From the editor
We are now entering into the best time of the year for worm farming
Some of us are entering into Autumn and others into Spring, this usually means we are getting away from extreme weather conditions and temperatures and this is only good news for the worm farmers.
Those entering Autumn might want to start piling up their garden scraps for an over winter composting or use the leaves as mulch to create a rich humus for next Spring. Depending on your location you might also start thinking of how you will be insulating your worm bins if you want to keep your worms alive over winter.
Those who are exiting Winter will be busy topping up their garden with the harvested compost and get going for a new season. It ' s also a good time to start gathering some local wild worms or start breeding bait worms and be ready for a summer / autumn fishing fun.
If you are lucky and the temperatures are high enough, you might be able to consider trialling another type of food waste composting using BSFL or Black Soldier Fly Larvae. My first BSFL colony was started with egg clusters deposited on one of my wooden worm bin. I transferred the eggs to a prototype bin and the results being very promising after only three weeks, I decided to build a more permanent system. Those little critters are amazingly efficient at processing the types of food scraps you usually avoid feeding the worms, this includes but is not limited to meat, dairy products, pasta, bread etc... In average one 1 sqm( 10.7 sqft) of BSFL can consume 15 kg( 33 lbs) of food waste per day.
Wherever you are, things should get more exciting and you will be busy getting ready for the next season. I hope this second edition of Worm ' ag will give some ideas for a little project to start.
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