My name is voodoopenguin and I'm........

[blooz]

I've got a couple wire enclosures which get my leaves, garden debris, coffee grounds etc. There's a nice sense of accomplishment getting vegetable waste to turn into dirt.

I'm jealous, voodoo. I still have snow behind the house and frozen ground in the garden.

[michaelb]

I have a worm bin in the basement, but I wonder if that is too cold for them. They seem to be doing fine, but don't eat nearly as much as I thought they would.

Are you just composting your garden waste? Where are all your kitchen scraps? At the end of the winter my compost bin is frozen solid and almost completely full of stuff. I just cracked it a week or two ago and managed to stir it, so it should start cooking again. Vermont is obviously extremely cold in the winter; others might pull it off but probably too cold for an average sized home bin not to freeze at some point.

[freeradical]

ztirffritz wrote:
We do Worm Bins around here. It works much faster than compost bins and the dirt seems to be higher quality.

Do you by any chance know the approximate ph of the worm compost?

[voodoopenguin]

AAA wrote:
I'm glad the UK is downwind from us USAers.

Get it right and there is no bad smell. I pride myself that I get it right.

[Jimmypoo]

What a CROCK!

You know he just shoveled a bunch of dirt in there and everyone believes it's a compost treasure!

Any real composter would have covered it with a thick PE or EPDM liner, stuffed a metal pipe into
it and flared the methane, as well as taken care of that yapping Schnauzer down the street via a
tour of the middle of the pile about 10 weeks ago!

You people are so gullible just because of his accent! Sheesh!

[OWC Jamie]

I thought I smelled something endearing.

[voodoopenguin]

I love you too Jimmypoooooh!

[Panopticon]

mattkime wrote:
here in nyc most people jsut bag their plant matter for curb pickup. such a waste!

and some families bag their bulkier, other matter to take to East Farmingdale or the Pine Barrens ecret:

[mrbigstuff]

Mac-A-Matic wrote:
I like it, I like it! Been thinking about building a composting site at the house but not sure what goes in or not. Any good sites you recommend? Or a list of what should not go into the pile?

I'm going to try this larger bin toward the bottom of the page:

http://extension.missouri.edu/explore/ag...G06957.htm

[mrbigstuff]

michaelb wrote:
I have a worm bin in the basement, but I wonder if that is too cold for them. They seem to be doing fine, but don't eat nearly as much as I thought they would.

Are you just composting your garden waste? Where are all your kitchen scraps? At the end of the winter my compost bin is frozen solid and almost completely full of stuff. I just cracked it a week or two ago and managed to stir it, so it should start cooking again. Vermont is obviously extremely cold in the winter; others might pull it off but probably too cold for an average sized home bin not to freeze at some point.

ooh, tell us more. I want a bin in the basement, too, if the wife will let me. we generate significant waste, though with two little guys and two adults, so i'm not sure if we can do it all with worms.