Recycling

Let me introduce you to William, our recycling assistant. You'll find him at our Recycling Centre at Jan van Riebeek School, helping recyclers sort there waste into plastic, paper, cardboard, glass and tin. This is William with our newly resurrected worm farm, tapping off our first bottle of "worm tea".



Don't worry, we don't serve this at our WellCafe.

Worm tea is a nutrient rich liquid, that's harvested from a worm farm.

This is how it works:

The worm farm allows worms to move upwards through the working trays toward the food in the upper tray, leaving behind a rich organic compost as they go. Kitchen scraps are placed into the top tray until it reaches a level where the next tray on top will contact the layer of food scraps beneath. The rich compost that has developed in the bottom tray can then be tipped out and the emptied bottom tray will now become the new top tray.

A conveniently positioned tap allows nutrient-rich liquid fertiliser to be harvested for use as a plant tonic. The recommended dilution is 1 part worm tea in 10 parts water."

Obviously, you can't forget the key ingredients, worms and organic waste. The worms needed are not just any old worms. They need to be the following species: Eisenia fetida/E.andrei. As for food waste, that's where the WellCafe left overs go.

The worm tea is potent stuff: "Its said to be able to out-perform chemical fertilizers. This is due to the interaction of Worm Tea microbes with the soil microbes and protozoa, soil particles and the roots of the plant itself." Read more about its potent qualities here: http://worms.blat.co.za/2008/01/29/earthworm-tea-as-seen-on-carte-blanche-benefits/

If you want to get started with your own worm farm, its easy.

Pop into one of the Wellness Warehouse stores, where you can get either a Can-O-Worms



or the Bokashi Kitchen Composter:



And if you can't make it in, there's always the online shop which you can visit at http://www.wellnesswarehouse.com/shop/index.php?list=1&subID=22