What Can You Compost in a Home Worm Farm?Updated 2 months ago

Worms will eat almost any kind of organic matter.

Here is a list of typical household waste items that can be placed in a worm farm:

• Leftover vegetables, peelings, and fruit
• Newspaper
• Cardboard (such as old boxes or egg cartons)
• Hair clippings
• Vacuum cleaner dust
• Tea leaves
• Coffee grounds
• Crushed eggshells

Avoid adding these items in your worm farm:

• Onion
• Garlic
• Chilli
• Dairy
• Uncooked potato skins
• Citrus fruit or peel
• Meat, bones or fish
• Oils or grease
• Garden waste of plants that were treated with pesticides
• Poisonous plants e.g. Poison Ivy.

Earthworms are delicate living creatures that can be badly affected by the growing environment provided. Some acidic food scraps can harm them and other are not easy for worms to eat. Some of these items can still be composted, but using a Bokashi bin is more suitable in this case.