Compost Worms Clean The Environment



Posted: Saturday, July 25, 2009

by Tula Tomlinson

Are you planning to set up a worm farm? Well, then you need to know about these little creatures, the worms. The first thing you should take into consideration is that you can never use the worms that you see in your backyard because the garden worms live in dirt soil and do not get used to a worm farm.

Now, you need to get specific compost worms . You can obtain those worms from your local gardening store where you bought your worm bin or even from commercial worm farmers near your area. But if you have friends that already have worm farms that would work better if they can give you some to start your own worm farm.

The most common types of worm farming are the following; Red Wigglers, Tiger Worms, Indian Blue worms which are also called compost worms. They will grow on your food leftovers. In addition, compost worms eat dead and bits and pieces of decomposed vegetable. Compost worms can be found in manure heap. Actually, they don't eat fresh foodstuff that's why all the food wastes you provide for them will have started to decay before the worms begin to eat them little by little.

If you want to make the process speedily, you can put all your food wastes into a big plastic container perhaps in one to two weeks before feeding them up to the worms and by then, decomposition process must be started accordingly.

What You Need?

If it's your first time to do this, a kilogram of worms for every 500 grams of food wastes is the rough quantity of worms you will need. And if you are going to add those food wastes, make sure to bury them into the bedding material so that flies will not be attracted to them.

One thing you should pay attention is that never use meat, dairy products, orange or onion bits because they can just make your worm farm stinking and it can only cause unwanted pests and flies to attract through your worm farm.

Take note that worms like a moist place not wet. If it is dripping wet as well it can only cause a foul odor. To release the excess water and worm waste, you also need to have a tap at the bottom of your container. If needed, drain off the excess damp and do not add water or anything onto it, wait until the foul odor has gone.

If your worm farm still smells badly, well then most probably you fill it excessively. All you have to do is to wait until most of the wastes have rotten or have been eaten before putting in any further.

Now, you have all the facts about compost worms and how to make your own worm farm. Honestly, these little creatures are very functional and can be a source of fun when you are going to make this with your little kiddos. Above all as you do a worm farm, you are creatively helping our environment to be clean and green. You are in deed disposing your waste responsibly and that's the great thing with worm composting.

Tula Tomlinson is fascinated by worm composting and gardening you can find out more about worm composting at http://www.wormcompost-info.com

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