A wormery can benefit your home and garden, as well as the environment in so many ways. Serving several purposes, they’re easy to make, and even easier to maintain – plus, it’s a fantastic long-term project that kids will enjoy.
In this post, we will be exploring some of the biggest benefits a wormery can have for your home.
Composting
The compost generated from wormeries is some of the healthiest and most fertile you can get. Gardeners across the UK are reaping the benefits of wormeries, with healthier and stronger plants, and lush lawns. This complete composting system is simple – worms eat leftover scraps, and their waste creates rich and nutritious compost that can be spread on flower beds, vegetable patches, and lawns.
Waste Reduction
With a wormery, you don’t have to waste anything – not even food scraps, such as potato peelings and leftover cooked food. Food waste is normally picked up by a lorry to be incinerated, releasing potentially harmful gas into the atmosphere. With a wormery, you can feed your waste to the worms, repurposing your used scraps into a nutritious compost. Worms can eat anything except meat and dairy.
You may also want to feed your garden trimmings to the worms. Why not find a way to repurpose your rubbish and benefit the planet and your home?
Healthier Plants
Compost generated from wormeries can have a range of benefits for your garden. Rich in potassium and nitrogen, because of the dense concentration of nutrients in your worms’ waste, wormery compost can be spread on your soil as a general conditioning treatment or can be used to fill flowerpots if you are growing indoors. Wormeries generate liquid, which can be used as a liquid fertiliser when diluted with water.
You may also want to spread worm compost on your lawn, to offer much needed nourishment after a dry summer.
Easy to Manage
The beauty of a home wormery is that it’s easy for absolutely anyone to start one. All you need is a ventilated box, a starter kit of worms, some bedding to get started, and some food scraps. As long as the wormery stays moist, not too cold, and not too warm, worms are very easy to please. All they need is a regular supply of leftover food and paper to eat, and they will do the rest. It takes time for compost to develop, so all you will need to do is check the moisture levels and throw them some leftovers occasionally. After a few months, you will be left with compost that can be used in your garden.
Many people choose to store their wormery outside, but with the right container, they can safely be stored inside the house as well.
Here at Yorkshire Worms, we supply starter packs containing live worms, bedding, and instructions on how to get started with your wormery. view our range of wormery starter packs, all of which can be ordered online for UK delivery.