Indoor wormery

Most of our rubbish is food scraps as we recycle everything else so I've been contemplating getting a wormery. We live in a top floor flat and my garden is a 15-20 minute walk away so for practicality, I'd need to keep it in the house.

Is it ok to keep them indoors?
Do they smell?
Will the worms escape?
Does anyone have any experience with this?

Thanks

 

Personally I would prefer it on an outside balcony.

Have you considered placing it at the rear of the block, giving instructions to other block users on what to put in. Community involvement.
You'll get it full quicker and then claim the results for your garden.

 

lots of examples on youtube about it, I can't see why you can't have a small wormery in the house, the lid can be air tight if you leave enough space at the top and you can transfer the contents to your garden periodically. A good wormery gives of very little smell anyway if fed correctly

 

Try this site, they stock everything you need!!

Composting: Wormeries at Wiggly Wigglers

 

hi im new here and also interested in a wormerey

i have had a look at the website that was suggested bit pricy !!

i see that there are many other types of wormery, any experiences of them ?

 

Thanks for the advice, it appears our area is now included in the councils food recycling scheme so I think I'll just go with that for the time being, I don't get the lovely stuff for my garden but it'll be a lot less hassle.

 

Keep an eye on the councils website, as our one does an annual giveaway of the compost they've made from it, a good source of cutlery, teapot lids etc.

 

Well I've no experience with this, as such but I did for a while (partially unintentional, just the poor guy was malnourished and not fed well) have morio worms breed on me and since they are livefood for my bearded dragon, really they were indoors.

I would suggest if costs are what is worrying you then you could look at treating as though from a livefood perspective as initially googling them, livefood care seems cheaper without huge differences.

They will not smell if you clean them out somewhat on their own but the food stuffs can, anything undigested could cause smell. I would look to see if there is a space such as balcony or agree with other tennants to keep right outside etc. It's not too often for them to escape but they can and if they do you'll be finding the blighters crop up everywhere for a week.

You can store them in a plastic container, a small bin with a covering. Air tight lids need to be pierced though before it's okay to use. They are easy and generally hassle free to use