On Sun, 10 Nov 2002 15:25:05 -0000, "Pauline Jones"
wrote:
My husband is a very keen gardener and has a large compost heap. He has our
large garden and 2 allotments. I thought it might be a good idea to buy him
a wormery for christmas. Will it be of use to him or will it be too small
for him to be interested in and I will have wasted my money?

Any ideas would be gratefully recieved.


aha, one of my specialised boring subject (to rant on about at partied when no one
else is interested usually!)

Wormeries are different to compost bins in that they will take cooked food (no risk of
rats) and even fish bones. They also get through cardboard and newspaper. Mine
is outside the kitchen door and this makes it easy to feed.

But the best bit is that a liquid is produced by the worms that can be diluted and
used as an insectiside and a fertilizer. I got about 10litres of the stuff last year, from
the ordinary wiggly wormers grey bin. You also get lovely compost every year.

I hope he enjoys it if you get him one.

teapot