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milkmaid
Joined: 19 Apr 2005
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Location: isle of lewis
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does anyone know anything about wormeries
i don't want to spend a fortune
next door gives me scrapes to feed the goats with i don't want to hurt her feels so i have been taking them and putting them in the recycling bin
but it does seem a waste so i'd like to make a wormery
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stephen
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Location: Billinge, Skåne, Sweden.
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| We had one of the Can-O-Worms in the UK and it worked great. |
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Clucky
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I think Fenn did have one and my mum has too, had hers for years....if you want I can get her email for you if you like  |
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milkmaid
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| Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 9:34 pm Post subject: |
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i'm thinking no money here
200 pounds on the wood for the polys
can anyone think how to make one  |
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stephen
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| If you can make boxes with a fairly fine mesh bottoms I see no problem making your own. |
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jaydee67
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milkmaid
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got everything here i need thanks |
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jaydee67
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| Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 5:58 pm Post subject: |
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| there you go then! sorted! |
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Spana
Joined: 30 Apr 2005
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Location: North Cornwall
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I made mine about 10 years ago and its still going and works well.
I got a cheap plastic barrel with a lid, drilled holes in the bottom, dug some muck from the muck heap which was all horse manure and put a layer of it in the bottom of the barrel, about 8inches of it. Form the same muck heap I picked out the Brandling worms and put them in the barrel on top of the muck. Stand the barrel on bricks high enough to get a container under the barrel so that you can catch the juice that runs out. Add a bit of something like tato peelings, not too much to start and you're away.
When you want to empty it its a bit messy but you cant have everything  Roll it over, take out what you want, pick out the worms and put them back in. I read somewhere that after tipping out, if you lay a sheet of news paper down all the worms wiggle under that, I just pick them out. Place it where its not in full sunlight and if its going to be very cold for a long time, cover it up a bit to stop it freezing. Its not as posh as some you can buy, but works good enough for me |
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milkmaid
Joined: 19 Apr 2005
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thanks julia and jan
gave me a couple of ideas
think i'm going with 2
i'll try the barrel i've got a couple of blue barrels that i swapped for silage
it was cattle grade silage not goat grade if you know  what i mean
and i might try fish boxes i can stack them  ,and we can pick them up for free from the beach |
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