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.
During the past 6 years I have been deeply immersed (and involved) in the world of online marketing. What started as an exploration of different ways to earn a living (and discovery of some ways to do so), has gradually turned into a dedicated focus on the development of websites (and business ventures) in areas that I’m passionate about. One of my major passions in life happens to be waste management – specifically, composting.
Below, I’ve listed my main websites in this area. Red Worm Composting, in particular, has become my main online “home”.
I have quite a few related projects (websites and products) in the planning and development stages right now, and will certainly add more details about those in coming months.
Red Worm Composting is a site solely focused on my favourite “hobby” (has actually become much more than that) – vermicomposting. Yes, I am in fact that cool! (haha) 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…
