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Worms

ADJBADJB
edited June 2010 in Chit chat
No, not the game the garden things.

Last week I started up a wormery and was wondering if anybody else had one and could offer some useful hints and tips.

I will be keeping it outside all year (unless it gets really really cold for a long time) in an insulated box I am just making.

Can I "harvest" the worms to add to other bits of my garden where they would be useful?

If I keep it well fed what sort of harvest will I get of both worm juice and compost?

I got the book "Composting with worms" by George Pilkington which is apparently the bible of worm related rubbish disposal things but It will be a few weeks before I read it.
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  • milemile
    edited June 2010
    have you tried the town hall, there is usually a notice board of social events, or perhaps an evening course, thats a great way to meet new freinds.

    :razz:
  • ADJBADJB
    edited June 2010
    I suppose "Do you want to come back to my place and play with my worms?" is a very underused chat up line. :)
  • grey keygrey key
    edited June 2010
    I have never run one but in my understanding Brandling worms won`t survive outside of the wormery, the worm liquer makes an excelent organic fertiliser and the compost which they make is the most excellent seed compost you can get. The residues they leave in the compost also give it great benefits for young plants. You may need to stock up on the Brandling worms from the local fishing shop now and again, especially if they get frosted, or too wet, or dry. But having said all that, from all of the positive things which I have heard from people who have done this, it is well worth giving it a go. I have also heard that it is best to have 2 or 3 of them, as the process of composting and caring for the worms, they benefit from being divided now and again ( no not chopped in half ).
    Every time I read that the oldest person in the world has died, I have to do a quick check to see it isn't ME..........
  • milemile
    edited June 2010
    ADJB wrote: »
    I suppose "Do you want to come back to my place and play with my worms?" is a very underused chat up line. :)

    lol, he he

    anyway good luck with your new worm family, remember don't molly coddle them too much.
  • Dave FountainDave Fountain
    edited June 2010
    I told one of my kids that a worm is a man at one end and a lady at the other and they never get lonely. I'm sure I'm not making that up but that biology class was an awful long time ago. That's right though isn't it?
  • 1980-20..1980-20..
    edited June 2010
    Dave Fountain wrote: »
    I told one of my kids that a worm is a man at one end and a lady at the other and they never get lonely. I'm sure I'm not making that up but that biology class was an awful long time ago. That's right though isn't it?

    Im almost certain theyre worms at both ends.
  • milemile
    edited June 2010
    Dave Fountain wrote: »
    I told one of my kids that a worm is a man at one end and a lady at the other and they never get lonely. I'm sure I'm not making that up but that biology class was an awful long time ago. That's right though isn't it?

    no it has a head and a tail, and will die if you cut it in half.

    i imagine it could pleasure itself though.
  • grey keygrey key
    edited June 2010
    1980-20.. wrote: »
    Im almost certain theyre worms at both ends.

    And in the middle !
    Every time I read that the oldest person in the world has died, I have to do a quick check to see it isn't ME..........
  • ZnorXmanZnorXman
    edited June 2010
    mile wrote: »
    will die if you cut it in half.

    Not quite, depends on where/how you cut it.


    :razz:
  • milemile
    edited June 2010
    ZnorXman wrote: »
    Not quite, depends on where/how you cut it.


    :razz:

    well to cut something in half you need to cut it in the middle
  • ADJBADJB
    edited June 2010
    grey key wrote: »
    You may need to stock up on the Brandling worms from the local fishing shop now and again, especially if they get frosted, or too wet, or dry.

    I am using "Tiger" worms which, apparently, are better for this job. Anyway I could go out tonight and get a bucket of worms after this rain but they need to quite small so they can get through the mesh between trays. They should stay dry and warm because of the insulated box cover I'm making.

    I have also heard that it is best to have 2 or 3 of them, as the process of composting and caring for the worms, they benefit from being divided now and again.

    I want to take some out every now and then to put in my raised beds and I can always use a few in the compost bin, that's what I I meant about harvesting worms.
  • ADJBADJB
    edited June 2010
    mile wrote: »
    lol, he he

    anyway good luck with your new worm family, remember don't molly coddle them too much.

    Every Friday night from now onwards I am going to cook something involving alcohol so the little buggers can have a knees up (can a worm have a knees up?) on the leftovers. Steak and Ale pie tonight, half a can of spare Guinness should have 'em fighting by midnight and with a bit of luck they will get the munchies later.
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