Kid's Stuff

Thank you to all the wonderfully creative kids around Australia who entered our competition to promote International Composting Awareness Week in May. Check out the winners here.

Thank you to all the schools who have entered the "Colour Me In" and "Name a Worm" Competitions for International Composting Awarness Week. We have received over 1000 entries from more than 150 schools across Australia.

Due the amazing response we will be needing a little help in selecting the best Coloured Worms. We will be seeking the help of some active recyclers from a school near by, so keep an ear out to see if your the lucky school.

Have you named our worm's yet? Or sent in your colouring in entry? There is still time. Entries are open until Friday 28th May 2010.

Send your entry to Tumbleweed, PO Box 5182, MINTO BC NSW 2566 or email them to competitions@tumbleweed.com.au and dont forget to upload your photos of what you got up to during International Composting Week to our snaps page.

May 2 – 8 is Composting Awareness Week and at Tumbleweed we’re really excited to be involved!

You to can get involved with your friends. By helping us find a name for our 3 worm characters, you could win 1 of 3 major prize packs for your school.

Each Prize pack includes 5 x 400L Compost Bins, 3 x Aerators, 5 x Can-O-Worms, a box of Worm Blankets, Composting Worms and Worm Farm and Compost Conditioner.

For more information visit our Name a Worm page here

Or colour in your favourite worm to win one of our Can-O-Worms Prize packs here

Making compost is the perfect way to recycle organic garden and kitchen waste into a highly nutritious soil conditioner – and it’s so easy to do!

Compost is made when all the little living creatures in the ground called micro-organisms feed on organic matter - any plant, animal tissue or residues are organic matter - and break it down into smaller and smaller pieces. When the waste is fully broken down, often reffered to as decomposed, it forms humus - or compost – a dark, soil-like material with a pleasant earthy smell.

To make rich compost it will take around 6-8 weeks if the perfect environment is maintained. This means providing the air, water and food that micro-organisms need to rapidly multiply and quickly break down organic waste.

Remember 50% kitchen scraps to 50% garden waste and aerate your compost at least twice a week with an Aerator or Compost Mate.