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Wormeries are a practical option for small properties without gardens – and they will reward you with the best fertiliser around Ten years ago I used to chuck all of my food waste straight in the bin.

Finally, finally, peat is to be banned for use by gardeners in Scotland this year. This should have happened years ago and, shamefully, commercial growers can still use it. But we are where we are and ...

A worm composter, or wormery, can turn your kitchen food scraps into fantastic fertiliser for your house plants and garden. Compact, smell-free and faster than normal composting, a wormery harnesses ...

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Many homeowners have some kind of composting system in operation and are able to turn their kitchen and garden waste into useful compost with very little effort. Composting, however, is substantially ...

Since buying a worm composter last summer, I have become something of an obsessive. Every day I open up the wormery to gloat over the mass of writhing, slithering creatures gamely chomping their way ...

The tale of the homemade wormery in a second-floor-flat continues... The worms are thriving, multiplying in numbers. Just don't ask about the flies... It is a truth universally acknowledged that a man ...

Families in Newcastle are trying out a slippery new way to recycle their household waste, using worms to break down their kitchen scraps. Environment Reporter AMY HUNT has the details. EDEN Fuller ...

The Standard's journalism is supported by our readers. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. In many ways, the life of a worm is an enviable one. There are ...