Worms in the house? YES
Written: Oct 07 '08
|
Product Rating:
|
|
|
Pros: fascinating WORKS earth friendly
Cons: initial investment
The Bottom Line: Not just organic gardeners can get compost from kitchen cuttings.
|
|
|
| unterspan's Full Review: New-worm Bin-indoor/outdoor-home Composter-warrant... |
I have several outdoor compost piles for garden greenery and I used to add kitchen cuttings to them. This was a major hassle as it made the big compost pile attract fruit flies and located far the the kitchen. This summer I started my worm composting trays and they are the best thing I have ever seen for the kitchen wastes you can turn into black gold plus no smell. no flies and no trekking through the back yard to the smelling kitchen bin.
The process is simple. Red wriggler worms love to eat the plant based cuttings you put into the trays. the addition of shredded paper gives them a cozy bed to slowly digest the chopped up veggie and fruit remains and the worm castings become the compost that will enrich your garden.
I feed my little buddies once a week with veggie peels, fruit rinds, shells, coffee and tea - just avoid animal and dairy products. I have no infestation of flies and there is no odor to the bins. The sit on a covered deck right next to my outdoor dining table and never bother us. It doesn't even attract the cat's curiosity.
When ready to harvest the compost you push a pile of "stuff" to the side and add fresh veggies and shredded paper. within a day the worms will have migrated to the new dining area and you can scoop out the leftover compost. The worms also multiply so if you get some of the worms in your compost it's no big deal.
This method also allowos you to harvest compost tea in the bottom pan from a small spigot. My potted roses have been loving it and even now - in October - they are still blooming.
The set up is an invest ment and then you pay about $20 for the worms from a local source - you CAN buy them online too- but from then on you get compost from your kitchen endlessly. A great way to recycle and fascinating to watch. You might even get your kids to take over the composting chores.
Recommended:
Yes
|
|
|
|
Epinions.com ID:
unterspan
|
|
Member: Diana Unterspan
Location: USA
Reviews written: 29
Trusted by: 1 member
About Me:
small but well spoken geek wannabe
|
|
|
- Add to My Yahoo!: 
- Add to Google Homepage: 
© 1999-2009 Shopping.com, Inc.