Our wormery seems to be doing ok but I’m not entirely sure what are the worm’s favourite foods so I’ve set up a little experiment. On the menu this week are potato peelings, carrot peelings, banana skins, courgette ends, shredded newspaper, lettuce, cabbage, and melon skin. I have arranged them on top of the wormery in sections, the idea being that whichever food disappears first is the worm’s favourite, and whichever doesn’t get eaten may have to go in the compost bin instead. So far, nothing much seems to have disappeared but I’ll give it a few more days and let you know what happens.

I have a feeling it might take a while for the worms to discover the new food at the surface as there is probably still quite a lot of food mixed into the coir bedding. When we first started the wormery I couldn’t resist poking around in the soil to see if they were still there and still alive so quite a lot of food got mixed into the bedding. I am managing to resist this temptation now so hopefully, once they munch their way through that they will move up to the stuff at the surface. I did spot some little cocoons in there though which is a good sign as it means the worms are breeding!