Comments on: Input Request: Composting In Small Places

By: Christy

Christy — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:14:15 +0000

I know this is an old post, but you might look into compost tea. I blended up some scraps in the blender with some water and poured it on a rose bush. That thing went wild!

By: Nikki

Nikki — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 12:54:23 +0000

Instead of keeping these containers in your house, is it possible to keep them outside? Does anyone know if the cold temperatures during the winter months would harm/kill the worms?

By: Kristin

Kristin — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:24:10 +0000

P.S. You need a specific kind of worms – called red worms. Shop around, because you’ll find better prices some places than others. Also, you may have good luck shopping for red worms on craigslist, since there are a lot of people into vermicompost these days.

By: Kristin

Kristin — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:22:17 +0000

Hi Lindsay – Definitely use worms! They’re amazing. We’ve had really good experiences with them. The only thing I didn’t see anyone mention is that you should avoid giving them onions & garlic (or things in that family, like leeks or scallions), and citrus. The worms will try to escape the toxins and will start climbing up over the sides of the bin to escape. If they do this, it means the soil is contaminated, and you should dump the soil and put new soil in, which is a pain because you have to get all your wormies out first! If you decide to compost inside without worms, and it starts to smell and collect fruit flies, you can balance the soil by adding sawdust.

By: Mom to 2 Boys

Mom to 2 Boys — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:55:26 +0000

Haha! My first thought when I read your post was worms also. If you look around online there is TONS of info. I don’t do worms yet but we have it in the plans. You can do it in just a large rubbermaid tote. Very easy. I know tons of people have had luck with it.

God luck!!
Heather

By: Candace

Candace — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:54:01 +0000

Worms! My mom composts with a worm bin and says it makes awesome compost. She says she is amazed at how much the worms can handle. You should be able to easily make a bin for under the sink. I might try it myself for fun.

By: Mrs. Muffet

Mrs. Muffet — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:28:20 +0000

I have been wondering about this too…. I am looking forward to reading everyone’s thoughts…

By: Lauren

Lauren — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:05:44 +0000

One day I was watching Martha Stewart (one of the few times I was watching) and she was showing how to make an under the sink compost bin. I have not tried it but I have been wanting too. I found the link for you and it is here:

http://www.marthastewart.com/article/vermi-composting-?autonomy_kw=compost%20bin&rsc=header_3

By: Sweetpeas

Sweetpeas — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:09:05 +0000

Ah-ha found what I was looking for. Bokashi composting http://www.biome.com.au/product_info.php?products_id=105

By: Sweetpeas

Sweetpeas — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:07:24 +0000

In addition to worm composting, there’s another kind that I read about when researching what I wanted to do (I finally decided since we have outside space, I wanted the old fashion kind that I don’t have to do much with LOL) I think it originated in Japan, and it involves laying the food scraps w/ layers of a special grain mixture but it can be done in the kitchen & decomposes very quickly, if I remember what it’s called I’ll let you know LOL. AND in looking for that (unsuccessfully) I came across this article that gives a couple low cost, low space options: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf000554.tip.html