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Wormeries !
Dear All,
I'm thinking of getting a wormery to dispose of all my organic and food waste. I like the idea of having it all enclosed rather than just sitting on the top of the compost heap attracting rats etc... Does anyone have nay experience with this kind of thing, or can you recommend another approach ? http://www.originalorganics.co.uk/wormeries.htm |
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adm wrote: Dear All, I'm thinking of getting a wormery to dispose of all my organic and food waste. I like the idea of having it all enclosed rather than just sitting on the top of the compost heap attracting rats etc... Does anyone have nay experience with this kind of thing, or can you recommend another approach ? http://www.originalorganics.co.uk/wormeries.htm I bought one of these wormeries a few months ago and have been pleased with it. We kept it in a utility room over winter, and had quite a few escapee worms but that's the only problem. They certainly do their job in reducing our food waste, though I still don't seem to have any liquid to run off through the tap. I'd recommend, but you need to think of them as waste disposal units rather than creators of great quantities of compost. |
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wrote in message oups.com... adm wrote: Dear All, I'm thinking of getting a wormery to dispose of all my organic and food waste. I like the idea of having it all enclosed rather than just sitting on the top of the compost heap attracting rats etc... Does anyone have nay experience with this kind of thing, or can you recommend another approach ? http://www.originalorganics.co.uk/wormeries.htm I bought one of these wormeries a few months ago and have been pleased with it. We kept it in a utility room over winter, and had quite a few escapee worms but that's the only problem. They certainly do their job in reducing our food waste, though I still don't seem to have any liquid to run off through the tap. I'd recommend, but you need to think of them as waste disposal units rather than creators of great quantities of compost. Thanks Will, That's actually what I wanted to here - waste disposal is perfect. Our bloody council have cut the rubbish collection to every two weeks recently... |
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"adm" wrote That's actually what I wanted to here - waste disposal is perfect. Our bloody council have cut the rubbish collection to every two weeks recently... Their strategy appears to be having an effect then. I wouldn't let the idea of rats put you off composting. I live in a rural area where rats are always around in the fields but have only ever found one such squatter in my compost bins. It was more surprised than me on discovery and soon scarpered. -- Sue |
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"Sue" wrote in message reenews.net... "adm" wrote That's actually what I wanted to here - waste disposal is perfect. Our bloody council have cut the rubbish collection to every two weeks recently... Their strategy appears to be having an effect then. Not really. I have a great big compost heap in my garden already.....it's just down at the end and 80m away from the house. I wouldn't let the idea of rats put you off composting. I live in a rural area where rats are always around in the fields Me too. OK - I haven't seen any in the compost heap so far, but I just don't like the idea of all the food waste there - I'd prefer it to be covered (I also have three small children and one large dog) but have only ever found one such squatter in my compost bins. It was more surprised than me on discovery and soon scarpered. |
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In message , adm
wrote Me too. OK - I haven't seen any in the compost heap so far, but I just don't like the idea of all the food waste there - I'd prefer it to be covered (I also have three small children and one large dog) Children and dogs don't compost too well unless you put them through a shredder first. -- Alan news2006 {at} amac {dot} f2s {dot} com |
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"adm" wrote in message
... Dear All, I'm thinking of getting a wormery to dispose of all my organic and food waste. I like the idea of having it all enclosed rather than just sitting on the top of the compost heap attracting rats etc... Does anyone have nay experience with this kind of thing, or can you recommend another approach ? http://www.originalorganics.co.uk/wormeries.htm My daughter gave me one for Christmas. I set it up as per the instructions but nothing much seemed to be happening except that there were a few worms around the edge of the lid whenever I opened it and a few escapees. After about 6 weeks I decided to empty the thing to see if there were any worms working. I found about 25 in all but when I lifted the partition keeping the compost from the liquid the bottom was full of dead worms! I ordered some more worms and kept them in a plastic box full of lovely compost whilst canvassing the urglers for advice. (See postings around 05/03/06). I was woken up one morning by a scream from the present Mrs Jones who had found the hall crawling with escaping worms! Best advice I got was to empty the lot onto the compost heap but I do not want to incur the wrath of number 2 daughter! Trefor |
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Trefor Jones wrote: "adm" wrote in message ... Dear All, I'm thinking of getting a wormery to dispose of all my organic and food waste. I like the idea of having it all enclosed rather than just sitting on the top of the compost heap attracting rats etc... Does anyone have nay experience with this kind of thing, or can you recommend another approach ? http://www.originalorganics.co.uk/wormeries.htm My daughter gave me one for Christmas. I set it up as per the instructions but nothing much seemed to be happening except that there were a few worms around the edge of the lid whenever I opened it and a few escapees. After about 6 weeks I decided to empty the thing to see if there were any worms working. I found about 25 in all but when I lifted the partition keeping the compost from the liquid the bottom was full of dead worms! I ordered some more worms and kept them in a plastic box full of lovely compost whilst canvassing the urglers for advice. (See postings around 05/03/06). I was woken up one morning by a scream from the present Mrs Jones who had found the hall crawling with escaping worms! Best advice I got was to empty the lot onto the compost heap but I do not want to incur the wrath of number 2 daughter! I am afraid that is my verdict after trying one for 1 year. The minute quantities of stuff you get out are not worth it and mainly you get dead worms and piles of rotting food. These green cones and variations look simpler. In the meantime, I will just continue to use my normal compost heaps but I am still reluctant to put cooked food on them despite assurances from regular compost experts here who probably do know whta they are taling about. Des Trefor |
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wrote I am afraid that is my verdict after trying one for 1 year. The minute quantities of stuff you get out are not worth it and mainly you get dead worms and piles of rotting food. These green cones and variations look simpler. In the meantime, I will just continue to use my normal compost heaps but I am still reluctant to put cooked food on them despite assurances from regular compost experts here who probably do know whta they are taling about. How large a volume of cooked stuff are you talking about though? It may be time to start serving smaller portions or develop a taste for leftover remakes like bubble n' squeak and rissoles. -- Sue |
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Sue wrote: wrote I am afraid that is my verdict after trying one for 1 year. The minute quantities of stuff you get out are not worth it and mainly you get dead worms and piles of rotting food. These green cones and variations look simpler. In the meantime, I will just continue to use my normal compost heaps but I am still reluctant to put cooked food on them despite assurances from regular compost experts here who probably do know whta they are taling about. How large a volume of cooked stuff are you talking about though? It may be time to start serving smaller portions or develop a taste for leftover remakes like bubble n' squeak and rissoles. We are quite good with leftovers in our house and I love potato cakes etc. No matter how hard you try though, you still always end up dumping cooked food sooner or later. Whether it comes from tins, packets or carcasses or potatoes that never made it to potato cakes, a regular stream of it gets dumped. We already scrupulously put all veg peelings in the compost heap. -- Sue |
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"adm" wrote in message
... Dear All, I'm thinking of getting a wormery to dispose of all my organic and food waste. I like the idea of having it all enclosed rather than just sitting on the top of the compost heap attracting rats etc... Does anyone have nay experience with this kind of thing, or can you recommend another approach ? http://www.originalorganics.co.uk/wormeries.htm I've just had a look at the wormeries in the link above and my wormery looks much like the smaller 'junior wormery', except it was somewhat cheaper. It's just an old style dustbin isn't it? I bought mine from Wilkos I think it was, drilled a hole in it, fitted a tap, stuck it on bricks... It cost a £5 or so in total. I've made a few adjustments over the years like adding ventilation holes because the worms can get too hot living in that plastic, and made sure it's in the shade in the summer and a bit sheltered during winter. I also made sure the holes were covered in mesh because I had a wasp problem a while ago. It is only small, suitable for one person as the link says, but why not have several bins on the go at once? All the best, Eleni. |
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No matter how hard you try though, you still always end up dumping
cooked food sooner or later. Bad household management :-((( Mike -- ------------------------------------------------ Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association www.rnshipmates.co.uk International Festival of the Sea 28th June - 1st July 2007 |
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Mike wrote: No matter how hard you try though, you still always end up dumping cooked food sooner or later. Bad household management :-((( Bad grasp of reality :-(( I reckon that in our house I am in the most conservative 5 % compared to my freidns and acquaintances regarding wating food. If you find what I said distressing then you will find 95% of all UK household badly managed. I assume you do not have young kids in ths house or a busy day job? Mike -- ------------------------------------------------ Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association www.rnshipmates.co.uk International Festival of the Sea 28th June - 1st July 2007 |
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wrote in message oups.com... Janet Baraclough wrote: The message .com from contains these words: I will just continue to use my normal compost heaps but I am still reluctant to put cooked food on them I can't get my head round anyone throwing away left-over cooked food in the compost bin! Although we have a dog and cat, they count themselves lucky to get any leftovers (the skin and meat pickings from chicken carcases after I've made stock). If we have leftover meat, it goes into spaghetti sauce or some variant of shepherds pie or pasties. If it's veg or carbohydrate, it goes into any of the above , or soup. If it's fat, it's bird food. If its bones, it gets buried under plants. Even the gloppy scrapings from the porridge pan (scorned by cat and dog) are eagerly eaten by birds :-) We have a cat and no dog and the cat gets nothing. My family are vegetarian (all of them). Left over meat gets pout in the fridge until I either eat it or it goes mouldy. I then dump it. If you cannot get your head round that then good luck to you. We are in the process of getting a green cone jobby where the left overs will go in the future. In the meantime, the tiny amounts get dumped. I simply do not have the time or energy to make shepherds pie or bubble and squeak every evening. As it is, we are easily the best recyclers of any family I know. That is city life with young kids. Janet Dazz you sound very stressed :-) A solution to your problems would be to feed the cat some meat resulting in a very happy pussy. Cease to peel vegetables and cook them as they are resulting in tastier food, little or no waste and a healthier bank balance. An added bonus of hours of time saved would allow you time to chill out. |
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