Sunday 11 May 2008

Global Worming

I have now fulfilled a long term ambition (see previous post) and bought a wormery. Alan and I visited Bristol's first ever Ethical Expo yesterday morning where Bubble House Worm Farm had a stand. We were so impressed with their Herb Planter Wormery, and their tag line ('promoting global worming') which I nicked, that we bought one and carried it home in the bus. I don't know how the passenger in front of me would have felt had he/she known that the container on my lap was full of hundreds of wiggly worms. The girls were not terribly impressed but I hope they will be won over when they see them in action. I would have given you the link to their website but it is temporarily out of action.

Th expo was perhaps not as big as I expected and there wasn't nearly enough food for me, but it was nonetheless very interesting and informative. Well done to the organisers. One useful piece of information that I did pick up at the council's composting stand, is that in a few weeks' time there will be one of five new Bristol Tetra Pak recycling collection points at Asda Bedminster. I have started washing out and collecting juice and milk cartons, which a friend of mine was going to take to an out of town site. Now I will be able to recycle them myself. Well done Bristol.

4 comments:

  1. Well done on your wormery purchase, were the worms not in a bag - were they just roaming in the pots?
    we went to london aware on sunday - it was very hot, lots of stands with some great ideas. There were 2 wormeries on view both from wormcity one was there especially for the kids to put their hands into and touch the worms, the kids loved it !!

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  2. I'm wondering if you know about 'Blotanical'?

    It's a website which links people who have gardening / allotment blogs (or blogs which include gardening and allotmenteering).

    I've found a lot of the blogs I've come across through it quite interesting.

    (Sound like an advert!)

    Susan

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  3. Yay, a wormery. How are they doing?
    Now that the weather is warmer, I'm desperately trying to get used to the little white flies when I open the lid. Apparently they're no trouble, just little fruit flies who have found a great home. ;-D

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  4. Sorry for the delay in responding to your comments.

    Geoff - The worms came in a separate container in their own soil. I was surprised at my willingness to dig my hands into the soil without feeling at all squeamish. I wouldn't have done the same had they been slugs!

    Susan - Thanks for the link to Blotanical. What a great idea. I found one blog from Bristol (there were actually two listed, but the other was from Rhode Island, USA)- an OAP whose allotment looks a lot healthier than mine. The wet weather has prevented much human activity on our allotment recently but I bet it has only encouraged more plant activity, especially weeds. I'll need to take a machete with me the next time I visit.

    Almost Mrs Average - I'm still enjoying my wormery, although I'm still not too sure how much to feed them and am probably erring on the low side. I had one or two flies during the hot spell but the wet weather has driven them away. I was given a small tub of lime to sprinkle over the compost once a month, which I believe helps to keep flies down.

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