Wormeries

Hi all,

We recently bought an Irish made wormery for the back garden. It was €120 which we thought was quite reasonable, but when it arrived it was broken in one tray and showed signs of cracking in another. We asked for a refund and were offered it. Frankly the quality of plastic this was mode from was worse than your average tupperware lunch box, we were very disappointed.

The problem is the next nearest model is costing more than €300.00 and it's little more than a wheelie bin. We still think a wormery is the right solution for us but don't think any of the commercial offerings represent good value for money.

It seems that the manufacturers are treating this as a quick way to exploit concerned middle class people. The original one would have been fine if it were just built out of decent ABS plastic.

Are there any decent options we can look at or are there any successful DIY designs.

Deub

Do you really need it? Do you plan to buy the worms as well?

I looked at it in the past and it seemed a lot of work and expense for little benefits.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121877426#Comment_121877426

We will buy the worms.

We want a quick turn around minimal volume affair. We have used compost bins in the past but they tend to smell and attract rats. We moved from the country recently where those were not major issues, but in the town we want to be good neighbours.

We strictly segregate all compostables so we need an efficient solution.

Markcheese

If you have a comoost bin then you've likely gott stacks of tiger worms already ,

BeginAgain

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058340052/wormeries

Second hand bath tub or large sink will do the job, much more robust design. Google it or YouTube. Either build a frame to hold it or use surplus blocks/bricks to place it on. Some chicken wire wrapped around cloth to cover the plug hole and a bucket underneath to capture the liquid from the wormery. The liquid can be used as fertiliser.

Cover the tub with a sheet of wood. Just be careful that you have it weighed down in windy weather. If the aesthetics ain't as pleasing as a €300 one you could always build a box covering around it with a small door to access the bucket underneath. When you want to take the worm compost out just uncover one side of the tub the day before and most of the worms will move to the covered end of the tub.