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Become a Compost Maker
Use up kitchen waste – but not before you've eaten the leftovers.
  • Composting organic waste is a good way to deal with waste and gain a useful end product. Grass cuttings and kitchen waste will result in a compost heap. Using the resulting compost will save money on soil conditioners and fertilisers.
  • Schools may be better catered for by a worm bin - where worms in a container rapidly digest organic materials into humus. Also known as vermiculture.
You can order your worms for delivery by post!

The composting worm is called Eisenia foetida – the brandling or tiger worm.

Supplier:
Wiggly Wigglers, Herefordshire, tel 01981 500391