{"id":110737,"date":"2019-09-13T23:03:17","date_gmt":"2019-09-13T16:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/diet-of-worms-has-to-be-right-for-compost-success-letters\/"},"modified":"2019-09-14T00:03:19","modified_gmt":"2019-09-13T17:03:19","slug":"diet-of-worms-has-to-be-right-for-compost-success-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/diet-of-worms-has-to-be-right-for-compost-success-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"Diet of worms has to be right for compost success | Letters"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nReaders respond to Adrian Chiles\u2019s report of his struggle to create compost from his organic waste using a wormeryAlong with, no doubt, many other vermophiles, I\u2019d like to reassure Adrian Chiles that wormeries do work and that his worms will handsomely reward his efforts if he persists (The worm has turned \u2013 but where\u2019s my compost?, G2, 12 September). Having decided that a wormery would be a good way of recycling vegetable matter in my small back yard, I too had a catastrophic false start, involving some drowned worms and the wrong sort of smelly decomposition, but with the help of a new batch of worms, I discovered the importance of incorporating dry material into the worms\u2019 diet.Torn-up egg boxes are particularly good, and I don\u2019t need a shredder to dispose of details from bank statements when my worms are hungry. For years now, my wriggly little friends have been providing me with small amounts of compost and, more usefully, enough of a miraculously effective liquid plant feed to provide a copious supply to me and all my gardening friends. What\u2019s more, whatever I feed to my worms isn\u2019t going to landfill. Hang in there, Adrian. Be good to your worms, and they\u2019ll be good to you.Chris McConwayNewcastle upon Tyne Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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