Composters

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On another group someone has mentioned that they have bought a
composter for worms, this has fired my interest in them.  Does anyone
know if these are effective during a very long hard winter at altitude
with snow?  Would the worms survive in a stainless steel composter?

 On Wed, 7 Sep 2011 02:52:49 -0700 (PDT), Judith in France


I've got a wormery if that's what you mean. It's a multi-tiered
plastic thing rather than stainless steel. It's outside from March to
October but is moved into the garage (which is heated a bit) through
the winter as the worms become less active when it cools down and
can't survive heavy cold. I would certainly not expect them to survive
the conditions you mention.

Upside is that an established wormery doesn't smell unless you put the
wrong stuff in (such as meat). Some people apparently keep them in
their kitchen/utility room through the winter as it's warmer than a
garage and so the worms stay more active.

Cheers
Jake
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Gardening at the dry end (east) of Swansea Bay
in between reading anything by JRR Tolkien.

www.rivendell.org.uk

 

A worm composter is synonymous with wormery.

They are sold as worm composters too
http://www.allotment.org.uk/worm-composting/index.php

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Martin

 

You live and learn. I've only come across the term "wormery" before
now.

Cheers
Jake
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Gardening at the dry end (east) of Swansea Bay
in between reading anything by JRR Tolkien.

www.rivendell.org.uk

 

Me too!
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Martin