Wormery - Brighton & Hove

JulianF_2

Instead of a tumbler, you can get a large corkscrew-type gizmo that you screw into the compost in your bin. When you pull it out, it mixes all the material. Also, it's lighter to use and crumbles all the material, speeding up the composting process.

They look like this

LiamM_2

Hey there...

This is a great question. I work for a company called Original Organics and we manufacture both Wormeries and Compost Bins (though not the tumbler variety!).

Composters are superb for garden waste and other organic matter such as knitted jumpers etc.. etc.. whilst Wormeries are primarily designed to break down your kitchen food scraps - both cooked and uncooked.

One thing to watch out for, with the tumblers, is that it doesn't turn into a wet mess. We manufacture composters which are open to the ground, which allows any liquid run-off to soak into the ground and create no impact. I've personally never got on with a tumbler.

We find it results in the best quality compost, and Gardening Which? voted our composter as a "Best Buy" too. I'm not dismissing the tumblers, they can speed things up, but if you use a corkscrew - or an aerator (long tool with flanges) then you can speed the whole process up.

You can also get some nicer looking and larger capacity ones. Your local council may also offer them at a reduced, subsidised price, or possibly even free.

I'm not sure if I'm allowed to post links here to our website, but our MD, Clive Roberts, wrote a superb article all about composting which is one of the most linked to pages. You may find it helpful as it tells you the best way to speed up the compost process in terms of what you put in.

Tis here... http://www.originalorganics.co.uk/compostinghints.htm

A mod will move this, I'm sure, if it's not allowed - but I think reading the above will help you.

Regards,
Liam

ajwt2

i have the can-o-worms and it works pretty well. plenty of flies on top but you can stop them from building up by putting an old damp jumper over the top of the fresh waste. You#ll always get bugs and creppy crawlies and things in the wormery, it all helps to break the stuff down!

dannahaz

I have normal compost bins, and I have a tumbler. I have to say that the tumbler is a real disappointment.

it's actually quite hard work to turn it. When we first hda it, I put it outside the kitchen (not very pretty), and I turned it every day. It did kinda do what it said, but it was hard work. It was also a bit of a nuisance in that location because the liquid ran off onto our paving.

When it was emptied, we moved it to be with the other composters. We kept forgetting to turn it.

It was a great idea in principle, rubbish in practice.

chinneybigchops

Oh dear, I just read your messages but it is too late I'd already ordered my tumbler. oh well, just have to see how I get on. Very happy with the price though. I got this one last week which was £59.99 and I had a 20% off voucher. With p&p cost me £54.
http://www.crocus.co.uk/product/_/compost-tumbler/classid.2000005547/

Thank you all very much for your replys, I'm sure ill be back on when I get it for some advise. Going to have a read of your site now LiamM

LiamM_2

Hey chinneybigchops,

Did you get a look at the site? What are your thoughts on it? The two articles we have on there are very popular.

We're thinking of new additions to the website right now that makes it a little less 'salesy'. So any subjects or help topics you think might be helpful - let me know! We're keen 'green' supporters and recycle where possible. We try to operate a paperless environment to the best of our ability but it is unfortunately not possible all the time. The paper we do use is all recycled.

I've just started a Blog (http://www.originalorganics.co.uk/blog/) and opened some forums too, so you may well read some of our ramblings on composting etc... there at some point. The forums are quiet though, right now. I wasn't sure if our customers (or prospective ones) would be the type to get into Blogs and forums etc... but I'm a firm believer in them myself.

Anyway. Good luck with the composting! You know, some people say that tumbling the compost for a little while and then finishing it off in a open-ground composter can be helpful - so if you do find yourself needed to get another - perhaps you could consider one with an open base!

Cheers,
Liam

countrygal

Hi I am very lucky and don't wish to brag but we have just taken delivery of a wormery today - it was so exciting. I am getting a tumbler next week also! We are also trying the slatted box method of composting as well - as an experiment to compare and contrast the compost each makes. (It's at the school I work at - we are very into our new organic garden).
THe thing with the wormery is it only produces 1 tray of 'worm casts' every month the tray is about 1ft square ,(it's about 3in deep)so will not be a huge amount, I hope the tumbler will produce a much more than this. I will let you know.
Hope that helps

C_Ronaldo

Our compost bin smells a bit and theres alot of flies around, it might be that i have put alot of fruit peeling etc on top of the paper and grass, i need to mix it up i reckon,

C_Ronaldo

JulianF wrote: »

Instead of a tumbler, you can get a large corkscrew-type gizmo that you screw into the compost in your bin. When you pull it out, it mixes all the material. Also, it's lighter to use and crumbles all the material, speeding up the composting process.

They look like this

julian you havent by any chance found one of these in a diy store

Mollymop5

Hi everyone, could someone please let me know the cheapest place to buy a wormery.I want to do my bit for the environment but don't have much spare cash with xmas coming up.I have the usual compost bins, recycle bins etc but think this should be my next step.

All suggestions welcome.Thank you