Wormery

Wormery

A wormery is an easy to use, efficient eco system that houses worms that convert organic kitchen waste into bio-rich, high quality compost and concentrated liquid feed. The wormery works as an enclosed unit with several seperate, but linked compartments. These compartments contain the live worms, organic waste supplied by you, and a mixture of processed compost in varying stages of composition.

It is recommended that the wormery be stored outside, mainly due to the size. Once the wormery is set-up and the worms have been added, you can on a daily basis add your organic kitchen waste. You can place most types of organic kitchen waste in a wormery; including, but not limited to most fruit (except citrus) and vegetables, peelings and cores, tea bags and coffee grounds, torn-up paper and cardboard, pasta, cereal, bread and grass cuttings. It is recommended that the scraps of food be placed in in small pieces.

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The wormery usually consists of three identical, stackable circular trays. Worms are able to pass from tray to tray through a series of holes located in the bottom of each tray. The trays contain the compost in varying stages of decomposition. The fresh, organic kitchen waste in the top section, fairly well rotted compost in the middle and well rotted compost in the bottom. The top and middle sections will contain the majority of the worms. At the very bottom of the unit is a further compartment that collects the liquid feed produced by the process. This can be syphoned off via a tap and used as a concentrated liquid feed for indoor and outdoor plants.