Worm farm on the farm

In light of the coronavirus lockdown, the SBIO worms have come west to sunny Fivemiletown, country Tyrone, and currently reside at my farm. The worms look to be fat and happy, especially with the warmer weather, they are making fast work of the food scraps they have been getting! They love to snack on carrot, apple and potato scraps πŸ˜‹

Just look at how big they are next to this ‘real’ life sized chicken πŸ“

*The term real is subjective

On a side note, from the apple cores, the worms were fed, lots of seeds have now sprouted too. I plan to replant these at a later date and who knows maybe we will have apple trees in the future!

Excitingly lots of eggs are also appearing and more worms on are on the way! Just look how many there are!

Things should only improve during their stay here at the farm, however I’m getting suspicious of how the guard rooster is looking at the worm farm….

Myself and the worm farm guard

DIY Plant Pots

The DIY plant pots are made out of recycled materials to reduce the amount of waste heading to landfill and reduce the amount of new plastics that we need to buy, even if they can be recycled.

Cutting up the empty bottle of your favourite drink into two halves can provide a mini-greenhouse effect to trap heat and help your plants grow to their full potential. We may not be able to go out into nature at this time but we can bring it to us β€πŸŒΉπŸŒ»πŸŒΌπŸŒ·πŸŒΊ.

Lot of items in your household can be transformed into plant pots, such a lunch boxes, yogurt pots, biscuit tubs and glass jars. This may also give new life to all those pasta sauce jars we have stacked up! 🍝

Making your own DIY plant pots is also a fun activity than can be done with all the family. It may also be a perfect distraction or just something to keep you occupied, especially during times like these.

So get your creativity flowing and your green thumbs out! Tweet how you get on @ https://twitter.com/BioGreenTeamQUB