Wormery Woes

[Professor Peabody]

My Mum bought my Dad a womery for Christmas - who said romance was dead. Dad duely sent off for the worms and when they arrived (end of Jan) we put everything together and watched them burrow down into the pile of dirt provided and laid on a layer of peelings etc. But since then nothing, zip, zilch.

I am wondering if they have died but Mum swears she has seen them wriggling about.

How long is it supposed to take to produce the "juice"? A lady at our field has a very productive wormery and she said hers only took a couple of weeks but we hare now two months down the line!

Any info, advice, words of wisdom would be greatfully received.

[NOG]

Normally you would put the worms in the bedding and leave for a few weeks before adding any pealings.

If they are too cold they will not do much and if it is too wet or dry.

[Pootle]

They certainly slow down in the colder weather - hiding deep down. As soon as it warms up they'll get busy again. We use old woolly jumpers (minus buttons or zips!) as worm blankets once they've broken down the one that comes with the wormery...sometimes adding a new one fills them with excitement and gets them all excitedly digesting once again.

This is a particularly good way to recycle OH's hideous Christmas pressies from his Mum

[ClayGarden]

Lol, i've heard it all now. Composting hideous christmas pressies

[Pootle]

When you have a mother in law like mine - its essential!

[marialittlebzz]

do you just put the jumper on top of the compost ? what about aeration, then ?

[Madasafish]

Why not compost Mother in law?

[NOG]

This is for Wormarys not Composting, they work diferantly. Compost needs air cos it airobic the bacteria needs oxygen to multiply but wormarys are just McD for worm. they eat it all you you are left with worm poo.

[ClayGarden]

This is for Wormarys not Composting, they work diferantly. Compost needs air cos it airobic the bacteria needs oxygen to multiply but wormarys are just McD for worm. they eat it all you you are left with worm poo.

Is this a serious reply about how to decompose the in-law? So you recommend airobic decomposition of the inlaw then?

[Pootle]

If only the MIL would fit in the bin !

[PCGreenthumb]

I believe pigs are the preferred means of recycling mother-in-laws!

[Pootle]

Right - I'm off to get a couple of porkers!

[NOG]

I would go with the pigs the eat the pig to get rid of any residual DNA.

The other favioured way of getting rid of aged Relatives in Canada is to book them on to cruises. It is much quicker than old peoples homes.

[dexterdoglancashire]

Got my OH to make me a wormery last weekend. When I read the bit about "jumpers" I thought it was posted on 1st April. How much bedding/soil/compost should my worms be living in? Bernie aka DDL

[Ethansmum]

I've had my wormery for almost 2 months now. Mine is kept indoors and they have been very active, but have not produced any worm tea/wee.