Thursday, 10 November 2011

A bit of background to the worm towers

Another recent internet discovery I'm trying is worm towers for composting. 

I have two Worm Hiltons in the garden bed and two more will go in the new bed. I have 150mm poly pipe and use inspection caps as a lid, rather then the slightly more "happy hippy" flower pot look.
http://milkwood.net/2010/10/12/how-to-make-a-worm-tower/

They are working great, although it is early days so they are not getting through too much compost (kitchen scraps) at the moment. I figure they'll do more once the weather warms up and they breed a bit. They have compost worms in them but the earthworms seem to like them too. The soil is teeming with them. The advantage is that I don't need to empty, rotate or see the worm farm.

Photos to come later.

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