Why You Need a Wormery
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Perhaps you've heard of a wormery before but don't know what it is or do not think one would be beneficial to you or your household. Maybe you're no good at gardening or believe your family doesn’t generate enough scraps to keep the worms inside a wormery alive. However, if you charted all the food scraps, including fruit peelings, and the waste that you throw away daily you'd be surprised at all the money you're tossing out with the trash. Instead of throwing it out into the garbage can, drop it into your own personal wormery and let your friendly collection of worms take care of it for you.
What is a wormery?
When it comes to food and recyclable goods, worms are an enormous money saver. A wormery isn't a big fancy device like you might think. Despite any misconceptions people may have, a wormery is simply a specially designed stack of bins or trays that worms live and thrive in. People add the worms and food and they're ready to go. The worms will break down the food scraps and items placed in the wormery and recycle them back into an environmentally friendly material. They will also reproduce to create more worms. This is a great advantage because more worms means faster compost creation.
This isn't all the worms can do, however. The recycled compost, or "castings", left behind by the worms make wonderful fertilizer for the yard, garden, and even indoor or hanging plants. The liquid left behind by the worms, known as "worm tea" is excellent for pouring into potted plants too. Healthy plants are beautiful to look at and have a higher resistance to diseases and destruction from bugs.
Food isn't the only thing worms can recycle. A host of other materials can be added to a wormery. Here are just a few of the materials that can be used in a wormery:
- Cardboard Tubes
- Empty Toilet Paper Rolls
- Empty Paper Towel Rolls
- Egg Cartons
- Newspaper
Instead of throwing them out with the trash, give them to your worms. You'll go from rags to riches by turning your trash into rich compost for all your plants. Keep it all for yourself or share it with friends and family who want healthier plants and flourishing lawns. Best of all, if you're a fisherman you'll never have to worry about running out of bait.