I used to have a worm composting bin on my condo balcony and loved it. Then a shitty texas summer happened and I just couldn't keep the Temps low enough on them (added shade over the bin, ice cubes before leaving for the day, increased humidity in the bin...).
I miss it. The plants miss it. I can't wait to start it back up again.
If you take care them well and have a space they can be kept indoors and won’t stink up the place. In an apartment might be tough to find room, though.
Worm composting is so cool. I worked on a farm in Florida that had a huge plastic bin full of soil for vermiculture and iirc the worms would go down to the bottom to be cool enough in the summer, but I don't remember the details.
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MrEff@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 246d
I used to have a worm composting bin on my condo balcony and loved it. Then a shitty texas summer happened and I just couldn't keep the Temps low enough on them (added shade over the bin, ice cubes before leaving for the day, increased humidity in the bin...).
I miss it. The plants miss it. I can't wait to start it back up again.
LordMayor@piefed.social · 2 pts · 246d
If you take care them well and have a space they can be kept indoors and won’t stink up the place. In an apartment might be tough to find room, though.
sem@piefed.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 246d
Worm composting is so cool. I worked on a farm in Florida that had a huge plastic bin full of soil for vermiculture and iirc the worms would go down to the bottom to be cool enough in the summer, but I don't remember the details.
hallwaymaster@leminal.space · 1 pts · 246d
Three bucket worm bin! I keep one in my kitchen and it doesn't smell with proper care.
Hello_there@fedia.io · 4 pts · 246d
What's the big yellow thing?
sem@piefed.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 246d
It is the 5 gal bucket I use for kitchen scraps. In the winter I line it with a garbage bag so I don't have yo wash the bucket in the cold.
I can usually dump it out and reuse the garbage bag once before it gets too smelly.
A_norny_mousse@feddit.org · 3 pts · 246d
I read that as Compositing and got very confused for a moment.
a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 246d
*Composition
Ceruleum@lemmy.wtf · 1 pts · 245d
My God! The intensity of the undertaking is killing me!