes are still tiny things. My friend said she hopes I get a good crop this year since I've put in so much effort with these, but it's not so bad. The kit made things really easy, but I would still really like a good crop! I've actually been putting more work into the worms since I'm still working on getting the moisture and food balance right.

Thursday and Friday I saw two of the worms mating, or at least that's what it looked like they were doing based on the picture I saw on the Wikipedia Earthworms article. I wanted to take a picture but I didn't want to disturb them with the light. I read that baby worms take 3 months to mature, so if I see any babies in 3 months, I'll know that those babies were born in my bin as opposed to babies that were included in my order. It's really exciting to think that they are already comfortable enough to mate.