Wormery

[maudpringles]

Hello
This morning I took my kitchen waste up to my compost bin and gave it a quick ' turn over'.
The worms have done a fabulous job- bless them, but it lead my on to thinking about getting a wormery.
I looked on line and the recommended tray system is about £ 75,so quite an investment.
Has anyone got any advice on type of unit, companies to deal with or overall opinions?
I do appreciate it Not The Worlds Most Earth Shattering subject.
Any help greatfully received.

Anyone?

I have had a wormery for ten years. I thought my kids would enjoy it, but they have ignored it.
I put all my waste paper with personal data on it in there, to avoid personality theft. I got that tip here, so there is another wormery person around!
It makes very good compost, and the liquid runs out a tap, it needs to be watered down to feed lilies or whatever. Mine is the three tray thing, and I don't buy extra feed stuff. I'm in Ireland, so no advice on companies.
It is also a fruit fly haven at times, so keep it away from the house.

That will save me shredding!
Thank you for your reply.

We used to have a wormery, as our last garden was quite small, we tried to compost in the conventional way but stopped when rats were seen wandering about in broad daylight. The wormery put a stop to that.

I have to say we were a bit rubbish at looking after it, you have to chop up stuff really small, and layer moist newspaper. But if you're prepared to read up on it I think they're a good idea.

We accidentally left it behind when we moved, sorry worms. My new garden is much bigger so we just make compost in a wooden slatted composter which I actually prefer.

I have a wormery at home and 4 at the community garden.

I leave a watering can under the open tap at all times, helps keep the whole wormery drier.

I get a shedload of good quality compost that can be added to the toms and peppers each year.

I usually give it a mega feed once a week by adding all the Sunday peelings as I chop them up as small as possible and add it to the top tier.

I am due to empty the 4 tiers in the next few weeks. I split the worms into 4 and start all the tiers off at once and then once they are all going, around august time, I only add to the top tier. This means they all start moving up the tiers as they run out of food.

Thank you for your replies and advice.
I think I will go for a 3 layer system at the top of the garden.
Thanks again
Maud

They have food preferences though, they don't like onions or tomatoes much.

Ah that is good to know, thank you.

I'd try to get a wormery through freecycle or if you buy from new, buy the worms from ebay or from a fishing tackle shop; the worms are the tiger worms and much cheaper through ebay than from the wormery stores.

We get our wormery from eBay for under £10 then got the worms on eBay too (weird getting worms in the post!)
It's great and the worm juice (worm tea) is fantastic for making things grow - we water it down and water the garden with it - v v surprised at how quickly the plants respond to it!

Have just served up my first worm tea to the strawberries. #satisfying.

Have looked everywhere for a second hand wormery this week but no luck
So pleased to hear how useful they are, I may still splash out on a new one.