DIY wormery?

[Poddington Pea]

Hi! Not sure if this is the best place for this post, but wanted to ask whether a water butt I picked up from the dump would be suitable for use as a wormery?
Any thoughts please?

[zazen999]

You can use anything for a wormery; but wouldn't that be better used for a water butt?

For my diy wormeries I use trays that stack, drill holes in the bottom of all but one of them, stack them and add a lid.

[Poddington Pea]

Thank's Zaz, I was worried there wouldn't be enough air or it may be difficult to empty? We have a few water butts already and I'm contemplating making a gutter for our polytunnel for this butt, using it for nettle fertilser or a wormery...

[veggiechicken]

I had one of those wormeries that looks like a wheelie bin. Impossible to empty!! I nearly fell in the thing The stacked ones are much easier to deal with. Use yours for liquids not worms

[zazen999]

Thank's Zaz, I was worried there wouldn't be enough air or it may be difficult to empty? We have a few water butts already and I'm contemplating making a gutter for our polytunnel for this butt, using it for nettle fertilser or a wormery...

You would be better off using for a water butt and putting comfrey teabags in next year [get plastic milk bottles, drill some holes in it, stuff full of comfrey and then put into waterbutt, at the end of the season [Oct time] take the teabag out and put the comfrey on the compost heap. Throw the plastic away.

Honestly, the tray wormeries are much better.

[veggiechicken]

Here you are Poddington - have a laugh on me http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...ery_63479.html

[wormcity]

such a shame that there are no photos of you in the wormery - legs waving in the air !!!!

[veggiechicken]

At least I can't fall into the Wormcity ones I have now