I was told here some time ago
that the worms provided with wormeries
are the same as the worms anglers use.

When I went to my locl angling shop and requested worms,
I was asked whether I wanted "rag worms",
which I gathered are for sea angling, or "garden worms".

Which would be most appropriate for a wormery?

--
Timothy Murphy
e-mail: gayleard /at/ eircom.net
tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366
s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland

On Fri, 04 Sep 2009 10:41:53 +0100, Timothy Murphy wrote:

When I went to my locl angling shop and requested worms, I was asked
whether I wanted "rag worms", which I gathered are for sea angling, or
"garden worms".

Which would be most appropriate for a wormery?


Neither. Brindling

"Timothy Murphy" wrote in message
...
I was told here some time ago
that the worms provided with wormeries
are the same as the worms anglers use.

When I went to my locl angling shop and requested worms,
I was asked whether I wanted "rag worms",
which I gathered are for sea angling, or "garden worms".

Which would be most appropriate for a wormery?

--

Tiger worms from an angling shop. I suspect he really meant tiger worms, not
garden worms.

mark

mark writes

"Timothy Murphy" wrote in message
...
I was told here some time ago
that the worms provided with wormeries
are the same as the worms anglers use.

When I went to my locl angling shop and requested worms,
I was asked whether I wanted "rag worms",
which I gathered are for sea angling, or "garden worms".

Which would be most appropriate for a wormery?

--

Tiger worms from an angling shop. I suspect he really meant tiger worms, not
garden worms.

But you should be able to get them free from some humus rich soil. They
breed vary rapidly in the right conditions. I can pick them up in
handfuls from my compost heap, like living spaghetti.
--
Kay

K wrote:

Tiger worms from an angling shop. I suspect he really meant tiger worms,
not garden worms.

But you should be able to get them free from some humus rich soil. They
breed vary rapidly in the right conditions. I can pick them up in
handfuls from my compost heap, like living spaghetti.

All my worms seem to have died
after I acquired one of these wormeries with several trays,
and transferred my compost from my previous wormery
in a dustbin-like container, with a tap at the bottom.


--
Timothy Murphy
e-mail: gayleard /at/ eircom.net
tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366
s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland

Timothy Murphy writes
K wrote:

Tiger worms from an angling shop. I suspect he really meant tiger worms,
not garden worms.

But you should be able to get them free from some humus rich soil. They
breed vary rapidly in the right conditions. I can pick them up in
handfuls from my compost heap, like living spaghetti.

All my worms seem to have died
after I acquired one of these wormeries with several trays,
and transferred my compost from my previous wormery
in a dustbin-like container, with a tap at the bottom.

In that case I'd certainly try and get some free! It sounds like there's
something about the conditions in the new container that isn't right,
and you need to get that sorted first. It'd be a pity to buy some worms
and have them die on you too.


--
Kay

On Sep 4, 11:27*am, Timothy Murphy wrote:
K wrote:
Tiger worms from an angling shop. I suspect he really meant tiger worms,
not garden worms.

But you should be able to get them free from some humus rich soil. They
breed vary rapidly in the right conditions. I can pick them up in
handfuls from my compost heap, like living spaghetti.

All my worms seem to have died
after I acquired one of these wormeries with several trays,
and transferred my compost from my previous wormery
in a dustbin-like container, with a tap at the bottom.

--
Timothy Murphy *
e-mail: gayleard /at/ eircom.net
tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366
s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland

I gave up with my wormery (I live in Monkstown) after 6 months as the
worms never looked very happy and it just never got going. Most food
waste seemed to just accumulate and or/go rotten and it was hard to
keep not too hot or cold or too wet or too dry. Now we have one of
those green cone things that you used to be able to get from somwhere
in Dublin for free or subsidised but we bought it in the eco shop in
Greystones. It is hard work (my wife dug the hole). You have to dig
a big hole and bury half of it but we now put all cooked food waste in
it. We also have a whopping big normal compost heap but now put all
veg. peelings in the cone. It smells at this stage but only if you
lift the lid and put your face close to it. I am hoping the smell
will stabilise when it gets going but even if not, it is still worth
it. Now, nothing smelly ever goes in the domestic refuse.


Des

Des Higgins writes
I gave up with my wormery (I live in Monkstown) after 6 months as the
worms never looked very happy and it just never got going. Most food
waste seemed to just accumulate and or/go rotten and it was hard to
keep not too hot or cold or too wet or too dry. Now we have one of
those green cone things that you used to be able to get from somwhere
in Dublin for free or subsidised but we bought it in the eco shop in
Greystones. It is hard work (my wife dug the hole). You have to dig a
big hole and bury half of it but we now put all cooked food waste in
it. We also have a whopping big normal compost heap but now put all
veg. peelings in the cone.

Why have you decided not to put veg peelings and cooked food on the
compost heap?

It smells at this stage but only if you lift the lid and put your face
close to it. I am hoping the smell will stabilise when it gets going
but even if not, it is still worth it. Now, nothing smelly ever goes
in the domestic refuse.

Does that mean you put fish heads and meat scraps in the cone?

--
Kay

On Sep 4, 12:48*pm, K wrote:
Des Higgins writes

I gave up with my wormery (I live in Monkstown) after 6 months as the
worms never looked very happy and it just never got going. *Most food
waste seemed to just accumulate and or/go rotten and it was hard to
keep not too hot or cold or too wet or too dry. *Now we have one of
those green cone things that you used to be able to get from somwhere
in Dublin for free or subsidised but we bought it in the eco shop in
Greystones. *It is hard work (my wife dug the hole). *You have to dig a
big hole and bury half of it but we now put all cooked food waste in
it. *We also have a whopping big normal compost heap but now put all
veg. peelings in the cone.

Why have you decided not to put veg peelings and cooked food on the
compost heap?


We always used to put veg peelings on the compost heap but that was to
get rid of them rather than to make compost. We mainly make compost
from grass clippings and shreddings. Just to get the green cone
going, I decided to put peelings as well as cooked food in, to help it
get going.

It smells at this stage but only if you lift the lid and put your face
close to it. *I am hoping the smell will stabilise when it gets going
but even if not, it is still worth it. *Now, nothing smelly ever goes
in the domestic refuse.

Does that mean you put fish heads and meat scraps in the cone?

Everything that comes off plates after dinner, anything that has gone
off, bones (not much as most of the family are vegetarian), and yes,
fish heads. We only started it a few weeks ago for the first few
weeks it was smelly, I am hoping it will calm down. We did put some
stuff in that would stink to high heaven anyway (meaty bones). It is
a big cone shaped thing. It has a basket underneath that gets buried
about 1.5Mdeep. Initially it has no worms or wildlife. I guess they
will take time to find it.


--
Kay

In article ,
Des Higgins wrote:
On Sep 4, 12:48=A0pm, K wrote:

Why have you decided not to put veg peelings and cooked food on the
compost heap?

We always used to put veg peelings on the compost heap but that was to
get rid of them rather than to make compost. We mainly make compost
from grass clippings and shreddings. Just to get the green cone
going, I decided to put peelings as well as cooked food in, to help it
get going.

The mind boggles.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Des Higgins writes
On Sep 4, 12:48*pm, K wrote:
Des Higgins writes


We always used to put veg peelings on the compost heap but that was to
get rid of them rather than to make compost. We mainly make compost
from grass clippings and shreddings.

I put cardboard and paper on mine as well. In winter, it gets a high
proportion of card and paper, so veg peelings are a welcome addition.


Does that mean you put fish heads and meat scraps in the cone?

Everything that comes off plates after dinner, anything that has gone
off, bones (not much as most of the family are vegetarian), and yes,
fish heads. We only started it a few weeks ago for the first few
weeks it was smelly, I am hoping it will calm down. We did put some
stuff in that would stink to high heaven anyway (meaty bones). It is
a big cone shaped thing. It has a basket underneath that gets buried
about 1.5Mdeep. Initially it has no worms or wildlife. I guess they
will take time to find it.

When I lived in a house with no indoor loo, I had a hole just outside
the back door which took a large amount of urine (on a wet windy night
it's far nicer to use a bucket and tip it outside the back door rather
than head off down the garden and sit in a draughty hut), tea leaves and
veg peelings - it was as sweet as anything and produced wonderful
compost.
--
Kay

On Sep 4, 1:33*pm, wrote:
In article ,
Des Higgins wrote:

On Sep 4, 12:48=A0pm, K wrote:

Why have you decided not to put veg peelings and cooked food on the
compost heap?

We always used to put veg peelings on the compost heap but that was to
get rid of them rather than to make compost. *We mainly make compost
from grass clippings and shreddings. *Just to get the green cone
going, I decided to put peelings as well as cooked food in, to help it
get going.

The mind boggles.

Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Half a lobster (I was full and couldn't finish the second one), a big
blob of foie gras and an opened bottle of 1986 Chateau Mouton
Rothschild Pauillac (it really is disappointing the next day so best
to just dump it) went in last night. I hope the worms like it.

On Sep 4, 1:38*pm, K wrote:
Des Higgins writes

On Sep 4, 12:48*pm, K wrote:
Des Higgins writes

We always used to put veg peelings on the compost heap but that was to
get rid of them rather than to make compost. *We mainly make compost
from grass clippings and shreddings.

I put cardboard and paper on mine as well. In winter, it gets a high
proportion of card and paper, so veg peelings are a welcome addition.



Our compost is not great but it is functional (gets rid of peelings
and garden waste and makes stuff that can be dug in). In winter, ours
tends to sit there in a soggy clammy mess. It still works.



Does that mean you put fish heads and meat scraps in the cone?

Everything that comes off plates after dinner, anything that has gone
off, bones (not much as most of the family are vegetarian), and yes,
fish heads. *We only started it a few weeks ago for the first few
weeks it was smelly, I am hoping it will calm down. *We did put some
stuff in that would stink to high heaven anyway (meaty bones). *It is
a big cone shaped thing. *It has a basket underneath that gets buried
about 1.5Mdeep. *Initially it has no worms or wildlife. *I guess they
will take time to find it.

When I lived in a house with no indoor loo, I had a hole just outside
the back door which took a large amount of urine (on a wet windy night
it's far nicer to use a bucket and tip it outside the back door rather
than head off down the garden and sit in a draughty hut), tea leaves and
veg peelings - it was as sweet as anything and produced wonderful
compost.
--
Kay

I don't suppose you have thought of bottling the urine as K's patented
compost accelerator?

"Des Higgins" wrote in message
...
On Sep 4, 1:33 pm, wrote:
In article
,
Des Higgins wrote:

On Sep 4, 12:48=A0pm, K wrote:

Why have you decided not to put veg peelings and cooked food on the
compost heap?

We always used to put veg peelings on the compost heap but that was to
get rid of them rather than to make compost. We mainly make compost
from grass clippings and shreddings. Just to get the green cone
going, I decided to put peelings as well as cooked food in, to help it
get going.

The mind boggles.

Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Half a lobster (I was full and couldn't finish the second one), a big
blob of foie gras and an opened bottle of 1986 Chateau Mouton
Rothschild Pauillac (it really is disappointing the next day so best
to just dump it) went in last night. I hope the worms like it.

I may consider setting up camp next to your compost heap!

On Sep 4, 1:50*pm, Des Higgins wrote:

I don't suppose you have thought of bottling the urine as K's patented
compost accelerator?-

Too late , they are already selling it under the name of Fosters Lager.