It can get pretty hot here too but DH is going to be SO excited when I show him. Thank you for the explanation and photos!
I love the idea of a dog poo worm farm. Our household bin gets collected weekly and with a dog and a toddler, it's usually at least 50% poo I was looking up suppliers of composting worms and it mentioned that the dog wormer might be an issue: "Just beware of any worming medication that the animal may have been given. These worming medications may kill your compost worms as well. If the animal has been recently wormed or you are unsure, allow the poo to age for a month before feeding it to the worms" (http://www.kookaburrawormfarms.com.au/faqs/) Has anyone come across this issue? The idea of having to "age" the poo for a month is a little off-putting
I use a nappy bin that keeps the smells in and flies out. It is at the bottom of the garden and emptied into the black household bag each collection day. Rinse with some cleaner each time and no maggots, hold your breath when you lift the lid off though!
The poo wormery is a fantastic idea. I hate how much plastic I throw out, and all the organic poo stuck in the plastic bags with nowhere to go. I have a regular compost worm bin like that. I also have a plastic bin that I drilled holes into the bottom and placed on soil. It's not layered. It works just as well. Bought the bin at the supermarket - fraction of the price of a worm farm. I empty it into a hole in the garden when it's too full and it finishes composting in the hole. The worms come by themselves - they should be in the garden already. Other bugs come too - amazing the variety of compost "eaters". I shall add the poo now. Thanks for the idea! I pick up every day cos we have a tiny garden and I've stepped in poo accidentally - awful!!!!
I am pleased to say that in two and a half years, no worms have been harmed in the making of the compost. in fact i now have hundreds, if not thousands, and i started off with 50. There was a dodgy week when it all looked a bit slimy and i thouht i had seen them off with excesive poo (still no smell) but I added egg boxes and they righted themselves. I dont poo pick religiously every day, so the poo that goes in may have been ageing for a few days in the garden anyway. I suppose to be on the safe side, the 2 or 3 days after you do worm treatment the poo could be thrown away separately?
I have a poo bucket and a couple of old trowels to pick up with that's used on a daily basis. When the bucket's nearly full it's tipped into a large plastic compost bin hidden away in a corner of the garden where the worms devour it. Haven't had a problem with smell yet.
