In-Ground Worm Farming

QUESTION

1

Pick a patch for your Subpod with:

• lots of sunshine so your Subpod gets hot
• plants like banksias that don’t want extra nutrients
• free-draining soil that doesn’t become a puddle when it rains.
• a long way to walk from your kitchen

QUESTION

2

Whenever your kitchen scraps caddy is full you should:

• pour the food scraps in
• mix the food scraps and air into the top 1-6 inches with 3 gentle stirs
• scatter dried garden scraps across the top
• all of the above (Food, Stir, Garden)

QUESTION

3

Until your Subpod is thriving, you should avoid composting:

• fruit and vegetable scraps
• cooked food
• large amounts of oil, meat, gum leaves or pine needles
• dried garden scraps e.g. clippings, mulch and leaves

QUESTION

4

If your worms aren't eating much:

• only feed them as much as they can eat
• give them time to breed; the population could still be small
• gradually feed them more as their population increases
• all of the above

QUESTION

5

If your Subpod starts to smell you should:

• add more dry garden scraps
• gently stir to aerate thoroughly
• be more careful with what and how much you put in
• all of the above

QUESTION

6

It is time to harvest your Subpod:

• When its full of mostly black fluffy soil that smells earthy
• When you have a use for the vermicompost in your garden
• When its alive, not dry or leached by the sun, wind and rain
• All of the above