I like my worm farm, but I'm finding it hard to get the rewards out of it I should. It's easy enough to pour water on it to drain out the worm wee. But getting out the casing is a pain in the bum because, well, it's full of worms! Compost worms are a bit touchy and won't necessarily survive in the garden, so I want to keep them in the bin. Commercially-made worm farms come with layers but my worm farm was free, just two broccoli boxes from a shop.
I got some great advice from the OzGrow garden forum, where I get all kinds of advice. First, peel back the newspaper covering and pull off any large chunky food (in this case, some rocket).
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Next, put on a layer of hessian sack. New worm food goes on top of this. Newspaper layer goes over that and of course the lid over that.
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The worms will migrate through the hessian to eat the food above. After a few weeks, I'll use the hessian to pull the whole layer of worms and scraps off, and below that should be a layer of worm casings. Hopefully with fewer worms in it!
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I got some great advice from the OzGrow garden forum, where I get all kinds of advice. First, peel back the newspaper covering and pull off any large chunky food (in this case, some rocket).
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