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I am not sure about AU and NZ laws, however in the states they have just recently passed a similar law. However chemicals such as UR-144 are cannabinoid ANTAGONISTS, and therefore still legal; while still producing a similar effect

I made the mistake of looking at this in the middle of a boring class, I almost made a mess in my pants. That would have been embarrassing!

Just kind of curious how old these are? Did you transfer as seedlings or start them in that pot? How long have you had them in their current pot? Sorry for all the questions, but I agree with everyone else, this is a really cool look.

The rot does look pretty bad in some spots but definitely still some healthy parts. I don't have much advice for you, but I enjoyed the pictures. I like how you can see the pot that got knocked over and shattered. The pups are nice and fat, hopefully you can salvage some. I love these plants, most other plants would have died in similar circumstances... not tricho's though they keep growing and growing and growing

any interest in shipping to the U.S.? It would be cool to have a couple of these.

Thanks for the information, I have not come across that yet. A few people have mentioned the stacked bins. These are often touted as an easier solution because of worms natural tendency to move upwards towards food. I have found these systems don't quite work as advertised. The bottom bin typically becomes a wet mucky mess. Also while the worms do move up towards the food, there are many that are still happy to inhabit the various levels of the system. There is a system called a flow through, which is by far the best design. I hope to be slapping one of these together soon and will take a photo log of the process to share when I do. Love you all

The number 4 is sacred to the Native Americans. There are 4 directions, 4 colors of people (red, white, black, yellow), 4 worlds, 4 sacred mountains, 4 sacred medicines (aromas: tobacco, sage, cedar, sweet grass), 4 sacred plants (tobacco, corn, squash, bean). Some more info about the 4 worlds and mountains (these quotes are taken from the internet, but are truly part of their belief) First/Black World: The beginning of time. In the First World, there lived various spiritual beings. They were given Navajo names describing certain insects and animals. Altse Hastiin (First Man) and Altse Asdzaa (First Woman) were created. The beings couldn't get along with one another so they decided to leave through an opening in the east into the Second World. Second/Blue World: This world was already occupied by the Blue Birds, animals and other beings who were in disagreement and couldn't get along with one another. There was severe hardship so they decided to leave this world. First Man made a want of white shell, turquoise, abalone, and jet. This wand carried everyone through an opening in the south into the Third World. Third/Yellow World: This world was entered first by Bluebird, First Man, First Woman, Coyote, and other beings. This land had great rivers crossing from east to west and north to south. One day, Coyote stole Water Baby from the river, causing a great flood. First Man ordered everyone to climb into the reed to escape the rising waters. As the beings climbed out of the reed into the Fourth World, the people discovered Coyote was the one who had stole Water Baby. Coyote took the Water Baby back to its mother and the flooded waters began to recede. Fourth/White World: Locust was the first to enter the fourth world. He saw water everywhere and other beings living there. The beings in the Fourth World would not let the beings from the Third World to enter unless the Locust passed certain tests. Locust passed all the tests and the people entered into the Fourth World. Later, First Man and First Woman formed the four sacred mountains. The sacred dirt was brought from the First World to form these mountains. The mountains each represent a borderline of the original Navajo tribal land. The mountain ranges include Mount Taylor, the San Francisco Peaks, Blanca Peak, and Hesperus Peak located in the La Plata Mountains. Each mountain/peak is representative of a color, direction, and correlates with a cultural light phenomenon dealing with the cosmic scheme of the rising and of the setting sun. Directionally, the mountains are described in a clockwise motion following the movement of the sun beginning with the eastern mountain of Blanca Peak. Blanca Peak is associated with the color white and the "Dawn Man" referring to the rising of the sun. Next in the south is Mt. Taylor, which is associated with the color blue and the "Horizontal Blue Man" referring to the daytime. In the west is the San Francisco Peaks, which is representative of the color yellow and the "Horizontal Yellow Woman" and is associated with the setting of the sun. And finally in the north is the Hesperus Peak of the La Plata Mountains which is given the color black and belongs to the light phenomenon of the "Darkness Woman" representing the nighttime.

If your interested in shipping to the US, then I am interested. If not I understand.

I am happy about the interest that this has generated. I love my squirm (worm herd), in a year time I have probably processed at least 300 lbs of food scraps through them. I started with 2 lb of worms, if they have enough space they will double in population about every three months. So theoretically, you can split a bin at harvest time into 2 new bins and continue this exponentially until you have sufficient numbers to meet your needs. In a setup like this, the bins can hold roughly 2 lbs, so I have around 6 lbs total. I have traded off a lb of worms, and split another bin to get a mate started. So the castings are not the only value of the system. I think they make good "pets" they are pretty low maintenance, they can go several weeks if you forget to feed them (which I don't think many of you here would do if your intention is to process a waste stream). They take up little area, make no noise, and are relatively odor free. They can also be incorporated into other sustainable systems as supplemental feed to chickens or tilapia. They also do a fine job at processing horse, cow, rabbit, or goat manures. However, dog and cat feces are advised against.