As I was tired of constant complaining about throwing out perfect organic resources (a deep sigh when another banana skin or potato peel landed in the general waste bin), I decided to throw myself into a farming adventure. Yes, yes, in an apartment. Regardless of sceptical looks of my closest family members, I ordered a worm farm in order to recycle our food rests into plant fertiliser.
I have always had this special weakness for ecological choices so having had informed myself (a well-maintained farm is supposed to be practically odourless and worms are doing the job pretty well), I bought a nice looking worm farm (Urbalive) and got worms from my friend (red wriggler worms known as eisenia fetida).
My farm came with instructions, so starting it was pretty easy. All I needed was some shredded old paper (not printed though), which served as bedding for the worms and some leaves to cover them. The maintenance of the farm has also been quite easy so far, it is just important not to overfeed the workforce in the beginning and not to throw things they cannot process (like, for example, orange peel in large quantities or leftovers of cooked meat).
At first, I have to admit, I was a bit afraid that I maybe exaggerated a bit with the indoor composting idea. I was checking if the worms were still there (well, there are stories about them escaping if the conditions aren’t good), if they were alive. Then, slowly, the farm became a part of the kitchen.
For the moment the project is still in a test phase. Today I spotted some new worms, so things are going well. “Worm up” guys, you are doing a great job!
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