Year 3, Worm Tea and Recycling
Year three students have been exploring what it means to recycle materials. That is, capturing materials that would otherwise go to waste in order to save natural resources. After collecting worm tea in plastic bottles, some of our year 3 students used the excess bottles to create some amazing decorative hanging plant pots.
What Is Worm Tea?
Worm tea is a natural liquid fertilizer made from soaking worm castings (worm manure) in water. In a healthy compost bin, worms help decompose food scraps by eating them. As the worms digest the organic material, they produce castings filled with nutrients and beneficial microbes. Worm tea will repopulate the soil with microbes, enrich the roots and break down the thatch turning it into food for grass. During hot summer days, worm tea can help retain water in soil.
Check out these amazing hanging plant pots that were created from plastic bottles after collecting some useful!
Jackson (3D)