Composting Worms Tampa - Price: 4.00 in Tampa, Florida

Composting Worms Tampa
Our Worms you can buy in a cup with 30 worms for 4.00, the way to start a child with a small worm farm,
1/2 pound with media with all the good stuf to kick off your media. For $20.00.
A 1 pound with the media cost $40.00. Please start with sphagnum Peat moss.
 
Composting Worms Tampa.  .Composting+Worms+Tampa.
Thank you for your interest in  Composting Red Worms. We are a Company that specializing in a native Composting Red worms to the U.S.  Vermicomposting with native Red Worms is a safe composting approach. Red Worms are great for turning your food left overs into compost..
We sell a Florida  Comoposting Red Worm that is native to Tampa Florida.
 
 
We Sell by size of composting worm,which are large. On the average is 350 composting worms to a pound. The reason why we don?t ship by thousands or use this term is because it can be confusing. To explain, a thousand grains of sand is one thing, or a pound of sand is a something else.When ordering composting worms by the thousand expect worm size to be smaller than a needle. Selling large worms which are like a chicken ready to lay eggs and stress less. Our Worm Farm Started in xxxx.
$39.99 per pound plus frt.
 
$4.00 per cup,
 
30 large Composting  Worms per cup
 
Call Tampa 813 770 xxxx
xxxx2 morris bridge road ,Tampa Florida xxxx7  .
Look for us at Interstate 75 exit 266 Tampa Florida xxxx7  .
 
 This worm is is part of a solution for eliminating part of your waste going to landfills in Tampa. Vermicomposting is the process of using worms and micro-organisms to turn kitchen waste into a black, earthy-smelling, nutrient-rich humus. This possess is a inexpensive way to compost and in return organic matter into rich soil.  People in Tampa interested in composting   have visited Hongkongwillie  composting worm Farm for over 30 years.  Hong Kong Willie Red worm Farm in Tampa started in xxxx,from Hongkongwillie living  on a landfill as a child in Tampa on Gunn Hwy. This making a large impact on his life.Composting with worms can reduce a large amount of our waste that go to Landfills. .
We are a small reuse company , please Google the story of Hongkongwillie.
 
 
Buying Compost Worms Tampa.
 
Look for us at Interstate 75 and Fletcher,  exit 266 Tampa Florida Call us at 813 770 xxxx
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Note We sell a Florida Red Worm that is native to Florida.
WE DO NOT SELL
Eisenia foetida, or"European Night crawlers."are non native worms,
CAUTION IN BUYING THESE COMPOSTING WORMS,Eisenia foetida, or"European Night crawlers."are non native worms,
Studies have shown that invasive worms (Eisenia foetida, or"European Night crawlers). Their voracious appetites and reproductive rates (Eisenia foetida, or"European Night crawlers) have been known to upset the delicate balance of the hardwood forests by consuming the leaf litter too quickly. cause natural  impact on the environment..
Eisenia foetida
CAUTION IN BUYING THESE WORMS, Eisenia foetida, or"European Night crawlers."are non native worms,  Note We sell a Florida Red Worm that is native to Florida.
Eisenia foetida, or"European Night crawlers."are non native worms,This is why we
with any non-native species, it is important not to allow them to reach the wild. Their voracious appetites and reproductive rates (especially among the red wigglers) have been known to upset the delicate balance of the hardwood forests by consuming the leaf litter too quickly. This event leaves too little leaf letter to slowly incubate the hard shelled nuts and leads to excessive erosion as well as negatively affecting the pH of the soil. So, do your best to keep them confined! 
Note We sell a Florida Red Worm that is native to Florida.
WE DO NOT SELL
Eisenia foetida, or"European Night crawlers."are non native worms,
CAUTION IN BUYING THESE WORMS,Eisenia foetida, or"European Night crawlers."are non native worms,
Eisenia foetida
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Eisenia fetida, known under various common names, including redworms, brandling worms, tiger worms and red wiggler worms, are a species of earthworm adapted to decaying organic material. They thrive in rotting vegetation, compost, and manure; they are epigeal. They are rarely found in soil, instead like Lumbricus rubellus they prefer conditions where other worms cannot survive. They are used for vermicomposting. They are native to Europe, but have been introduced (both intentionally and unintentionally) to every other continent except Antarctica, occasionally threatening native species
 
Here is a Helpful link in what to consider composting.
What goes in comes out. Compost material that has not been exposed to pesticides,herbicides,fertilizers,growth Hormones,and animal medications is seldom considered.
Grains that are genetically design for the crop to be sprayed with Roundup and used in Vermicomposting have serious effects on the worms.(Scientists reveal negative impact of Roundup Ready GM crops
Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/xxxx47_GM_crops_Roundup.html#ixzz1b3zweRGt
The greater Percentages of soy beans and corn crops use this chemical.
 We compost material that has not been exposed to pesticides,herbicides,fertilizers,growth Hormones,and animal medications . What you put in is what you get out. We do not compost grains,newspaper and cardboard .Certain materials contain chemicals that do not break down. Grass clipping, shrubbery, and manures are of great concern. Certain Grains  are genetically design to spray the crops with Roundup.  It is important with composting with a Native Red Worm to Florida. We have found in 51 years of composting that toxins build up if you compost with contaminated material. Grains ,Lawn clippings,vegetable mater from commercial growing operations or Lawns carry excessive amounts of Pesticides,Herbicides which in turn kill the composting Worms.We find that manure from large dairy farms could have antibiotics or growth hormones. When obtaining any compost from animal manure such as cows ,horses, rabbits remember most people medicate and this comes out in the manure. Cow manure from Grass feed cows has been a good source for great compost. It important to get live microbes when buying compost. The amount of moisture is very important. Dry compost has less microbes. Fresh Compost with a fair amount of moisture is full of life.
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Here is a Little History on
Hong Kong Willie
From the present to the xxxxs.
 
 
MY FOX TAMPA BAY, Tampa Red Worm Farm 
 
New Tampa Patch 
By Tristram DeRoma 
The Story Behind the Eye-Catching Art at I-75 Exit 266 Tampa Florida
Folk artist Joe Brown, better known as "Hong Kong Willie," makes art with a message at his home/studio near
I-75 Exit 266 Tampa Florida
 
Sometimes, it?s the smallest experiences that have the biggest impact on a person?s life.
While attending an art class in xxxx at the age of 8, Tampa folk artist Joe Brown recalled being mesmerized by the lesson. It involved transforming a Gerber baby bottle into a piece of art.
?The Gerber bottle had no intrinsic value at all,? he said. ?But when (the instructor) got through with me that day, she made me see how something so (valueless) can be valuable.?
By the time class was over, Brown learned many other lessons, too, such as the importance of volunteerism, recycling, reuse and giving back to the community. He recalled being impressed by the teacher's volunteer work in Hiroshima, Japan, helping atomic bomb survivors.
"One of the last words she ever spoke to me about that was, ?When I left, I left out of Hong Kong,? ? he said. After turning that over in his young brain for awhile, he decided to use it in a nickname, adding the name ?Willie? a year later.
You've probably seen Hong Kong Willie's eye-catching home/gallery/studio at Fletcher Avenue and Interstate 75. But what is the story of the man behind all those buoys and discarded objects turned into art?
Brown practiced his creative skills through his younger years. But as an adult, he managed to amass a small fortune working in the materials management industry. By the the '80s, he left the business world and decided to concentrate on his art. He spent some years in the Florida Keys honing his craft and building his reputation as a folk artist. He also bought some land in Tampa near Morris Bridge Road and Fletcher Avenue where he and his family still call home.
Brown purchased the land just after the entrances and exits to I-75 were built. He said he was once offered more than $1 million for the land by a restaurant. He turned it down, he said, preferring instead to make part of the property into a studio and gallery for the creations he and his family put together.
And all of it is made of what most people would consider ?trash.? Pieces of driftwood, burlap bags, doll heads, rope ? anything that comes Brown?s way becomes part of his vocabulary of expression, and, in turn, becomes something else, which makes a tour of his property somewhat of a visual adventure. What at first seems like a random menagerie of glass, driftwood and pottery suddenly comes together in one's brain to form something completely different. One moment nothing, the next a powerful statement about 9/11.
One Man's Trash ...
Trash? There is no such thing, Brown seems to say through his art.
He keeps a blog about his art at hongkongwillie.blogspot.com. He also sells his creations through the Website Etsy.com.
In his shop, he has fashioned many smaller items out of driftwood, burlap bags and other materials into signs, purses, totes, bird feeder hangars and yard sculptures.
He sells a lot to the regular influx of University of South Florida parents and students every year who are are at first intrigued by the ?buoy tree? and the odd-looking building they see as they take Exit 266 off I-75.
Brown Sells More Than Art
Of course, the real locals know Brown?s place for the quality of his worms.
If there?s one thing that Brown knows does well in the ground, it?s the Florida red worm, something he enthusiastically promotes, selling the indigenous species to customers for use in their compost piles. Some of his customers say his worms are just as good at the end of a fishing hook, though.
?To be honest, what made me come here is that they had scriptures on the top of his bait cans,? said customer John Brin. ?Plus, they have good service. They?re nice and they?re kind, and they treat you like family.?
Though Brin knows Brown sells them mostly for composting, he said they are great for catching blue gill, sand perch and other local favorites. He also added that he likes getting his worms from Brown ?because his bait stays alive longer than any other baits I?ve used.?
For prices and amounts, he has another blog dedicated just to worms.
Of course, many people also stop by to buy the smaller pieces of art that he and his family create: purses made of burlap, welcome signs made of driftwood, planters and other items lining the walls of his store.
He?s also helped put his mark on the decor of local establishments too, such as Gaspar?s Patio, xxxx N. 56th st.
Owner Jimmy Ciaccio said that when it came time to redecorate the restaurant several years ago, there was only one person to call for the assignment, and that was his good friend Brown.
"I?ve known Joe all my life, and we always had a good chemistry together,? Ciaccio said. "He?s very creative and fun to be around, and that?s how it all came about.?
Ciaccio says he still gets compliments all the time for the restaurant?s atmosphere he created using the ?trash? supplied by Brown. He describes the style as a day at the beach, like a visit to Old Key West. ?They?re so inspired, they want to decorate their own homes this way,? he said.
It?s that kind of testimony that makes Brown feel good, knowing that others, too, are inspired to create instead of throw away when they see his work. He simply lets his work speak for itself.
?Somebody once told me to keep telling the story and they will keep coming," he said, "and they always do."
Tampa Art Gallery University of South Florida, Florida Focus,Fletcher and 75
Tampa gallery practices the art of creative reuse
By Kerry Schofield
The year was xxxx. Joe Brown, 8, lived next to a county dump site in Tampa, Fla. Brown found old junk, fixed it up and sold it. Brown knew he had a higher calling in life ? he was destined to be an artist.
 
Brown, who is now 60, makes art from trash at his Hong Kong Willie Art Gallery. He has embellished the outside of the gallery with splashes of Caribbean-color paint and found objects reminiscent of Key West.
 
Brown is as colorful as the gallery ? he wears a bright tropical shirt with red, white and blue plaid shorts. Patrons tell him they can smell the salt water when they drive up. The gallery, however, is perched inland near Morris Bridge Road and Interstate 75 where a rusty-hair hen named Fred, first thought to be a rooster, patrols the property. Fred, abandoned five years ago by tourists, trots between the gallery and adjacent hotel leaving a trail of droppings behind her.
 
Brown lived on the Gunn Highway Landfill from xxxx to xxxx. The Hillsborough County landfill operated for four years and was closed in xxxx. ?It was astounding how quick they could fill the 15 acres in pits that were enormous,? Brown said.
 
An apartment complex now sits on top of the old landfill. A report by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection indicated that a lining was placed underneath the complex when it was built to block methane gas from leaking. The gas is a byproduct of rotting garbage.
 
 As a child, Brown lived on his father?s dairy and beef farm. Brown said during heavy rain, the low land on the farm flooded the neighboring Gunn Highway. In xxxx, Hillsborough County officials offered to elevate the low land to stop the flooding by turning it into a landfill. When the property was sold in xxxx by Brown?s father, soil testing revealed heaps of old paper and punctured cans of spray paint.
 
?They dug up and took out newspapers like the day they were put in,? Brown said. ?It reminded me of nuclear bombs that were going to go off. They dumped everything in the landfill.?
 
As a child, Brown foraged at nearby dumpsters. County workers saved junk for him that people dropped off. One day, Brown?s parents got a call from his elementary school teacher and told them that Brown had $100 in his pocket and that he must be stealing.
 
Brown picked up the saved junk after school and turned it into something new. Contrary to his elementary school teacher?s accusation, he wasn?t a thief after all. Instead he was a young entrepreneur who sold other people?s trash.
 
?There was so much excess coming into the landfill,? Brown said. ?There was so much waste from our society.?
 
However, Brown?s mother wanted him to pursue his talents and dreams, not money. But he developed a business sense during his young junk collecting days and told his mother, ?I?m not going to be an artist. I?ve read that artists starve to death.?
 
Brown?s mother became concerned. He said his mother knew ?the value of happiness and the travels of life? and sent him to a summer art class.
 
The art teacher inspired awe in Brown. She taught him how to reuse baby food jars by melting the glass and adding marbles to the mix to create paper weights. The teacher had traveled to Hong Kong, China and Hiroshima, Japan after World War II. She saw how people were forced to recycle and reuse items out of necessity after the war. This left an impression on Brown.
 
It was at this time that he personified the name Hong Kong Willie, which harkens back to China where the mass production of merchandise occurs. The ?Willies? are people like Brown and other environmentalists who try to reuse trash instead of throwing it into landfills.
 
After high school, Brown went to college to study business but dropped out after three years. He worked in the material handling industry until xxxx. Although Brown had achieved a successful career and lifestyle, he had become discouraged in xxxx.
 
?The change came from knowing that I had come to the point of what people call success,? Brown said. ?I wasn?t happy inside.?
 
He had been diagnosed with depression in xxxx, a condition that was caused from high fructose intake and that lasted for more than four years.
 
In xxxx, Brown and his artist wife, Kim, bought the half-acre property off Fletcher Avenue and Morris Bridge Road. For two decades the two small wooden shacks, built around xxxx, that now house the gallery operated as a bait and tackle shop.
 
Nowadays, Brown raises and sells worms by the pound mainly for composting. He recycled 250 thousand pounds in the worm bed in xxxx. Brown still sells the worms for $3.50 a cup for fishing.
 
In xxxx, Brown resurrected the Hong Kong Willie name from his childhood art class. In the early xxxxs, both he and his wife, Kim, began upcycling trash into art. Brown entered another world when he left his mainstream lifestyle behind ? he joined the art scene and booked rock bands at the same time.
 
The Brown family spent half their time in Tampa and the other half in a small home on Boot Key Harbor in Marathon. Brown gained the reputation of the Key West lobster buoy artist.
 
?I had a total different appearance when in Key West,? Brown said. ?I used to have hair down to my waist.?
 
When Brown came back to Tampa, he lived in the woods for months at a time, much like Henry David Thoreau in ?Walden,? who had lived a simple lifestyle in a one room cabin near Walden Pond in Concord, Mass.
 
Back in Key West, Brown became friends with local fishermen. He and others organized efforts to clean up plastic foam buoys that had collected in the waterways from years of fishing.
 
?You would go and find buoys floating in the mangroves, up on the shore and they had trashed up everything,? Brown said.
 
The Earth Resource Foundation reports that plastic foam is dumped into the environment. It breaks up into pieces and chokes animals by clogging their digestive system.
 
Brown sells the buoys from the Hong Kong Willie Art Gallery for $2.00 a piece. He said he has sold from 30 to 40 thousand buoys in the last ten years. Some of the buoys are more than 50 years old and are collected by tourists from China and Japan.
 
?If you go to the Keys right now and you see a buoy floating, you?ll see someone slam on the brakes to get it,? Brown said. ?They?re the most prized buoys of the world.?
 
Brown made a holiday buoy tree 12 years ago from the Key West buoys. Hundreds of buoys are strung on rope and wrapped around a utility pole next to the gallery. Brown hopes the novelty of the buoy tree will inspire and stimulate children to find new ways to reduce, reuse and recycle garbage.
 
In Kate Shoup?s ?Rubbish! Reuse Your Refuse,? the author said much of what we get is designed to be scrapped after only a few uses. We easily throw away pens, lighters, razors and dozens of other items. Shoup said Americans consume 2 million plastic drink bottles every 5 minutes.