Comments on: Indoor Composting http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/02/26/indoor-composting/ a look at how America squanders nearly half of its food Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:30:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: swimmy44 http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/02/26/indoor-composting/#comment-27545 Sat, 24 May 2008 12:50:14 +0000 http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/02/26/indoor-composting/#comment-27545 We compost with CHICKENS - we buy what we think we can eat, put on our plates what we expect to finish, and everything else (we are vegetarians) but coffee grounds (go into garden) goes to the chicken yard to be completely consumed immediately or after rotting by a number of hens we raise for a (very) small egg business. Works great, but we are moving to the Bay area and may have to give up our poultry for a while so we are looking into indoor composting. We compost with CHICKENS - we buy what we think we can eat, put on our plates what we expect to finish, and everything else (we are vegetarians) but coffee grounds (go into garden) goes to the chicken yard to be completely consumed immediately or after rotting by a number of hens we raise for a (very) small egg business. Works great, but we are moving to the Bay area and may have to give up our poultry for a while so we are looking into indoor composting.

]]> by: Sarah http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/02/26/indoor-composting/#comment-21440 Sun, 02 Mar 2008 23:43:30 +0000 http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/02/26/indoor-composting/#comment-21440 We love vermicomposting! We're vegetarians, so not putting in greasy meat is no problem. No smell, cute worms wriggling around (makes the cats *nuts*), lives in a little rubbermaid near the garbage we toss the veg in. 1br apartment in New York. No one even notices , unless we show them. We love vermicomposting! We’re vegetarians, so not putting in greasy meat is no problem. No smell, cute worms wriggling around (makes the cats *nuts*), lives in a little rubbermaid near the garbage we toss the veg in. 1br apartment in New York. No one even notices , unless we show them.

]]> by: Karen http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/02/26/indoor-composting/#comment-21199 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:36:49 +0000 http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/02/26/indoor-composting/#comment-21199 I'm afraid that I don't know anything about the NatureMill, but I can vouch for the Bokashi which is great. I’m afraid that I don’t know anything about the NatureMill, but I can vouch for the Bokashi which is great.

]]> by: Jonathan http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/02/26/indoor-composting/#comment-21051 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:20:00 +0000 http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/02/26/indoor-composting/#comment-21051 Hmm...maybe it's too early to bury the NatureMill. Anyone else have experience with this indoor composting contraption? Hmm…maybe it’s too early to bury the NatureMill.

Anyone else have experience with this indoor composting contraption?

]]> by: Sandy http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/02/26/indoor-composting/#comment-21046 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:15:28 +0000 http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/02/26/indoor-composting/#comment-21046 I feel a responsibility to temper my last comments on the Naturemill. There may be an adjustment period for the cultures in there or something because while we haven't really changed what we've been doing, the smell has gone away. (One possible tip is to not back the unit all the way up to a wall -- maybe it interfered with circulation/filter?) I also haven't been noticing the churning noise anymore during the night -- so maybe there's an adjustment curve there, as well. As for the compost, it's coming out pretty dry. I don't know if that's good or bad. I've stashed some of it on house plants and my building's rose bushes of my apartment building. Nothing's died yet :). I feel a responsibility to temper my last comments on the Naturemill. There may be an adjustment period for the cultures in there or something because while we haven’t really changed what we’ve been doing, the smell has gone away. (One possible tip is to not back the unit all the way up to a wall — maybe it interfered with circulation/filter?)

I also haven’t been noticing the churning noise anymore during the night — so maybe there’s an adjustment curve there, as well.

As for the compost, it’s coming out pretty dry. I don’t know if that’s good or bad. I’ve stashed some of it on house plants and my building’s rose bushes of my apartment building. Nothing’s died yet :) .

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