Facilitators-Handbook-For-Permaculture

134 Facilitator’s Handbook for Permaculture Workshops

Field activity : Make a worm farm

Method : Discussion about worms and participants make worm farms

Tools : See the “Worm farms” section from PC Book MOD 4 – Healthy Soil

References : PC Book MOD 4 – Healthy Soil

Objective : Participants learn about worms and practice making a worm farm

Preparations

Photocopy enough of the “How to make a worm farm” section of the PC Book MOD –

Healthy Soil, and/or the IDEP Worm Farm Fact Sheet, so that each participant can

take one set of references home.

Collect the materials and tools needed for preparing and creating a worm

farm:

• Containers.


• Buckets with lids.


• Materials for making a worm farm (see below).

Running this exercise

Make the worm farms with the participants.

For detailed instructions on making worm farms, including:

• Materials needed.


• How to make it step by step.


• How to maintain them.


• Using the natural fertilizer.

See the “How to make a worm farm” section of the PC Book MOD 4 – Healthy Soil.

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