Long time absent but .....
Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2019 2:26 pm
I first attended these forums way back in 2013 after buying a bin type wormery for WORMCITY. Only to kind of have things go to pot the following year. The bin (or bucket) had gone 'off' in that it stank, was soaking wet, and I didn't hold out any hope for its occupants. The bucket stayed in the garden, forlornly forgotten, until a few weeks ago. With some trepidation I opened the lid, to discover that it no longer smelled, there was a little worm activity and some cocoons... and I oohed and aahed about whether to revive the old 21 litre bucket, or to bite the bullet and jump in for a new model.
Fast forward to earlier this week to a phone call to RONNIE at wormcity, and then the arrival next day of my brand new 125 litre set up, with 1kg of new friends and a whole new chapter of interest in all things garden, compost and wormery related. I had carefully dug thru my old wormery, rescuing anything useful to add to my new set up, including woodlice, millipedes and the odd spider (did I mention that I hate spiders lol), and set the new system up ... IN MY BATHROOM.
Why? Because since 2014, I have been fighting a running battle with mobility issues and agoraphobia, which made something as simple as going down two steps at my back door, and into my garden, something that more often than not I was unable to do. The garden consequently is a mess. No room to put the wormery for ease of accessibility but living in my bathroom longterm was not feasible as it was blocking the doorway for a start. Lol. And keeping the light on all night (all 6 hours of it) was playing havoc with my sleep pattern.
Since my wormery arrived, I have since spent progressively slightly longer periods in my garden, to the extent that on Friday my new wormery was put outside for the summer. Its current location is not ideal as its against a south facing wall, so overheating, if summer ever arrives, may be an issue. But the main issue at the moment is the worms down in the sump. I left the tap open (as recommended) and left a container under it. This morning, after some rain, I discovered a couple of my new friends in the pot, drowning in about 1/2 inch of water. I returned them to the tray, and tried to see what the issue is with the sump. I had added damp papef to the sump at setup, but it is soaking. About 100+ worms are in there with another 20 or so wriggling through the holes at the edges of the tray. I am worried that by lifting the tray these may be damaged if I put it down somewhere but I feel I really need to do something about the sump.
Any suggestions?
Fast forward to earlier this week to a phone call to RONNIE at wormcity, and then the arrival next day of my brand new 125 litre set up, with 1kg of new friends and a whole new chapter of interest in all things garden, compost and wormery related. I had carefully dug thru my old wormery, rescuing anything useful to add to my new set up, including woodlice, millipedes and the odd spider (did I mention that I hate spiders lol), and set the new system up ... IN MY BATHROOM.
Why? Because since 2014, I have been fighting a running battle with mobility issues and agoraphobia, which made something as simple as going down two steps at my back door, and into my garden, something that more often than not I was unable to do. The garden consequently is a mess. No room to put the wormery for ease of accessibility but living in my bathroom longterm was not feasible as it was blocking the doorway for a start. Lol. And keeping the light on all night (all 6 hours of it) was playing havoc with my sleep pattern.
Since my wormery arrived, I have since spent progressively slightly longer periods in my garden, to the extent that on Friday my new wormery was put outside for the summer. Its current location is not ideal as its against a south facing wall, so overheating, if summer ever arrives, may be an issue. But the main issue at the moment is the worms down in the sump. I left the tap open (as recommended) and left a container under it. This morning, after some rain, I discovered a couple of my new friends in the pot, drowning in about 1/2 inch of water. I returned them to the tray, and tried to see what the issue is with the sump. I had added damp papef to the sump at setup, but it is soaking. About 100+ worms are in there with another 20 or so wriggling through the holes at the edges of the tray. I am worried that by lifting the tray these may be damaged if I put it down somewhere but I feel I really need to do something about the sump.
Any suggestions?