How do you make a wormery at home?

How do you make a wormery at home?

Step by step

1. Collect some worms from the garden.
2. Cut the top ¼ off the bottle, to make a lid.
3. Fill the bottle with alternating layers of sand, soil, sand, compost, sand etc.
4. Add a few worms to the top of the bottle and watch them burrow down.
5. Wrap the black cardboard around the bottle to make it dark.

How do you make a cheap Wormery?

How to make a wormery on a budget

1. Making your own Wormery.
2. Find a suitable box such as a recycling box.
3. Drill holes in the base.
4. Find something to use as a stand to raise the box off the ground.
5. Add a layer of cardboard or paper to cover the holes.
6. Drill more holes on the side along the top and in the lid.

Can you make your own wormery?

It’s easy to make your own! When I started growing I imagined that wormeries were complicated and hard to make. The truth is that they are simple and easy. Worms will be happy in any home that meets their basic needs: air, darkness, and moisture. It also shouldn’t get too hot or cold.

What’s better worm farm or compost bin?

Worm farms use worms instead of microbes to break down organic matter. The worms eat and digest the rotting scraps and poop out ‘worm castings’ which is a super nutrient rich soil type fertiliser that’s perfect for gardens and crops. This process is a lot faster than composting, especially if you have heaps of worms.

How small can a worm farm be?

A bathtub worm farm has a capacity of around 200L, and as you’d expect, it occupies the same space as a bathtub, which is a fair bit of space! A wheelie-bin worm farm can have a capacity of 140L, 240L or 360L and occupies very little space on the ground.

How do you build a Wormery in a plastic box?

How to make it

1. Find a large plastic box, with a lid (you can improvise a lid if it doesn’t have one).
2. Drill holes in the base of the box.
3. Put the box on bricks (or anything else that will do as ‘feet’) to ensure air can flow up in through the holes.
4. Cover the bottom with a sheet of newspaper.

How do you make a wooden Wormery?

To build the wormery, place the box with the tap the bottom (place on some bricks or a wooden box to allow access to the tap), then add one of the boxes with the weld mesh. In this box add a layer of newspaper (to prevent the worms falling through) and then put in a 5cm layer of compost.

What temperature should I keep my worm farm?

between 40 to 80˚F.
Ideally a worm compost bin should be located in areas where the temperatures are between 40 to 80˚F. Red worms generally prefer temperatures in the 55 to 77 degree range. If you live in an area that has harsh winters, you’ll need to move your bin inside during the winter months or compost on a seasonal basis.