By Room 12
Our school has just welcomed some new tiger worms
- 500 grams of wriggly wonderful squirmy tiger worms!
To settle the worms into their new home, we followed the instructions on the box they came in - via the post -
from Worms R Us.
Room 12 got a spare worm farm out of storage and set it up - but you can use anything that has a drainage hole: an old bath, a bucket, even a large bottle. It is easy to make your own worm farm to compost your scraps faster. You can also use the worm liquid and castings on your garden.
Just remember - you need composting worms. The ones you find in your garden soil are not the right sort!
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How we set up our new worm farm
By Caitlin and Mischa
1. Get a bucket and 2 trowels
2. Get a quarter of a bucket of soil
3. Fill up the bucket with shredded newspaper about halfway
4. Sprinkle in about half a cup of water to dampen everything
5. Put the mixture into your worm farm. You can add damp, dead leaves as well.
6. Gently put the worms into your worm farm and cover them with the mixture so they are in the dark.
7. Add a layer of damp newspaper to 'tuck them in'. Worms like the dark and to be covered. They will also eat the newspaper.
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| Damp newspaper and compost-rich soil from the vegetable garden |
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| We read a book with Mrs Barker about how to look after the worms. |
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| Lots and lots of worms |
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| Adding the compost and shredded newspaper to a bed of damp leaves |
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| Then add the worms - gently. They don't like vibrations or being pushed around |
We covered the worms with more compost and then a layer of damp newspaper.
We gave them a welcoming gift of two half-eaten apples and a rotten banana skin,
and put the lid on the worm farm to keep it dark
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