Feeding Your Worms

In order to produce the wonderfully rich worm cast and equally as palatable (for the garden of course) liquid residue, you’ll need to feed your worms well. Fortunately they’re not too fussy and will happily munch through similar food to ourselves, but there are some dishes that worms will turn their noses up at.

Here’s an idea of what to feed them…

Worm Menu

I’d like…
Vegetables and peelings
Fruit and peelings (but go easy on citrus)
Tea bags and coffee
Bread (including pizza)
Rice
Pasta
Cereals
Crushed egg shells (they must be crushed)
Cakes and biscuits
Sugar
Cheese
Baked Beans

I’d also like (but we wouldn’t!)…
Cardboard and paper
Contents of the hoover bag
Leaves (but not too many)

I’ll pass on…
Meat
Bones
Perennial weeds
Weed seeds
Diseased plant material and poisonous plants
Garlic
Spicy foods
Onion skins
Eggs
Dairy Products
Salt
Oils

Bon appetite!