My name is Reilly and I am eleven years old. Reilly’s Wickedly Wonderful Worm Wee is my business but Mum and Dad help me.
It all started when we got a worm farm from the Council Worm Composting Workshop, but we lived in a house with not much garden so I decided to sell it door to door because we couldn’t use it all.
I put the bottles in the carrier box on the back of my bike. Then my teacher Fran tried to set up a hydroponic garden made out of a barrel on the farm at our school and told us about Wendy who works at the Hyalite hydroponics shop in 9th Ave. Wendy said that all the children in our class could buy a hydroponic kit for half price.
I thought it would be quite cool to have a kit, so I decided to save up for one. I told Dad and he said he knew Wendy and she said she’d reserve one for me. I thought I could turn the worm wee into a business so we went and asked Wendy if I could sell it through the hydroponics store and she said yes, they would sell it for me!
So, Dad helped me make a stand out of old beer crates and I stained them. Mum helped me make labels and I tied them onto the bottles. I have learnt how to make sure the store has enough bottles and we have enough labels.
I split the money I make into four: part goes into my bank account, part goes to Dad for the costs, part went towards the hydroponic garden Reilly’s wickedly wonderful worm wee and equipment (I’ve bought it now) and the last part goes towards buying something or saving for my little brother.
Last month, I wrote a letter to Mr Hill’s Laboratory in Hamilton and he sent me a testing kit I filled up and sent back by courier. When I hear back, I’m going to tell my customers.
I like having a business because I can make the money to buy gardening equipment, but it’s quite hard because I have to feed the worms every day and harvest the wee and putting the labels on the bottles is quite hard because I have to try not to crinkle them. I’m also now selling new 1 sqm gauze for the worm farms for $5, if anyone needs one, email me at wormwee@kiwinz.net.
By Reilly
“I write for Bay Waka because Dad asked me to!”
Bay Waka love supporting young entrepreneurs. If you know of a young person with their own business or are one yourself, we would love to hear from you and we can showcase your business in the next issue! Write to Lisa@baywaka.nz.
