If you're interested in other types of garden waste disposal, you can see our round up of some of the best garden compost bins. On a technical note, I'm ready to harvest my first lot of compost (or at least see if it's ready to be harvested). It’s a large container filled with soil, with drainage holes in the bottom and a lid to keep out the rain. Bigger households will need a larger wormery although the size will also depend on the space you have available.

Wormery composting worms are different species to the earthworms you see in your garden, which are not suitable, and are known as brandlings, red, manure or tiger worms. A second question, although I am adding scraps to the upper most tray, even the bottom tray still has many worms after months of not adding to that tray.Our testers found the trays easy to handle but that the “stop” between them prevented worms from working upwards, even though aeration was improved.

Add the contents of your vacuum cleaner, no, worms will not eat the hair and very little of the other junk that’s in there, they may consume the dead skin but why bother when there is a better choice elsewher all you end up with is hair mixed in with your finished compost. Heed their needs, and they’ll be able to produce for you some nutrient-rich and valuable source of compost. The world’s bestselling worm farm, this Can-O-Worms has been designed to make turning your waste into a useable, nutrient rich vermicompost easy and efficient – it’s simple enough for kids to use to get into enjoying recycling!

They live inside the waste in the wormery container and thanks to big appetites and a fast metabolism, break down food waste like egg shells, vegetable peelings and tea bags and turn them into compost for your garden. Waste and worms are added to the first tray until it's full and then the second tray is added on top.