Cover the food waste in the bin with a damp carpet, newspaper or cardboard to provide a moist dark environment that encourages your worms to actively eat your food waste.

Over a few weeks, slowly add food scraps (see below for a list of what food scraps you can feed your worms) to the bedding and monitor your worms to make sure that they are eating it all.

Add the worm bedding to the worm bin (refer to the instructions on your bin as to how much you should use) and add your worms to the bedding.

A covered area such as a carport or porch is perfect.

Pick a shady spot to place your worm bin as worms need to be kept cool.

Note: This is just a general guide, please follow the instructions that comes with your worm bin.

Newspaper or brown matter to feed the worms.

You will need about 2000 worms or 500 grams of worms to start your farm with. These worms can be purchased from hardware stores or online. The best types of worms to use in worm farms are red or tiger worms – they aren’t the ordinary worms that you will find in your garden.

Container to collect the worm tea in such as an empty bottle.

The bedding needs to be porous and moist. Items such as potting mix, soil, hay, compost, dead leaves, pet bedding, coconut fiber or shredded cardboard or paper can be used as the bedding. You will need to fill your worm farm about three quarters full with worm bedding for the worms to live in. Worm farms can be purchased from Hungry Bin or from hardware stores like Bunnings, Warehouse or Mitre 10.Ī post shared by Ben Bell on at 1:04am PDT Click here for a more detailed explanation on the two types of worm farms. A continuous flow barrel consists of one large container that has holes in it to allow for the worm tea to drain and for air circulation. There are two types of worm farms – the stacked worm farm and the continuous flow barrel. A stacked worm farm is just as it sounds – different layers stacked on top of each other with a tap or outlet at the bottom for collecting the worm tea. However, the worms do require a little care and they need time to build up their population in order to process large amounts of food scraps.

While worm farming may sound daunting, it is actually less technical than composting. Worm farms are ideal for people who have limited space or don’t have a garden, as they can be kept inside (such as in a garage or basement). Their byproducts – known as castings and liquid tea – are collected and can be applied to your garden as fertilizer. In a worm farm, tiger worms eat food waste and other organic matter such as leaves and paper. Worm Farms 101: Everything you need to know Worm farms are the perfect way for people who don’t have space for a compost system to dispose of their food scraps.

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