Worms and Wormeries (Merged Discussion Thread)

Debt_Free_Chick

Are you sure they're worms ... and not leatherjackets, eelworms or some other bug?

Can you take and post a picture?

Firehorse

Thanks Debt-Free-Chick, it didn't occur to me to keep one and photograph it. If I come across some more, as I'm sure I will as they'll be plenty of weeding to come, then I'll do as you suggest.

Many thanks

Nikki

Without seeing them I'd hazzard a guess that they're probably thread worms. DS1 found some in the soil on our allotment and wasn't too impressed when I told him they are one of the reasons you need to wash your hands after digging in mud(and why).

Firehorse

thanks, yuk :eek:

funky-footprints

hitchhiker wrote: »

This worm forum will tell you more about wormeries than you ever wanted to know!

http://www.recycleworks.co.uk/cgi-bin/ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi

It's very helpful community. Wish I'd found it before I started the wormery, and made all the usual mistakes (like overfeeding).

Hope it helps.

thanks for the link !! hopefully my fly problem will go now !!

red_arrow_2

Hi-I wonder if anyone could give any advice,please....trying to do my bit for the environment,and anticipating our council going the same way as a lot of others,and switching to fortnightly collections,I was wondering if it`s worth getting a wormery:D However,as they seem to be quite expensive,I thought I`d ask whether anyone has any experience of them,And if they are worth having, could give me some pointers as to which ones are the best.If anyone can help,I`d appreciate it :T THANKS!

Kay_Peel

Hello Red A. There's huge topic here:

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=195913

It's fallen back to page 3 so you won't have seen it.

kay

lynseydee

Just been searching the web to find out some more information about wormeries and whether it would be better for me and my husband to get a wormery or a composter. Have found a site that explains what can be put in a wormery to find that one thing they suggest not putting in a wormery is potato peelings and that is the one thing I was hoping to be able to put in there as we have pototo peelings at least once a week. Does anyone with a wormery put potato peelings in theirs and is it ok?

Kay_Peel

Yes, me, Lyndsedee! Unfortunately they are growing like mad and I have to keep pulling them up and breaking them into pieces. The worms love it when I do that, too. The stems of potatoes are so fragile and crisp that it's no great trouble at all. So, I'd say - don't worry about it. Put your peelings in and give the worms a treat.

kay

angie_loves_veg

lynseydee wrote: »

Just been searching the web to find out some more information about wormeries and whether it would be better for me and my husband to get a wormery or a composter.

I am a new-ish wormery owner and a long term composter. I produce quite a lot of kitchen and garden (veg) waste so I could never give all my waste to the worms, it would just overfeed them, so IMO you would need a composter as well.

I see the composter as an essential, the wormery as a useful, interesting extra.

I guess the wormery would be more important if you had no garden, and produced only a little waste.

As recommended above, I have found the recycle-works forums to be very very useful.