One of my Master Composter pals has shared a link to an article in the Daily Mail about the world’s first worm hotel, which has opened up in South Africa. An enterprising organic nursery owner has set herself up as a ‘wormery’ and will take care of your worm compost bins if you’re going on holiday – feeding them a daily diet of food waste, including fruit peelings and leftover vegetables. All she asks in return is to be able to drain and keep the run-off (no doubt because it’s such a great fertilizer for her nursery).
Do you think it would catch on over here? Lots more people have wormeries these days – how many of them worry about leaving them alone over holidays? I have never been away from home for longer than a fortnight, and my worms (well fed in advance) have always survived that long without me. But they’re in the garage, well protected from getting too hot or too cold, and not about to get drowned by the rain or dried out by too much sun.
If there is a demand for this sort of thing in Oxfordshire, then it’s the kind of job that your local Master Composter would be happy to take on. Leave me a comment and let me know what you think, or send me an email! If you’re in Oxfordshire and in need of a worm sitter or you would like an MC to come to your event then you can get in touch with the Oxfordshire Master Composters directly.