Showing posts with label worms. Show all posts
Showing posts with label worms. Show all posts

Saturday, July 19, 2008

Book: Organic Growing with Worms, Murphy




This book is a very detailed book about essential for anyone interested in worms, farmers, prospecting worm farmers or gardeners.

If what you want is an indepth knowledge about worms this is a book that you should buy, I borrowed it from the library, and 4 weeks will never be enough to read and digest all this information.

As a amature gardener, who has a worm farm (no worms yet) it has a bit too much information for me to take it all at once, so I figured that if I write a quick review on here, I will remember it in the future and can borrow it again from the library.

This review is from the sustainable products website:



ORGANIC GROWING WITH WORMS - A Handbook for a Better Environmentby David Murphy
We live in rapidly changing times. Global warming is having a substantial impact on our way of life. We need to adapt to some of the changes, and transform the way we live to prevent or at least slow others. Worms can help. They have been on earth for 650 million years and survived more change than any other animal.
Organic growing with worms contains all you need to know to:





  • introduce worms to your soil


  • create an instant garden bed


  • recycle household waste


  • build your own wormery


  • set up a waste management system


  • and much more.



An expert in worms and organic waste stabilisation, David Murphy writes from experience in his own entertaining style. His book will help you to cultivate worms to your advantage – in your backyard or on your farm, or as a commercial worm grower, a waste manager or a conservationist.

Thursday, July 17, 2008

The Worm Book, Nancarrow and Hogan Taylor




The Worm Book by Loren Nancarrow and Janet Hogan Taylor 1998.

This is a very comprehensive book about worms, their life cycle, biology, their home and how to feed them and maybe go into business with them. There is even a section on cooking with them as they are a high source of protein and can be used in sweet or savioury meals.

Foods to feed them in the worm bin

Fruit and veg
coffee grounds and tea
bread
rice
pasta
cakes etc
crushed egg shells
cereal
composted or aged green waste

Foods to aviod
citrus
meat and bones
garlic
spiced foods
hair
fresh greens and fresh manure
oils
salt
wood ashes
poisonous plants

Worms cannot see red light so if you put red cellophane over a torch and look at them in the dark, they won't even know you have been there

There is a great troubleshooting section and loads of info about the best bedding and other creatures that might live in the worm bin as well.

Nice book and easy to read

Thursday, July 10, 2008

Worms, 250g of them plus compost

...makes a worm farm. I already have the farm and compost, I just need the worms and the knowhow.

Northland Worms in Kaeo have worms but no prices

http://www.gardenews.co.nz/worms.htm - great info

http://www.wormsrus.co.nz/WORMSFORSALE.html - have info plus worms for sale through the post for $30 plus p&p.