🪱 Worm Farming for Australian Backyards
Turn kitchen scraps into the best free fertiliser in the garden, in a box the size of a milk crate.
A worm farm is the smallest, fastest, least smelly way to recycle food waste at home. A healthy farm eats a household's fruit and veg scraps and pays you back in worm castings (the richest organic fertiliser going) and worm "tea" for the garden. It fits on a balcony, makes no smell when run right, and is the gentlest composting method there is, which is why it suits flats, courtyards and kids.
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Which farm to buy or build, where to put it, which worms, and getting started in an afternoon.
The yes list, the never list, how much, and the searchable food checker.
Smells, vinegar flies, ants, escaping worms, too wet or too dry, fixed.
Why bother?
- Free fertiliser. Castings beat any bagged product and cost nothing.
- Less landfill. A small farm diverts 2-3kg of food waste a week from the bin.
- No smell, no turning. Unlike a compost heap, a worm farm needs no mixing and makes no odour when balanced.
- Tiny footprint. A worm cafe fits on a balcony; an in-ground farm hides in a garden bed.
- Feeds the flock loop. Worm castings grow better veg; chickens love surplus worms; the homestead connects.
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