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Harvesting castings is fun and a hands dirty experience. It helps if you like worms. They are lovely and sweet creatures. Start loving them and you'll love the harvesting time. | Harvesting castings is fun and a hands dirty experience. It helps if you like worms. They are lovely and sweet creatures. Start loving them and you'll love the harvesting time. | ||
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- Leave the lid off. Worms hate sunlight so they will burrow down to where it's dark. Give it some time (half an hour or more) and then scrape a layer of worm castings into a bin. Sift through them a bit, and put any renegade worms back in the worm bin. | - Leave the lid off. Worms hate sunlight so they will burrow down to where it's dark. Give it some time (half an hour or more) and then scrape a layer of worm castings into a bin. Sift through them a bit, and put any renegade worms back in the worm bin. | ||
- | - Repeat this process over and over until all the castings have been removed | + | - Repeat this process over and over until all the castings have been removed. The worms will have burrowed down to the lower layer. |
- The top layer is now empty and ready for food again. Worms will crawl up when the food arrives. | - The top layer is now empty and ready for food again. Worms will crawl up when the food arrives. | ||
+ | - And you have a container full of amazing plant fertiliser ready to go straight onto your plants. | ||
+ | [[How the worm farm works]] | ||
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+ | Back to [[Wormfarm]] |