Kiama Worm Farm

11/09/2024

Hi everyone.

I have been enjoying life away from social media with my family. My mind has been clearer and I have grown to live in the here and now of all that is real around me. To that end my wife and I decided to start a local community group called . Our aim is to disconnect people from social media and smart phones so they can reconnect with the community. As this is such an important journey especially with the increase of mental health issues due social media I will take a break from the Worm Farm educational visits while we get the Unplugged project up and running. Thank you for all the support and the hundreds of kids who’s lives have been opened up to the power of worms. Kiama Unplugged has its first event next week . Event details can be found at

https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/kiama-unplugged-presents-unplugged-at-fillmores-tickets-1003407919097

Thank you and I look forward to seeing you all in the real world!

19/01/2024

So this will be my last post here on Instagram and Facebook. This is not the end of Kiama Worm Farm far from it but we will continue outside of social media. Heck I am not even expecting the algorithms to show this post to you. Thank you to .hari for getting me over the line and confirming what I already knew deep inside. Social media is not good for my anxiety and mental health, it has taken away the time I need for self care. We will not generate any more content. I am available via messenger but not instagram DMs. We will of course continue with our awesome worm talks to local kids and sell our locally grown compost worms. If you would like to book please text via the FB phone number of via messenger. I believe there is enough content to show what we do and how we can help change the world on a small scale. Thank you again now turn off your phone for 20 minutes and see if you can last! See you in the real world.

15/12/2023

Christmas has come early to community garden. heard they were after a worm farm so we have donated one as well as our locally grown compost worms. It’s such a beautiful spot and full of yummy growing things. I look forward to coming down and having a chat about worms and their food waste powers. Thank you to Sue for showing me around and the yummy cucumbers!

07/12/2023

A new idea tried out today. We had a tree that was suffering in boggy ground. We moved it safely to a better spot and had an idea. Why not make a super small worm farm,herb, fruit and bee friendly garden bed. It’s raised above the water table and we planted a Lemon/lime and orange tree from Fruit Salad Treeslavender from Burnetts On Barney small raised garden bed from Bunnings Warehouse Australia . We then got some drain pipe, added air holes and a flap. Added some compost worms plus food waste and paper. As the worms eat the food waste they will provide direct benefit to the plants in the bed. When the pipe is full of vermicastings just scoop the worms out and move the pipe to another part of the bed.

16/11/2023

What a find on my recent turnaround while flying for . Beneath the terminal is a black fly larvae food waste system that processes 2000kg a week from the airport shops and cafes by .

10/11/2023

Now this is what a local EV charger can do. Tom decided to install this destination charger available for all EVs. Let me show you how it benefits the whole area. I was heading home from a worm talk and remembered I needed a few things and always keen to support local headed upto . Normally this is a pick and go event. With the charger I took my time by supporting more businesses. I ordered a take away lunch from a lovely Aussie bottle of wine from and of course groceries from . The car was plugged in for 13 minutes and added 17km of range. It’s a three phase 11kwh charger installed expertly by . 17km doesn’t seem much but it’s the the equivalent of $4 of fuel in the old car. I save $4 but spent more supporting local businesses. For anyone wondering it would take 5 hours here to fully charge the car but I am sure over owners would want to use it. So even a little slow charger installed at your business can make a difference.

07/11/2023

A very happy Mr P from . Kiama Public has a well established garden run my Mr P and other amazing staff. We dropped off 6000 locally grown and food hungry compost worms this morning. Mr P is using worm farms from to help spread the message to the students. Classes will be responsible for caring for the animals while recording food waste vs vermicompost production. Combined with the early education classes from children in Kiama will be caring and learning about worms from 2 years old upto high school! Message me if you would like us to help setup worm farms in your school.

05/11/2023

Another Halloween over and the worms have the final say. It’s one of their favourite foods and this Tiger Worm is not holding back. Thank you to all the locals who dropped off pumpkins. It was such a great turn out that we are thinking of making this an annual thing. The pumpkins are eaten and turned into soil known as vermicastings in a beautiful closed loop food cycle. Maybe we should grow some pumpkins in our award winning children’s garden?

30/10/2023

All ready for this evening but what comes after? The answer very happy worms! They love pumpkin just make sure you feed it soon before it rots and falls apart like most pumpkins on the street. We are happy to collect them locally and feed them to our worms just drop me a pm.

28/10/2023

WINNER BEST CHILDREN’S GARDEN in KIAMA. So humbled that yesterday our little community garden was voted best Children’s Garden in Kiama by Kiama Garden Club. Just beating the amazing and We created this little space for the neighbourhood with my children managing and growing in it. They love watching it grow then eat the produce. It shows how much you can fit in a small space including worm farm, bee shelter, wild plants in the dinosaur area not to mention some Halloween additions.I cannot wait to help bring more of these spaces to local daycare centres and other local communities. Pilot by day and by night!Thank you Kiama Garden Club and the following sponsors .com.au Rendel. for the awesome abc kids garden show that the kids love Plus the amazing garden setup for the inspiration

27/10/2023

Had a great morning with the compost worms. The children learnt the importance the worms in our food waste management. Please drop me a line if you would like us to visit your centre.

27/10/2023

What a great morning Gerringong Preschool

Such a lovely centre and can’t wait to come back and setup the worm farm.

23/10/2023

Two months in and the community garden has grown well. We have been interviewed by ,been judged by Kiama Garden Club for the annual competition. We have had seedlings from the neighbours and supplied by . People stand and talk to each other next to it, it’s really opened the place up. The worm farm is going well, bees are in the little bee home and we even have dinosaurs now! Mabel our rescue cat approves of the new sunny space.

23/10/2023

Another group of the next generation inspired about compost worms and how they help to manage our food waste. Skye was so welcoming and I love the centre. It even has a little community herb garden out the front. We have some spaces left for our November visits around my other job with . Please message to see how we can bring 1000s worms to your day care or preschool!

23/10/2023

Here at we love using coffee grounds in our worm farms. It’s goes against the traditional view of what worms can eat. After 18 months of trials and research we have got the worms munching through buckets of it each week! On a recent surf trip down the coast I stopped in Broulee for breakfast . They are always my favourite stop. They have little bags of used coffee grounds for the locals to take home and use in their gardens so we grabbed one for our worms. Australia produces 83,000 tonnes of coffee grounds each year so each bag we re use helps. Thank you.

22/10/2023

20/10/2023

Check out this amazing cake from .b24 . No worms were harmed but some kids might have gone to school full of sugar! You know you are getting old when you are excited that one of your gifts is some new fruit trees for the little community garden.

23/09/2023

Kiama pilot and worm farmer Ian Harvey-George has transformed his front lawn into a mini community garden - and is…

12/09/2023

Earlier in the year we started a little community herb garden. It became so popular that we decided it needed an upgrade. Big thanks to for the efficient delivery of the soil. We have installed a worm farm for neighbours to deposit food scraps. In turn they can take what they need from the garden. It has created such a buzz on the street with neighbours supplying seedlings and other plant stuff. It also has a wild flower section for the local bees as inspiration from . We look forward to seeing if this can get other people in Kiama to open up their front lawn area to grow food.

Burnetts On Barney Bee Inspired

25/08/2023

Keeping the food loop even closer. We set up a spare worm farm on are front fence. Now our neighbours supply food scraps and in turn we will supply them vermicastings and also use it to grow the community herb garden we have planted.

08/08/2023

Had a great morning

The kids learnt about compost worms and their role in reducing our food waste. If you would like me to come to your centre please pm me.

08/08/2023

Such fun Little Cherubs Gerringong. If you would like me to come and visit your early education centre please drop me a pm. We can help with workshops, worm farm supply and setup, food waste management and any other green idea or project for you and the local community.

03/08/2023

Sadly after 4000km the cobbles in Kiama damaged the bike. We use it every week to collect coffee grounds from local cafes. Big shout out to Kiama Cycles for helping to replace the damaged part.

🔥🔥Check out what is in for Service today!!! 🔥🔥

You may have seen Ian getting around on his Urban Arrow Cargo E-Bike 🚲

Ian uses this bike on most days as his daily commute - from dropping Kids off to running errands and with all this use - from time to time needs a service 🔧

Being a E-bike, it is a great alternative to using the car for short trips, easing traffic and is a lot more Environmentally Friendly 🍀

With Qualified E-bike Technicians on site - our Friendly and Knowledgeable Service Team are here ready to look after your bike and E-bike Service and Repair requirements to get your bike running well for the coming warmer months ☀️

Drop by or give us a Call today!!!

📞 4232 3005
🛑 Shop 2, 27 Collins Street, Kiama
💻 www.kiamacycles.com.au

14/06/2023

This is such a great feeling to get the next generation onboard. They now have a fully setup worm farm to look after. This was the second visit and it was great to see the kids have fun.

If you would like me to come visit your school or education centre please pm me.