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- | First up, it's good to know that these are red wiggler | + | First up, it's good to know that these are compost |
- | You can buy a worm farm from your gardening store, however it is way more fun to make your own. Worm farms can be as simple as a single container in which you put your food scraps. They can exist vertically (stacked, so that worms move up and down from layer to layer), or they can also exist horizontally - ie you can create a long farm, often people use bath tubs. Drainage is very important as worms also create liquid (called worm tea). This should be drained out of the worm farm so that the worms don't drown in their own wee (yuk). This liquid is also great fertiliser, and should be added to plants watered down to the colour of weak tea. | + | You can buy a worm farm from your gardening store, however it is way more fun (and cheaper!) |
So! Your worm farm design is not only about aesthetics (what you want the worm farm to look like, maybe you want it to also function as a bench top for pot plants or a seat), but it's also about what materials you have at your disposal and how much you are willing to spend on buying bits and pieces. After chatting to FoAM, we had decided on a bath tub design, with a nice wooden lid (perhaps an old door) which could provide a flat surface for plants. | So! Your worm farm design is not only about aesthetics (what you want the worm farm to look like, maybe you want it to also function as a bench top for pot plants or a seat), but it's also about what materials you have at your disposal and how much you are willing to spend on buying bits and pieces. After chatting to FoAM, we had decided on a bath tub design, with a nice wooden lid (perhaps an old door) which could provide a flat surface for plants. | ||
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- | How it works | + | VOILA! |
- | How to harvest | + | |
+ | [[How the worm farm works]]\\ [[How to harvest | ||