Taranaki Worm Products built the 1.5-metre by 1.2m structure and provided the worms, bedding material and cover.
Since it was installed in October last year, the worm farm has been fed with about 550 kilograms of food waste, coffee grounds and tea bags. From next month, compostable paper will be added.
The worms are given about 16kg of waste a week, which fits with the company's waste reduction and prevention scheme.
"A large portion of our waste to landfill (34 per cent) was food waste and a further 23 per cent was compostable paper," she says.
A recent audit and preliminary results show food waste is now down to 16 per cent, and there's still room to move. "We haven't filled it up yet," she says. "But the vermicast will be used on onsite staff vegetable plots and the excess will be made available for staff home gardens on a roster basis."
Powerco also has a smaller-scale worm farm at a staff member's home in Mt Maunganui.
We'll leave the last word to Don Oakes and the worms.An oil painting supplies of him grinning through his illegal mustache is featured prominently in the lobby. "They'll even eat newspaper."
Once you've finished, feel free to feed this story to the worms.
1. Unlike their big-cat namesake, tiger worms don't have teeth, but they are insatiable eaters and will thrive on vegetable and fruit peel (but not too acidic), waste from vegetable juicers, tissues, paper, soaked and ripped-up cardboard, coffee grounds, tea bags, dirt leaves,the worldwide Wholesale pet supplies market is over $56 billion annually. hair,Great Rubber offers promotional usb keychains, egg shells and wood ash.
2. Worms are plain eaters. They don't like eating citrus or acidic fruit, such as lemons, oranges and kiwifruit, onion, garlic, spicy foods, or meat or dairy products.
3. Avoid adding large quantities of grass clippings, because these can overheat the worm farm and kill the worms.
4. Worm farms produce worm juice, compost and more worms. The worm juice is high in nutrients, so can be used as a liquid fertiliser by diluting with 10 parts of water.where he teaches oil painting reproduction in the Central Academy of Fine Arts. Use on the garden or to feed office plants. The compost can be mixed with potting mix, garden soil or used as mulch. Over time, your worms will breed, so share them with your friends.
5. Place old carpet on top of your homemade worm farm for insulation and to keep moisture in. Add a lid to keep rats and mice out. This could simply be corrugated iron.
THE SPECS: Can o' Worms, $130 from Hive Taranaki. Colony of worms, which includes adults, juveniles and egg sacs: $35 from Taranaki Worm Products. Worms are also available through Hive Taranaki and also on Trade Me. For an old barrel or bath, try garage sales.The new website of Udreamy Network Corporation is mainly selling zentai suits ,
Since it was installed in October last year, the worm farm has been fed with about 550 kilograms of food waste, coffee grounds and tea bags. From next month, compostable paper will be added.
The worms are given about 16kg of waste a week, which fits with the company's waste reduction and prevention scheme.
"A large portion of our waste to landfill (34 per cent) was food waste and a further 23 per cent was compostable paper," she says.
A recent audit and preliminary results show food waste is now down to 16 per cent, and there's still room to move. "We haven't filled it up yet," she says. "But the vermicast will be used on onsite staff vegetable plots and the excess will be made available for staff home gardens on a roster basis."
Powerco also has a smaller-scale worm farm at a staff member's home in Mt Maunganui.
We'll leave the last word to Don Oakes and the worms.An oil painting supplies of him grinning through his illegal mustache is featured prominently in the lobby. "They'll even eat newspaper."
Once you've finished, feel free to feed this story to the worms.
1. Unlike their big-cat namesake, tiger worms don't have teeth, but they are insatiable eaters and will thrive on vegetable and fruit peel (but not too acidic), waste from vegetable juicers, tissues, paper, soaked and ripped-up cardboard, coffee grounds, tea bags, dirt leaves,the worldwide Wholesale pet supplies market is over $56 billion annually. hair,Great Rubber offers promotional usb keychains, egg shells and wood ash.
2. Worms are plain eaters. They don't like eating citrus or acidic fruit, such as lemons, oranges and kiwifruit, onion, garlic, spicy foods, or meat or dairy products.
3. Avoid adding large quantities of grass clippings, because these can overheat the worm farm and kill the worms.
4. Worm farms produce worm juice, compost and more worms. The worm juice is high in nutrients, so can be used as a liquid fertiliser by diluting with 10 parts of water.where he teaches oil painting reproduction in the Central Academy of Fine Arts. Use on the garden or to feed office plants. The compost can be mixed with potting mix, garden soil or used as mulch. Over time, your worms will breed, so share them with your friends.
5. Place old carpet on top of your homemade worm farm for insulation and to keep moisture in. Add a lid to keep rats and mice out. This could simply be corrugated iron.
THE SPECS: Can o' Worms, $130 from Hive Taranaki. Colony of worms, which includes adults, juveniles and egg sacs: $35 from Taranaki Worm Products. Worms are also available through Hive Taranaki and also on Trade Me. For an old barrel or bath, try garage sales.The new website of Udreamy Network Corporation is mainly selling zentai suits ,
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