Welcome!
Quite some time ago I decided to start up a blog here at BentleyChristie.com, but I quickly realized that it wasn’t something I wanted to free up time to work on.
I eventually decided to resurrect the idea, but this time without the blog component (although I may set another one up at some point). I’ve been wanting to create a central hub of sorts – a place people can come and learn a little more about me and what I am up to.
Of course part of me has strongly resisted the idea of creating a site like this at all – I’ve never been the type of person to ‘toot my own horn’ all that much and I certainly don’t want to come across as an ego-maniac. That being said, this is certainly not about bragging – it’s simply about helping to point people in the right direction. I have some pretty goofy listings under my name in the search engines. Certainly not Facebook blackmail fodder by any means, but still not what I want to show up as my first listing, especially given the fact that I’m supposed to be a web pro here!
It is beyond the scope of this site to provide people with a FULL run down of all the projects I’m involved in (or have been involved in), and it really serves no purpose in my opinion. I do however want to share some of the fun stuff I have on the go at the moment. When it comes down to it, these are the ones that are nearest and dearest to my heart anyway!
Red Worm Composting is a site solely focused on my favourite hobby – vermicomposting (yes, I am in fact that cool!). Aside from always having had a fascination with contained ecosystems (aquariums, terrariums etc), I just love the idea of converting ‘waste’ materials into something incredibly useful. As I’ve witnessed firsthand, worm compost truly lives up to its nickname, “black gold” – a small handful of this stuff mixed in regular soil will do wonders for your plants.
I’m hopeful that by sharing my passion and enthusiasm for worm composting, I will help inspire others to get involved. Composting is great for your garden, it’s great for the environment, and it’s really a lot of fun. (honest!)
Compost Guy is centered loosely around the topic of composting (no surprises there), but is also intended to cover a variety of other ‘eco’ topics I’m interested in. For the most part I am sticking with the theme – ‘turning wastes into resources’ – but I will also certainly be getting into gardening and related themes as well. Waste management (organic waste management in particular) is a field I’ve been very interested in for quite some time, so this site will provide me with the opportunity to share that passion with the world! Something I’ve been having a lot of fun with in particular is my Winter Composting Extravaganza – an attempt to keep an outdoor compost bin active all winter long! In winter of 2008/09, the ‘Extravaganza’ moved to Red Worm Composting, and I built an entirely new winter worm bed – one that performed extremely well, I might add!
Worm Composting Canada is a site I created in order to showcase my ‘real world’ vermicomposting business (Green Waste Solutions), started in Spring of 2008. I was definitely flying by the seat of my pants when I first decided to get into the ‘worm biz’, but looking back I am definitely glad I went for it, since it’s been a really rewarding experience.
My main focus has been selling composting worms (namely Red Worms – Eisenia fetida) and supplies locally (Waterloo Region, Ontario), but I have also been shipping worms as well.
A little more about me…
