Worms, Worms and more Worms!
April 8, 2008 by recycleworks
Product Brief - Wormeries!
Worms have sprung into favour in the last few weeks. Worms are getting really active and as the outside temperature has risen we are beginning to see explosions of them everywhere. Composting is going apace. Worms lay cocoons. These do not have a gestation period. Cocoons can all hatch at any time when the conditions are right, just as they are now.
This brings thinking minds to the subject of Worm Composting in Wormeries are compost bins in a confined environment where worms can live and work but not in the ground or compost heap. It’s a satisfying and interesting occupation rather more than just a hobby. Wormeries will digest almost all your kitchen waste. We and the worms favour natural wood and a biggish space to work in so do have a look at the Waste Busters on the website. They come with all the kit, the worms and Manual.
A Waste Buster will last for years and years and enthral the kids, especially the lads!
For loads of useful information on keeping a wormery - visit the Recycle Works Worm Forum.
I was in the garden last weekend putting the finishing touches to a large bed I started preparing for the winter last November! I was amazed at how many worms I was unearthing. Big juicy ones and small tidlers - I would love to know more about which worms work best for your compost heap and whether the odd transfer of common earth worm from flower bed to compost heap might do the trick? One thing for sure is that I dont currently have worms in my compost heap and it shows as after two years there is still compost material not fully broken down. R
Rod
Earthworms as their name implies, like to live in the soil and are should not be added to your compost bins. They will recycle the organic matter in bed, improving the soil structure etc.
If your compost bin is open at the bottom, you will find that naturally occuring compost worms will find their own way in.
You can always recognise compost worms by the stripes on their bodies.
S
So my earthworms are safe where they are for now! Well from me but I’m not sure I can speak for the birds. I can see I’m going to be reliving childhood memories this weekend digging around in my compost heap looking for stripy worms - and the kids are going to love joining in! At least if I don’t find any, I know where to come - I predict yet another basket of washing coming on.
I had a wormery go “bad” on me (my fault for adding more meat than the worms could handle) and I ended up emptying the stinking contents onto my normal compost heap - worms’n'all. I’ve since restarted the wormery, hence my purchase of a kilo of worms from these guys a few months ago, and I now have the little wrigglers on a purely cooked vegetables diet and all is going swimmingly.
A side-effect of this was my compost bin, which nestles into my compost heap, is absolutely heaving with worms and the raw kitchen scraps & loo roll tubes are going down faster than ever before. I just have to keep my brother-in-law away when he’s on the hunt for bait for his fishing trips…