STUDENTS BREW UP WONDER WEE
YEAR 12 agriculture students at Wilsonton State High School have been busy brewing up dozens of litres of wonderful worm wee as part of their certificate II in production horticulture, with the first batch of the liquid fertiliser already selling out at Rhonda’s Refits.
The small class is made up of six students with a mix of physical and intellectual disabilities who have worked hard throughout Year 11 to get their worm farm off the ground.
They recently started bottling the worm wee, called vermicast or worm castings, to sell to gardeners.
“We’ve learnt that worm castings are extremely beneficial to all types of gardens, and because it’s completely organic and natural it makes for a very safe fertiliser too,” Wilsonton State High School agriculture student Amber said.
“As a class we worked together to develop a logo and information label for the worm wee containers, and we organised to recycle the milk bottles from our school’s free breakfast program for the bottling process.
“Right now we get about 10-15 two litre bottles a week, and we take it in turns to collect the castings and fill up the milk bottles, then Mr Redfern takes the castings to Rhonda’s Refits where it’s sold for a gold coin donation.”
The entire class was rapt to learn their first batch had sold out within the first week, with several orders for more already rolling in.
“We’re hoping to get a second worm farm up and running so we can double our harvest,” Amber said.
“For now we are happy selling several bottles a week at Rhonda’s Refits and it will also be available at Highfields Landscaping Supplies soon.”