How to make Great Compost

There are many tools and methods to processing natural waste materials into this very powerful additive for your soil. Successful composting is all about the right balance of ingredients and managing the right conditions for organic matter to decompose and return ...read more

Introducing Anna’s Next Chapter!

Home Grown Health is Anna’s Publishing debut. Before we introduce the project, here is a bit of background.The WormBiz family live on a 10-acre mountainside in the Manning Valley, NSW Australia. In 2014 they purchased an off-grid property with no infrastructure ...read more

A practical guide to Regenerative Closed-loop Systems

How we live by permaculture day to day began with small steps and an emphasis on creating and sustaining regenerative closed-loop systems, for example, taking responsibility for our food waste. Kitchen scraps go to the chickens and turn into both ...read more

WHAT TO FEED THE WORMS? Your questions answered

What to feed your worms? What not to feed your worms? How much can they eat? These questions haunt all new worm farmers. Fear not, here is all you need to know when feeding your worms so they produce large ...read more

Can I introduce worms from the garden into my worm farm?

When starting a worm farm, it is best to source “compost worms.” Here are the reasons why:  There are lots of species of soil earthworms naturally found in a healthy garden. Earthworms are deep burrowing and quite amazingly, secrete slimy ...read more

Winterise your Worm Farm

Winter is coming! Here’s some simple things you can do to ensure the worms in your farm stay warm and cosy! Composting worms can be less active during the cooler months. To keep them lively and consistently processing food waste ...read more

Vermicomposting- Natures Fertiliser

(Vermi) Worms it’s INTERNATIONAL COMPOST AWARENESS WEEK! ICAW is a week of activities, events and publicity to improve awareness of the importance of compost, a valuable organic resource and to promote compost use, knowledge and products. Enriching our existing soils ...read more

A bittersweet end to 2019

6 years since we started out here and it is hard to believe it has been our toughest year yet! The last 2 months have been particularly emotional for us and our small community. Catastrophic fires destroyed a total of ...read more

The year of the Worm

A year after the website launch our family team have been kept busy growing, packing and posting compost worms and castings to their new homes in QLD, NSW, VIC AND SA. We have also answered many wormy questions sent in ...read more