Dig Deep Wormery.........
We built our first wormery last year with the help of corporate volunteers from 3 Rivers Council.
The initial design took onboard what we had on site that could be utilised and recycled to our benefit. The result.... some old tyres, dustbin lids and old fence posts. Dig Deep Volunteer Frances brought in some very useful plastic matting which would act as the inner layer to stop the worms taking up residence between the walls of the tyres.
The Design.....
The Construction....
Farming For All's Hugh (Right) and Dig Deep Volunteer Jason discuss the best strategy for fitting a dustbin lid inside a tyre.......
Jason suggests a tea break.........
Jason and a volunteer from 3 Rivers Council finally get the dustbin lid inside the tyre. The posts are in place to hold the wormery off the ground. We did this so we could have a tap fitted to the underside of the wormery to collect the 'Liquid Gold', a byproduct of the worms eating their way through the food scraps we put in. The 'Liquid Gold' is coveted by prize winning vegetable growers and used to grow giant tubers and has to be significantly watered down (10/1) to use on the allotment..... Come on worms!!
150 Tiger worms await rehoming in a specially constructed worm Hotel!
The Dig Deep and 3 Rivers Volunteers line up behind the completed wormery. The lid is on, the worms are in and there's plenty of food and wormth inside....... Fingers crossed the next instalment will be trying the tap in a couple of months for our first taste of 'Liquid gold'......mmm
