Cruising around Bunnings with my OzBargain tshirt on and came across this deal. If you felt like getting an easy pet, grab this and some worms and you’re set. I wanted a worm blanket for a kit I have, but this is cheaper than the blanket alone. They seem to sell for around $90 elsewhere.
Good morning, how are you? I'm Dr Worm
I'm interested in things
I’m interested in things
(I’m not a real doctor, but I am a real worm)
I am an actual 🪱
I like to play the 🥁
they are centipedes
Great find OP.
What do the worms taste like?
Chicken!
Everything takes like chicken these days, except chicken.
This doesn't come with the worms. I think the worms are an additional $20 for a box.
Check your local council as sometimes they give these kits away for free (worms and farm). I got one a few years ago from the city of Melbourne council
It seems you can also capture composting worms (red wrigglers) pretty easily from any garden bed or even lawn according to some youtube videos I've been watching the last few days, though I haven't had any luck with a few attempts.
e.g. Putting down damp cardboard on a lawn overnight, ideally when it's been raining lately, may lead to it having worms gathered underneath in the morning. Drilling holes in a yoghurt container or bucket and putting it on or in the ground (with a lid with air holes near the top) and then damp leaves/shredded cardboard/banana peels/etc inside should lead to worms finding it and moving in, with some people claiming it can take less than a day in Australia.
Lawn clippings and piles of leaves can also have worms in it after a few days/weeks. You want to make sure they're surface level composting worms and not deep earth worms.
It seems you can also create a worm farm the same way as the bucket method, just stick it partly in the ground and feed it like you normally would. The worms will take the compost out into the surrounding soil, which isn't as good for collecting it for filling pots.
You've been misled by those YouTube videos. Red wrigglers aren't native to Australia and don't do too well in ordinary garden soil conditions. You'll certainly find worms with the methods you mentioned but definitely not the right type to go into a worm farm.
Hrm fair enough. I got the impression that enough people have been composting with them that they've spread everywhere already, since they constantly escape worm farms.
This video for example, I thought they said they were in Buderim Queensland, but I don't have audio right now to check: https://youtu.be/YakbeDXR4-w
@CodeExplode: I'd tend to agree with you on this.
Besides, regardless of its exact specie, if a worm is attracted to the thing that you wanna compost and does the job, it's a composting worm.
Yes, different species of compost worms might have different characteristics or prefer slightly different living conditions but the general principal on how to keep them happy is pretty much the same.
Red wrigglers may not be native to Australia (and many other part of the world) but they're now found in almost all corners of the world.
@CodeExplode: yeah if you cover your garden bed with cardboard and put on top of it leaf mold or whatever
after a while if you check the pile there will be lots of red worms in the compost pile..
pretty sure these are red wigglers
and they do like eating the compost scrapes so not sure what frugaljerk is talking about these worms as not being suitable for compost bins..
@CodeExplode: frugaljerk is correct in this sense. You can spend as much time as you want capturing wild worms from soil and putting them in your vermicomposting setup, but they wont survive in the compost. Better off saving your time and buying the worms that are sold for composting purposes. Alternatively find a friend who will give you a handful. After about a year your bin should be at the capacity the worms want to be at.
To add to this, if you put a bunch of composting worms in your garden, they wont survive unless you are adding heaps of food scraps or rotting material like mulch etc.
there actually are red wrigglers/red worms in the soil,
just make some leaf mould pile, cover it
and they will come
if they are not native, then where do they come from?
in any case, these composting worms
Put damp cardboard over pavers.
Be on the watch out when it rains and you'd see alot of them on pavement.
And you will probably save their lives.
$50 RRP
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It says was $9 on the sticker
Yeah, they obviously trying to clear them out. I guess they are an old model as all the current ones seem to have a green lid. https://mazeproducts.com.au/product/worm-farm-with-legs-and-… This one is the same, but green lid and $40 of worms.
They also had a big stack of 1800x600 pine lattice sheets for $2, 90% off, probably just clearing space.
"They also had a big stack of 1800x600 pine lattice sheets for $2, 90% off, probably just clearing space."
Probably still 90% profit, even at $2
Its the same one. They cone in Black, grey, green and organe lids.
Do you have any photo of the lattice price? Was after one but the website still shows full price of $20. Could possibly try price match at other stores
Says was $9 on the label, eithway still cheap. $90 sounds more like the actual rrp
I've never seen them cheaper than $90 except through council discount.
Misread legs and thought Lego was making worm farms now
Where do you collect the worm "juice" from?
It says there is a liquid collection tray.
Liquid drain out of a worm farm is called leechate and is not the liquid gold that it's often promoted to be.
https://www.wigglywigglers.co.uk/blogs/blog/what-s-the-diffe…
Where do you collect the worm "juice" from?
from the worm's pee pee hole
Amazing price for a small worm farm. Considered this at $45, if you are on tne fence about trying it, go for it. Re-sale value is decent on gumtree if it legitimately doesnt work out (higher with worms of course).
Awesome deal! Get it! So easy to use, great for disposing of kitchen scraps. No smell, no mess. Great for apartments. Only small, would suit 1-2 person household. Every so often I dig out some worm poo and put in my potted plants and they love it. If my worms have managed to survive and thrive for two years, anyone can do the same!
I wanted a worm blanket
How many worms does it take to make a blanket? Does the wiggling keep you awake at night?
Nah, mate, you’ve got it all wrong. Worm blankets are wee tiny little squares of fabric you use to tuck your worms in at night. It’s such a satisfying feeling seeing all those little fellas snug under their warm covers. :-D
These make an excellent liquid fertilizer. I've grown a lot with it.
Do you drink it or just put it on top of your head?
This is so cheap! I have the really old mcub chuckier model. I thought about getting this one through council discount but even with discount its $50
Only just qualifies for a deal as you will find you only have about 50-150 worms in it. They were removed off-the-shelf throughout all of Western Australia for two years because the supplier was not supplying 1000 worms per box as per the description, and only supplying about 100.
i dont think this product includes worms.
Other Bunnings stores?
My local has 20 in stock on clearance at $50 each and said they cant match that price as i expected. Seems they are clearing them out nationwide but store specific prices.
Trade useless lawn for food.
You're paying way too much for your worms, man. Who's your worm guy?
No more on shelf in Bunnings Northland, and when I was there the lady at the counter said that someone had rung up and she was looking for them and couldn't find any left.
The sticker wasn't there anymore either.
Thanks. Just saved me a to trip
You'll find HEAPS of bargains at Bunnings Northland atm because they're clearing out old stock because of the New 3 storey one they're building at the other end of the road (CNR of Bell Street).
So I doubt many bargains found there will be available at other stores IMO.🙏
I didn't find much there right now.
I am wondering if this was a typo, and it was to be "$45 reduced from $90"
Wow you could open up your own pet store and call it "I've got worms"
You'll take I.O.U's as payment?
Hows your burger 😂
Back in the day when I was stuck in an office, I would tell stories of my farm where I was running +100 head.
Rarely annoyed with small talk after that.
https://www.bunnings.com.au/maze-worm-farm_p0137788
Seems the same model number as in the tag in your photo
Yeah, same, apart from a green lid and short legs. There were a lot of these ones. They didn’t have a price tag, maybe they were the same price.
Just checked Doncaster as it's listed on nrby.in as 2 in stock. The site is correct, three's 2 there. They have been yellow tagged, dropped to $50, from a claimed $70.
Powerpass app listed it at $50 too.
Anyway, just a heads-up. It looks like at $4.50 it's a local Bunnings price down, not universal.
Worm blanket the OzBargain way: my worms are not very choosy. Cut some cardboard into the right shape, and they will be just has happy. Great way to recycle pizza boxes. Sure, cardboard blankets don't last nearly as long before they get eaten, but they are free…
Any old t-shirt, jeans, towels, linen, fabric offcuts etc (ideally made of natural fibres) will do the job too.
Just went there. All gone
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