Homemade Worm Farm

Make your own "Low Cost" Worm Farm. Start with 2 bins (2 buckets will also do)

Make drainage holes in one of the bins. Worms like moist, but not soggy, conditions.

Put spacers in the bottom of the other bin.

This bin catches the "leachate" that will drain out of bin 1.
(If there is no leachate it most likely means that your worm bin is too dry)
The leachate is not "Worm Tea" but it is good for your plants.

Now put Bin 1 into Bin 2 so that it stands on the spacers.

All you need now is some good compost and some compost worms (Eisena Foetida)
You can start with as few as 50 as they breed very fast.

Put about a 10cm layer of damp compost into the bin add the worms and you are ready to go.

To feed collect all your veg and fruit scraps and peels (except citrus).
I blend the scraps into a thick "soup" then pour that over half the surface of the compost in the bin.
(Always place feed on one side of the bin, not over the whole surface.
This way if there is something the worms do not like they can move to the other side)
Only feed again when the food is finished. Keep alternating the side you feed.
Cover with a piece of plastic to keep the moisture in.

Place your bin in a shady place, it must always stay cool. If the bin is outside then put the lid on.
And that's all you need to do to start your own "Worm Farm"

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