The beginning!

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"A wormery will give us beautiful tomatoes, carrots, celery, leeks, turnips and basil. So please giv'us a womery so we can dig down into the soil and bring us the humus".

Thus I helped write our submission with Myra, our Computer Tutor when she entered Camden Council's competition to win a Wormery for our Centre.

Myra explains:

"More than a year ago, Camden Environment Champions were inivited to state in no more than 70 words why they felt their workplace would be a suitable site for a Wormery.

Sean, a UK Online learner, had previously talked about growing up on a farm in Ireland and leaving school at a very young age. When I spoke to him about the competition he was keen that we enter it, volunteering to get his hands dirty and be the Wormery guardian. Living in a high rise flat in North West London with no garden, Sean said he would welcome the opportunity to cultivate a Wormery. Encouraged by Sean, we submitted the following statement and it did the trick":

"A wormery will give us beautiful tomatoes, carrots, celery, leeks, turnips and basil. So please giv'us a wormery so we can dig down into the soil and bring us the humus"

Here is a photograph of me with David Wilson, Camden Assistant Policy and Projects Officer in the middle and Myra on the right. This was taken when David very kindly came to help us set it up and he has supported me in its care.



Julie Granger, Principal Energy Management Officer at Camden Council wrote in her newsletter:

"Congratulations to Champ Myra and the Charlie Ratchford Centre for winning the Wormery and thank you to Sean Grant (left of photo) for volunteering to become the worm guardian at the Centre. We will keep you updated on what they grow. Once again thank you to the Environment Policy Team for donating the Wormery and David Wilson, Camden Assistant Policy and Projects Officer for setting it up".

I am delighted to have been given the opportunity to manage the Wormery and I decided to let everyone know about the progress of this new venture through my new Blog.

I would like to thank the Charlie Ratchford Centre here and especially Myra Schehtman our Computer Tutor from Adult and Community Learning at Camden Council who inspired the whole venture and who has provided myself and my fellow learners with the opportunity to learn internet and email skills and what is now possible on the World Wide Web.

You can find out more about the wonderful work being done by Camden's Adult and Community Learning team, especially the team managed by Ashoka Norman, their Quality Co-ordinator, if you click here. Often known as UK Online Centres, these fantastic learning resources are offered at many Community Centres throughout the borough and I have learned so much at these sessions. More information is available about the Computer facilities at The Charlie Ratchford Resource Centre if you click here


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In terms of thanks, finally, but certainly by no means least, I would like to thank Charles Molloy who has taken time out to advise and guide me with setting up this blog. This has been done with much patience and considering my lack of experience in blogging, Charles has made me feel able and confident very quickly. I know that Charles has worked with staff and users of Camden's UK Online service over the last few years and all I hear is praise for him. Do not hesitate to contact him should you need a Website, Graphic Design, Multimedia or Video Consultant! Charles has also many years of training and teaching Digital Media.

Over the coming weeks, months and years I hope to keep the world informed about our worms, our compost, and all the trials and tribulations we will no doubt encounter.

I am very happy for people to comment on what we post here, share their interests and ask any questions about the project.

Signing off for now

Sean