Here we have the worlds easiest worm bin. It’s a galvanised bit with an open bottom, sunk into gravel for drainage and it has a lid that half opens for easy access.
This bin was started about 2 years ago. I put in a thick layer of bark first and then a about a quarter bin full of straw, and then a nice thick layer of compost.
To that I added a yogurt tub full of compost worms – aka. Red Wrigglers.
This bin has taken all of our families compost and food waste from the kitchen, every month or so I put a layer of leaves or straw or half composted garden waste on top. We have put everything in this bin, from vegetable peels, whole lemons, onions, pineapple, bones, ie. all the things that you’re not supposed to put into wormbins but as you’ll see the bin is absolutely teeming with worms now. Even directly under a whole moldy lemon are a mass of worms.
This bin is ready for harvest now, where we will empty the bin – putting a few buckets of worms aside to start the next bin. The compost & bulk of the worms will be given to the chickens in big open bins to clean and then we’ll use it on the garden.
This is the easiest way to keep worms, it doesn’t involve lifting heavy plastic tubs like in the stackable worm bin systems, because it is big it maintains the correct temperature and moisture level better but it definitely needs to be in the shade in summer.
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