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I've just finished reading Jane Perrone's post on her experience with her HotBin and it reminded me I have been thinking of wr...

The last thing a colleague at work said as I headed for the door ready to start my holiday was “Try and relax”, not something I'm very ...

Over on the Wiggly Wigglers blog I have just posted a small article on how you can look after your wormery over the Winter months. It ta...

Earlier in the year Heather from Wiggly Wigglers asked me to write a piece on composting and wormeries for their forthcoming catalogue. I...

A few weeks ago Wiggly Wigglers offered some freebies to organisations who might be able to make use of them and the children's school,...

Further to http://www.sherlock.co.uk/blog/2009/06/knee-op.html my five days of struggling in the heat (well struggling generally actually) ...

After having pain in my knees after exercise for about 3 years now and putting it down to age I went to see somebody just after Christmas. ...

Having thought my wife hated Paris I got a real surprise for my 40th birthday when she presented me with a 2 day trip. Apparently, some sev...

For the last few years I have grown a few vegetables in pots and last year I used Bokashi in the base and was astonished with the results. I...

In many of the discussions on worm bins people ask about either adding the next layer or how do they go about emptying the bottom layer (or ...

Turns out that I have won the 'The Bokashi Backup Award' in the The Rubbish Diet Awards 2009 . I'd like to thank Almost Mrs Aver...

For the last few years I have grown a few vegetables in pots: spinach, tomatoes, dwarf beans and even a single runner bean plant. They have ...

During the recent cold spell in the UK where temperatures were below freezing for over a week and fell as low as -12C in places I brought in...

Further to Just how quickly does Bokashi break down? the wormery is looking rather wet and miserable after all the rain we have had recentl...

Further to the original post on 19 October 2008 here are a few pictures of the Bokashi that was added to my worm bin. Here is what the bin ...

Over on the Wiggly Wigglers Facebook group there is a discussion on Bokashi ( Bokashi Qs ) and a few of us taking part in an experiment to ...