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Recycling Garbage and Organic Waste.

The composting worms that we supply for organic waste recycling in a wormery are a mixture of different types that are known as litter worms. They naturally feed on material deposited on the surface by animals, trees and plants etc. Many people think that the earthworms in their garden would be good at making organic compost. The common or garden earthworm in the UK is sometimes known to people, fishermen especially, as the Lobworm. They can grow to over 8 inches in length and they are burrowing worms. They are the ones that do such a good job of aerating the soil by munching their way through it and pulling leaves, grass and things down into their burrows. They are also the ones who leave the small anthill type worm casts on your lawn, much to the annoyance of greenskeepers!

These types are not very good for worm composting, they do not survive at all well in the, sometimes very acidic, wormery. UK Dendros and Redworms on the other hand are very robust composters and are able to move around the loose surface litter where there is a good supply of air.

Potential Problems

If the top of the wormery, where the waste food etc is added, is too wet and is packed down, anaerobic composting will begin instead of aerobic composting. Worms do not like this it will lead to a very unpleasant smell, the worms dying or leaving and your neighbours wishing you would do the same!

It's best to bury the food waste just under the surface and avoid putting meat or dairy products in your wormery. Put the waste in alternate areas on different weeks so the worms have got somewhere to escape to if the waste food gets anaerobic.
When putting your waste in the wormery pay attention to where the worms are, if they are bunched in one area they have either found something they really like or there is trouble brewing!!!
Take the time to check, all your hard work and worms could be lost.

Flies can cause problems as well, to help keep them under control you can dust the top surface with a special calcium powder, once a week, which we can supply. See below.
This will also help with the acidity. A happy worm is a hungry worm, it will eat all your waste and it won't leave home!!

Before setting up a wormery it is best to do lots of research, there is plenty of information available on the Internet, a simple search on Google will result in thousands of pages. Be careful though, people in lots of different countries who have their own, sometimes very different, ideas put their information on the Internet. What works well in North America will not necessarily produce the same results in a rain swept Yorkshire town in England.

Once you have set up your wormery come back to us and we will be delighted to provide you with the composting worms and supplies you need to help you get recycling and help save our planet!

Essential Wormery Supplies

Some essential supplies you need to keep your Wormery in tip top condition and add essential minerals to the finished compost.
PLEASE NOTE!
Due to the cost of postage and the nature of these items, they are only available for the UK, sorry.

Here are some links to help get you started.

www.wormdigest.org - Everything you need to know about worm composting. E-Book on vermiculture.
www.wormwoman.com - Author of the excellent book 'Worms Eat My Garbage'. Lots of worm composting resources.

If you have any questions please Email the and we will try to point you in the right direction.
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