Your wormery composter is particularly suitable for peelings and leftovers of fruit and vegetables, such as potato peels, apple cores, green tops of vegetables, etc.
Woodlice, also known as sowbugs or pillbugs, are crustaceans that are commonly found in damp environments, such as gardens and compost piles. While they are not harmful to the worms or the composting process in a wormery, they can be a nuisance.
You will soon see if your worm composter is too wet – it looks visibly sodden.
Your moisture mat is just there to encourage your worms to work in the surface of the waste and as it is biodegradable the worms will eventually eat it.
Slugs can be a challenge in your wormery so good to address them
Usually a lack of worm juice is one thing…
To keep the worms happy while you’re away, buy a pumpkin (or use one that is starting to rot), cut it in half and lay the open sides face down on the top of the bedding of the Subpod.
Composting is indeed a complete ecosystem but flies don’t need to be tolerated. [more...]
Here are a few tell-tale signs; The majority of your compost has a deep, rich color - it will also have the same texture throughout.
There are a few methods to harvest worm compost without the worms:
Our composting worms are mixture of species (mainly reds and dendras) selected for their composting ability
The Urbalive Worm Composter is a home wormery kit that can be used indoors or outdoors for composting kitchen waste with the red worms. The perfect wormery for households, classrooms or offices.