Worms, Worms and more Worms!

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Composting, waste busters, wormeries, worms

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.

Bokashi & EM-X

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bokashi, EM, EM-X

Hello Again!

As well as some indisputably wonderful hours of Spring feeling in the air we have also been blessed with a visit from the EM people, Fran and Jan, this week.

There is a connection because both Spring & EM represent a kind of goodness associated with regeneration. So this week’s brief offer is dedicated to them and to EM.

Farming was top of their Agenda and they were thrilled to see the progress Simon is making with the slurry treatment. You only have to own a cat or dog, a few hens or a rabbit to benefit their health with some form of EM. I give my dogs a sprinkling of Bokashi Bran on their food. They love it and certainly bubble with energy all the time. If you have any questions about this use of EM please email me at the address below.

I also wanted to let you know that we have been thrilled with your responses to our Newsletters. Thank you so much! We do try to answer you all by return.

I reproduce an unexpected comment this week from a 13 year old lad, William.

“When I am feeling overworked and exhausted EM-X is very helpful. When I come home late from school (7pm) and have lots of work to do for the next day. When I play Rugby and don’t feel up to it because I am exhausted EM-X makes me feel loads better & I forget about my aches and tiredness. Since taking EM-X have never had a bad cold where before I used to get really bad ones”

We all love EM here but why not try it for yourself and find out why!
Have a wonderful weekend.

Sylvia & all the team x

Primary Schools ‘Growing to Eat!’

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environment, gardening, school children

News Brief!

Primary Schools all over the country are planting and growing to eat.

Judging by the number of them making their own allotments they plan to be extremely hungry!! The benefit of the 7-Pack, vegetable seeds they can buy with the Economy Allotment Plots most of these vegetables, when mature, can be eaten raw & do not need to make the long journey to the kitchen and back to the tummy. Kids will learn that not all vegetables grow above the ground, or on the ground.

They will also have to make decisions about whether or not to dig up the carrots, just to look what’s going on below the surface! Beatrys Lockie’s absolutely brilliant 130pp book Gardening with Young Children, is itself as much of a joy to read (and to sing to) as there is in harvesting your first real food. This book is full of good practical fun turning optimistic kids into real gardeners. The illustrations are many and utterly charming. Well worth the delivered price of £13.99!