Silke Gebauer

Silke Gebauer is a mother of two who loves being outdoors. You are likely to find her experimenting with companion planting, occasionally swearing at slugs or planting trees somewhere with friends. Permaculture is her big thing.

tiger wormery review

Tiger Wormery Review – Still Loving it After More than A Year

When I started looking at buying my first wormery I soon got overwhelmed by choices. I knew I wanted a design that works for the worms, is easy to use, clean(ish), durable and affordable. After an initial gasp when looking at prices for wormeries in general (funny how you can get used to prices over …

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Wooden Wormeries - Designs and Plans

Types of Designs and Plans for a Wooden Wormery

Interest in wormeries is increasing and different designs to house composting worms are available to buy. Most of these worm bins are made of plastic due to its light weight, and it’s resistance to moisture and rot. But wooden wormery can work great as well.  In fact, wood offers a couple of advantages plastic can’t …

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best wormery composters in the uk

The Best Worm Composters in the UK – Indoors and Outdoors

Zero wasters see them as a great way to reduce food waste going to landfill, gardeners highly value the worm castings, anglers are keen on easy access to bait worms and owners of a worm eating pet like knowing where the food for their pet comes from. We found the best worm composters in the …

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Outdoor worm composting in winter

Outdoor Worm Composting in Winter – To Do or Not To Do?

Most people start their worm farm in spring, get it up to full worm castings production mode in summer, a little less in autumn and then start worrying about outdoor worm composting in winter. In this article you will find everything you need to know to protect your worm population against freezing temperature and help …

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Benefits of Worm castings

Benefits of Worm Castings for Stronger, Healthier Plants and Better Crops

When composting worms munch their way through rotting organic material like kitchen scraps and turn them into worm castings they silently, bit by bit create an elixir of life for soil and plants that can revive spent soil and support plants to thrive from seeds to harvest.  Some of the benefits of worm castings include …

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