Star Worm Farm

Last term our star environment team successfully produced a worm farm. After all the dirty work was done we managed to collect our very own fertiliser and we are still managing to collect even more which is exciting. This is very handy for the veggie patch.

The benefits of worm farming:

• Reduces green house gases, methane and carbon dioxide produced by organic waste in landfill.
• Reduces waste in landfill which can give off a toxic liquid called leachate.
• Turns almost half of household waste into a rich compost which can greatly increase the productivity and health of your garden.
• It can save you money on expensive soil, compost and plant food needed for a successful garden.

Worm facts:

• They can eat most of your kitchen waste and turn it into something useful.
• They are able to eat its equal body weight, and sometimes more, of food.
• The worm population in a well maintained worm farm can double every 2 or 3 months.
• Every worm has both male and female organs so it can reproduce on its own.
• Each adult worm can produce 12 offspring in the right conditions every week.

Everyone can play they’re part by collecting their food tech scraps and these will be fed to the worms so that we are recycling worthless scraps and giving them to the worms who will help to create fertiliser for the plants!

By Jessica Murphy and Phoebe Clark, Year 7 Ballygriffin leaders