Wormery Compost | Making A Wormery | Building A Wormery

Why the heck would anyone want a wormery compost in their backyard? Lost of reasons! You can pick your favorite, but I have to big reasons for starting my wormery compost.

First, the average household dumps hundreds or thousands of pounds of organic material in local garbage dumps every year. Just by building a wormery compost at home, you can drastically reduce your carbon footprint. You will be able to decompose your organic waste in your own backyard and even save yourself money by doing so.

The second major reason to create a wormery compost at home is like nature's way of saying thank you. The wormery worms ingest your organic waste and decompose it, leaving behind, you guessed it...compost! This compost is extremely nutrient-rich and fertile. You can use this compost soil all over your yard and make the plants in your garden grow more fruitful than you thought possible. It's a natural fertilizer which is the best kind and comes naturally from a wormery compost!

There is no catch! Your wormery compost will continue to deliver you fresh, fertile soil as long as you keep your wormery worms happy! There are a few things you will need to do to maintain your wormery compost, but none of it is hard to do.

Obviously you will need to continue to feed your wormery worms by adding your waste. Every couple of months the bedding in your compost bin will have been eaten through and you will need to replace it. At this time you can seperate the worms and remaining bedding and remove the compost from your wormery compost. Add more bedding and the cycle continues!

You will need to maintain a moderate temperature for your wormery compost. Your worms need moderate temperatures, so this might require you to move your wormery compost inside during colder months if you don't live in a temperate zone.

There are a few things you shouldn't add to your wormery compost, but list of things you can add goes on and on! Your wormery worms will have a hard time digesting and decomposing oily or fatty materials such as meat, so it is recommended that you do not put this in your wormery compost. You can however add other kitchen waste such as fruit and vegetable peelings, tea bags and coffee grounds, and even egg shells. You can also add waste from outside such as grass clippings, fallen leaves, or dead plants. Worms love these things, so throw them in your wormery compost!