Worm composting is a brilliant natural way of re-cycling all your kitchen scraps. Worms are particularly useful to the gardener as they will eat rotting matter. They will also eat your food waste, paper and cardboard. Their "worm casts" (manure) is extremely good for all soil types and plants, used as a fertiliser rather than a bulky soil improver. Wormeries produce a valuable liquid fertiliser which should be regularly drained off the prevent the worms from drowning. this can be diluted with water (10 parts water to 1 part liquid) and used as a feed for flowers and vegetables. Worms should be kept cool and moist. Don't keep the temperature too cold though as worms are not very active at low temperatures. However, too hot they will try to climb out, too wet they may drown or migrate.
Next update we will discuss making your own wormery.
Sandkat xx
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