WHY EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE A WORM FARM
Research principal at Sydney’s University of Technology LOUISE BORONYAK reveals the benefits
They reduce waste
Hate a smelly garbage can? The culprit for that awful stench is a group of tiny microbes known as anaerobic, or oxygenhating, bacteria. Keeping food waste out of the trash and in a worm farm prevents all of it. Red wigglers, the worms commonly used for worm farms, consume approximately half of their body weight in decomposing matter each day – meaning no foul smells!
They’re cheap to run
Vermicomposting, aka worm farming, involves one or more lidded plastic bins or buckets, food scraps, and dirt. A shovel or gardening gloves are recommended to turn the soil, but are not necessary. The bin can be of any size, depending on the amount of waste produced. The worms can be bought at many fish or gardening shops, or obtained free from a pre-existing bin.
They’re low maintenance
Aside from occasionally turning the compost and annually harvesting the worm castings, a constant supply of food scraps is all the worm farm needs to function.