Composting worms are capable of eating up to their own weight in food scraps each day, so setting up a worm farm is a great way to recycle kitchen waste.

Composting worms are 'red wriggler' and/or 'tiger worms', and are different to 'native' earthworms.  Composting worms are more active, breed up quickly and can get through a large amount of decomposing material - and are more suited to conditions in an average worm farm.

1,000 live worms is considered the minimum amount to set up a worm farm.  2,000 worms will instantly give you a larger population, capable of getting through a normal household's scraps much more quickly.

For more information, see our home website www.greenlifesoil.com.au - Worms and Worm farms.   Plus we have two free fact sheets "keeping live worms" and "what to feed live worms" to get you started!