tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193856332527370009.post1357754298030671175..comments2023-05-02T03:09:49.438-08:00Comments on Meat Free Mom: Indoor CompostingErin/Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14009795951828815820noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193856332527370009.post-37963942098112808982011-03-21T20:41:50.256-08:002011-03-21T20:41:50.256-08:00Awesome! I'd really like to start this. Have...Awesome! I'd really like to start this. Have been thinking about it for a while. Thanks for posting!<br />Amanda<br />vegancents.comAmandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13325446145882679163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193856332527370009.post-15872638851334998202011-03-21T17:22:35.250-08:002011-03-21T17:22:35.250-08:00Questions! Yikes. It was a short tutorial with l...Questions! Yikes. It was a short tutorial with lots of toddlers running around, but...<br /><br />from what I understand, which was not 100%, when you feel like you have a good composty soil in your first bin that is ready for the garden, you set up the second bin with everything but the worms and add some food. Then you place it on top of the first one (without the lid, so inside the first one) and put the lid on the second bin. The worms will crawl up through the next few days and should completely move to the area with the good food. I haven't gotten that far yet, so I'm not sure I completely understand.<br /><br />I am not drinking coffee right now, but I would if I did. I do limit my citrus rinds though, and with coffee and tea it's the same thing where in a small container like that you don't want too much acidic stuff .<br /><br />If you made a smaller version, the only problem I can see would be the worms' ability to keep up with what you gave them and space. My friend described it like when a plant gets rooted in a pot that is too small, you don't want too many worms in a small container. <br /><br />Hope that helps. I'm just a novice figuring it out for the first time too!Erin/Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14009795951828815820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193856332527370009.post-87589009037589695322011-03-21T16:55:25.267-08:002011-03-21T16:55:25.267-08:00My friend bought one for close to two hundred doll...My friend bought one for close to two hundred dollars and I'm so jealous of it- hers doesn't smell at all and we never use proper precautions like burying the stuff, although she does usually chop up the scraps to be really small so they eat it more quickly. I live in a 550 sq ft apartment with my husband and two big dogs- i wonder if I could make a mini version of this thing? Do you then set the other bucket on top of this one? With the lid on there? I'm confused, there does the other bucket go? Are the inside one another? If so, do you try to get the hole so that they are not overlapping? Do you give your guys coffee grounds? <br /><br />How do you keep your dog out of it? My friends dog is too old to care, but my guys are rough and tumble 5-year-olds and we had to buy a special trash can so they couldn't get into it. I would REALLY like to do this though....Z is for Ramblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03161067436062839486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193856332527370009.post-86302400245913932632011-03-21T16:09:49.207-08:002011-03-21T16:09:49.207-08:00I would have to say that between pregnancy super s...I would have to say that between pregnancy super smell and the fact that the compost bin is next to our dining room table, I can honestly say it doesn't smell. I don't usually put onions or galic in because I use that for stock, and I make sure to completely cover everything with dirt.Erin/Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14009795951828815820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193856332527370009.post-74143788242121872482011-03-21T15:03:05.920-08:002011-03-21T15:03:05.920-08:00Erin, does it smell? I like the idea, but we live ...Erin, does it smell? I like the idea, but we live in small quarters.Heather Sandberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06190951305564702847noreply@blogger.com