Create A Wormery For Below $5!

You could go out and spends lots of money to bring home a jazzy wormery bin, but why would you when you can make one for under $5? Your wormery bin will serve the same function just as capably but for next to no cost to you! Let's get your wormery compost started.

The first thing you need to obtain to get started on your wormery is your compost bin. This is the only instance you will need to spend money...or is it? You need to get a plastic tub, about 8-10 gallons in volume. This can be purchased from Walmart for under $5. You may even have one of these lying around your house just gathering dust.

Now that we have our compost bin, we need to get it ready. There are a few very important facts that you should know about your wormery. It needs to be continuously aerated and it should be moist! We will need to drill a few holes in our plastic tub because of this. Drill about 10 holes in the bottom of your new wormery compost bin. This is too make it possible for excess water to drain. Now drill holes along the top of the side walls. They should be a couple of inches apart. These holes are to enable fresh air to get into your wormery compost bin.

The next step is to obtain bedding for our worms to live in. This doesn't have to be anything special or remarkable. All you need is a biodegradable waste that is capable of absorbing and retaining moisture. Here are a few of my favored things to use as bedding:

-Old newspapers
-Cardboard
-Grass clippings
-Fallen leaves

Cut up your bedding material, moisten it, and fill your container with it. You want to fill your wormery compost bin to about 75% full.

Your compost bin is now finished! The last step is to get some worms. Worms can be purchased from your local garden shop or online for about $30 per pound (you'll need about two pounds), but in the spirit of making a free wormery compost, let's find our worms for free. One procedure you can do is to find a manure pile and start digging...but who wants to do that?

Instead, do this: Obtain a sizeable sheet of cardboard, or unfold a cardboard box. The next time you get a good rain where the ground gets a good drench, lay the cardboard on your grass and leave it overnight. Worms reside only a few inches deep, and will cheerfully wriggle to the top for such a tasty treat! The next morning, pick up your cardboard and start collecting your worms.

By: cdwyland

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I assembled my first wormery years ago and got hooked. Since then I have started and run a number of wormeries. It's a fun and worthwhile experience that I think everyone should get involved in. If you're interested in learning more about your wormery, please read more at my wormery website: wormery