I recently wrote (on the Red Worm Composting blog) about the ‘ vermicomposting trench ‘ systems I’ve been using to compost restaurant food waste , and to provide my vegetable gardens with water and nutrition all summer long. One of these trenches was added to a raised bed garden I created this year. In an unexpected turn of good fortune, my wife decided that our backyard sandbox (aka ‘neighbourhood cat litter box’) was no longer needed, and granted me permission to do whatever I wanted with i