PDC LESSON 7.22 WORM FARMING – SUITABLE MATERIAL

 

PERMACULTURE COURSE

AGRO-ECONOMY PDC LESSON 7.22

WORM FARMING – SUITABLE MATERIAL

 

Worms like their environment moist and not too warm. In fact, they will suffer and even escape if the temperatures are over 25°C. Their very nature is soft and slimy and so their food supply should also reflect this. Any dry matter will not be particularly attractive to the worms as they are not like caterpillars that will chew into the leaves. Any food scraps added to the worm farm should be wilted and moist.  Any type of manure is OK for the worm farm except for fowl. Humanure is perfect for a total recycling of human waste. Once you have such a system in place, you have all your minerals cycling around on your farm and this means soil, plant, animal, and human health will eventually meet all their mineral requirements. This is true sustainable gardening. 

Pathogens and viruses are eliminated by passing through the worm’s digestive tract so the vermicast that is left behind is always safe to use for growing food.

Text from the roots, Elisabeth Ferkonia (Aus.) PDC studied with Bill Mollison,

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