Akin to the classroom hamster, wormeries are quickly becoming the new ‘pet du jour’ in terms of education in the workplace.
A pre-pandemic YouTube boom in home vermicomposting has seen a sharp rise in sales of wormeries for home and garden and a newfound respect for the humble worm. [… read more]
Zoe at our Rayleigh office introduced the first wormery back in October 2021 as a way to become more environmentally friendly in terms of the
office food scraps (teabags, eggshells, apple cores, banana skins).
With the global problem of discovering sustainable solutions for our waste, composting our office food waste in a wormery is something small we can all actively achieve.
We all know that our general household waste (the black sacks) are sent to landfill, but did you know that as this food waste decomposes, the bacteria produces greenhouse gases, including methane? This gas is 25 times more potent than carbon dioxide in terms of global warming.
With the success of the Rayleigh wormery, it was time for Bristol to follow suit and begin their own adventures in vermicomposting (the name for composting with worms). Taking sustainability to the next level, around half of the worms were removed from the Rayleigh wormery to populate the new Bristol wormery. With Spring in full force, the worms have already started repopulating the empty spaces, with eggs waiting to hatch.
Starting small with banana peels and used tea bags, in time, the scraps will decompose and, with the help of the worms, will be milled into ‘worm castings’ (or worm poo if you are eight), a rich nutrient-dense organic fertiliser which can be mixed with standard soil, to enhance the growth of bedding plants, house plants or to improve the soil aeration and drainage, as well as increase water retention in the soil.
We wish Soilfix Bristol the very best of luck!
[The Bristol wormery is a Maze Worm Farm which retails at around £80 at time of writing]
1. Maze Worm Farm
2. Lining the wormery to absorb the moisture
3. A big old chunk of decomposing squash as a housewarming gift!
4. The Squash is a HIT
5. Under the sink with the spare tray on top
