Letter of encouragement from Dave Wilson

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Camden Council, 10th April 2008.

Dave is supporting us in our wormery venture. Thanks for the encouragement Dave.

Dear Sean

As you know I popped up to see the wormery last week. It looks like you’re doing a fantastic job. The bottom tray is almost ready to be used as compost. Once you can no longer recognise any of the material in the bottom tray and it all looks black then you can start using that compost on the garden. You will probably find that there are some worms in the bottom layer still but don’t worry too much about this, you can either put them in the soil or pick them out depending on how much time you have.

I’m glad that you have emptied out the top tray as the chips and batter in there were probably not great for the worms and also may attract unwanted pests.
Uncooked fruit and vegetable peelings are the best thing along with tea bags etc

You may find that now it is a bit warmer you start to get a few small flies when you take the lid off. This is normal – they are small fruit flies that feed off the acids produced by the fruit. If you find them unpleasant simply place some paper towels o the top layer and this should control them. You will never get rid of them all.

I hope that you are still enjoying the experience, I think it’s fantastic that you’re dedicated to it and if you have any further problems just let me know.

All the best


Dave Wilson
Assistant Policy and Projects Officer