Worms convert junk mail into natural soil conditioner. Did you ever wonder what to do with all those unwanted pamphlets and advertising flyers you find all the time in your post box at home or at work?
I am not talking about unwanted emails and other spam that you receive on your PC or Laptop here but rather about the paper advertising flyers that are still distributed widely by commercial companies, estate agents and local fast food chains to name just a few.
For years I found them just plain irritating because I am not the kind of guy that is into retail therapy and is checking out what's on offer by the retail trade and just dispensed all the printed advertising into our trash bin.
However in the times where we have to look more consciously on our carbon footprint and help to recycle valuable organic materials as much as we can I looked for other ways to deal with all the junk mail and paper ads we receive. This is where my passion for worm composting came in handy.
Worms enjoy feeding on paper and they don't really care if you give them an old paper bag, a newspaper or and unwanted advertising flyer. Throw it in a worm bin and hungry worms will take care of it. The 2 pictures above show the results of some papers just being in a worm bin for 4 days. Watch the right half of the white paper on the right already being partially devoured and the bunch of worms just right of the center of the picture busy munching on the surface.
So if you have a worm bin and you want to recycle your unwanted post box content environmentally friendly feed it to your worms. You will keep more space in your trash can and the worms will convert those pamphlets and flyers into great plant food and soil conditioner for you. It's a win win situation.
Enjoy your day be blessed and
Happy worming :-)
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Apr 23, 18 04:58 AM
I'm trying to do a stack up worm bin on a small scale as a proof of concept first before I do it on a larger scale. So in each box of 50CM X 30CM X 40CM
Apr 17, 18 07:54 AM
Can a Red Wigglers cross breed with another say European night Crawlers or other Earthworm family? And will a warmer or cooler soil temperature excite
Apr 16, 18 05:27 AM
Hi there. I understand that the Earthworms only eat organic & rotting foods/fruits. So example a banana/orange skin to feed them, just how long do we put
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