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wormeries
There seem to be lots of styles and prices of wormeries on the net. I'd
like to get one of the cheaper ones but concerned that they wouldn't be efficient. Any comments on wormeries? |
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wormeries
g'day june,
you can make your own i have a pic of one i made on my site, you can use those polystyrene boxes from the fruit n veg places, old bath tubs can be used, so when it comes to manufactured ones they will all work how well may depend on how many worms they can carry. for me now i cut out the middle man and my gardens are my worm farms too easy. len snipped With peace and brightest of blessings, len -- "Be Content With What You Have And May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In A World That You May Not Understand." http://www.users.bigpond.com/gardenlen1 |
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wormeries
"gardenlen" wrote in message ... g'day june, you can make your own i have a pic of one i made on my site, you can use those polystyrene boxes from the fruit n veg places, old bath tubs can be used, so when it comes to manufactured ones they will all work how well may depend on how many worms they can carry. for me now i cut out the middle man and my gardens are my worm farms too easy. len I have seen a couple of old bath wormeries as well Len. The baths were covered with boards, old carpet and plastic and the plug hole was used to drain off worm tea in to a bucket underneath. rob |
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I dug a hole at the low end and sunk a plastic half barrel into the hole and ran the end of the plastic into that. I actually leave a 9 litre bucket in there for ease so the barrel only catches overflow. So the space for worms is pretty big :-), about four metres long one wide and 90mm high. i have misters and a shade cloth roof, because even in the sheltered spot it can get hot, I'm in Australia. I use the misters just enough and that space takes all I can throw into it. worms propagate very very very fast indeed. I fill up one end and then rake it fw'd being careful not to rake the plastic liner obviously. then as worms work their way back into the fresh pile you can remove the cubic metre or so at the front. A cubic metre of worm casting/compost makes a great potting mix when added to some coarse sand and rottted sawdust i can tell you. And the liquid run off just gets chucked around the garden as the whim takes, there's no shortage. |
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