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Red worms or manure worms can grow to about 5-7 centimetres (3 inches) long and will eat their own weight in garbage every 24 hours. When worms are used in composting it is called vermicomposting.


Spore Prints


Mushrooms do not have seeds like other plants.

Instead they have spores, contained beneath the cap.

Take a mushroom and cut off its stalk.

Place the cap on a piece of white paper open side down.

Leave overnight, then carefully lift the mushroom off the paper.

The spores will have fallen out of the cap and formed a print.

Take a picture of your print and send it in (as a jpeg or mail it as a print), and Global Forest will post it in the GF Gallery along with your name and we will send you a GF sticker for your collection.


In order to receive a free GF sticker for participating in this activity you must first be a member of GF Awesome.

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