Vermicomposting

wink568

Does anybody have any suggestions regarding the benefits of vermicomposting vs. regular composting? 

The location for the composting is an urban building with no outside area to do so.  I've heard vermicomposting is a low smell alternative and if it speeds up the process, that would be beneficial as well.

Jen&Joe06

Vermicomposting works well for indoor composting. There is no smell if you make sure you cover the food. You can't put as much in though because it is going to be smaller than outside composter.

For an urban setting with no access to the outdoors I think it will work well. 

 

musgral8

My mom got me one for christmas, and I do like it, but I'm also frustrated that I have to add small amounts of scraps at a time; I end up saving them in containers in the refrigerator and adding them later. At any given time I can have 5 tupperware containers of veggie and fruit scraps. Also - make sure you drain the compost tea off frequently. I went on vacation for a week and came back and it was backed up into the compost and I had to get more worms because it got too wet for them. 

It works really well if you keep up with it, and it definitely has no smell!

MaggieGrace

I've had one for just over a year now, and do like it.  I brought it inside the house for the winter.  It didn't get smelly, but the area around it just got really dirty.  I suppose if I cleaned around it more often, it wouldn't have, but I'm too lazy.  I did get some flying insects around it every once in a while.  It is definitely NOT large enough to take all the kitchen scraps we put out....we are a family of four....so even in the winter, I was bringing scraps out to the compost pile out back.