Indoor Compost Bin
April 30th, 2006 by Mindy
How to make an at home indoor compost bin that DOESN’T stink.
When my husband, Ariah, asked me if I wouldn’t mind trying to compost inside our apartment I had some visions of sharing our apartment with overgrown, slimy, yucky little critters. I envisioned dirt everywhere and a huge mess with rotting food smell to boot. It turns out that I was wrong, and we have about 500 little clean worms under our sink contained in a wonderful home-made little composting system that (my happiest little part) DOES NOT smell!
So do you want to know how to make your composting dreams a reality? Follow our steps and we will get you going.
| 1. Order worm friends. In order to do this you will need to search online (if you’re reading this you are capable of ordering them online, thankfully) which is pretty easy and will take a little while. A website that we used was Worm Man’s Worm Farm. |  |
| 2. Collect newspapers without color (this may take you a couple of weeks) so that you can shred them into pieces about 1-2 inches in width. (This is actually kinda fun because you get print all over your little grippers and you get to tear apart any ads that may be totally ridiculous or any articles that you don’t like the author of.) I would recommend doing all of the shredding at once so that you sit in a fun pile of paper AND only make as much as you need. |  |
| 3. Select a good sized bin (you can see the picture of perfection in our bin 2′x3′x1′ Rubbermaid, which fits nicely and snugly under our sink in the cupboard). Having a bin with a large surface area is more important than having a deep bin. Using a sharp object, like scissors or a knife, put holes in the sides about 2/3rds of the way from the bottom. This gives your friends the oxygen needed to turn your rotting veggies into great compost. |  |
| 4. Take your shredded newspaper and get it wet in your sink. Now, if you take it and hold it under the water to soak it and then squeeze it out like a sponge it is kinda fun - and the benefit is that you won’t totally drown your new worm friends. (NOTE: sometimes worms like a little change in texture…so if you are adventurous you could also add some wet shredded thin cardboard to your bin - a good example of this type of cardboard is the toilet-paper role!) |  |
| 5. Spread the damp/wet and loosened newspaper in the bottom of your bin to cover it to about the depth of 1/2 full. This is their nice little bed. Then spread your new worms over the bed and watch them wiggle. This is the fun part where you get to say hello and say any blessing over their work that you would like to do. And then cover them up with about 2 more inches of the damp/wet newsprint that you have shredded, wet, squeezed out, and loosened. |  |
| 6. Next you wait one week to let the friends get accustomed to their newspaper home after which time you can take veggie/food scraps that you have. Good ones are carrot peels, excess from cutting celery, banana peels, and actually egg shells crushed up (if you are going to do egg-shells you need to rinse the shells right after you crack them so that they don’t have any gook on them when you put them into the bin), coffee grounds that have been used, tea bags, used paper towels. Things to avoid putting in your compost pile: meat scraps, actual eggs, anything that is already rotting. or other leftovers. |  |
| 7. Wait, and smell the nothingness of your bin while the worms do their job and fulfill their purpose. | |
NOTE: Wormies like to be in a dark cool place that has not TOO much noise or movement of their bin. If you open up the bin with the light on they will run away because they don’t like the light…so if some of them wiggle near the top of the bin just open it up and watch them retreat.
Another NOTE: You can add about 1-2 pounds of veggie scraps to your bin every week, and the best way not to disturb your little friends every day is to collect them in a larger tupperware bin in your refrigerator through the week and then open the bin to put them in once on the weekend or something.
One more NOTE: For up-keep of the bin you need to move the created compost to one side of the bin and then add some more of the good damp/wet paper to the other half and ONLY put your food scraps on this new half. This will coax your worms to the new bedding and then you can take the created dirt and put it in your garden! This is good to do after about 3 months, but you can wait until about 6 months if you are like us and don’t want to do it that often. Just make sure that your friends aren’t drowning in the nutrient rich liquid that gathers at the bottom of the bin (and if it is gathering, just add some shredded but dry newspaper).
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May 14th, 2006 at 7:16 am
Thank you Mindy for all the photos. I know the whole process took time and thought. It really made the project much easier to follow. I took photocopies so that I can pass them around today at my mom’s house. Keep up the good work!
June 2nd, 2006 at 4:21 pm
Great post, I love it! I’ve had an indoor compost in my garage for a while now, and it gosh does it reek!
Your process here should help me out a bunch.
March 28th, 2007 at 8:32 am
[...] Now that Spring is here I want to encourage all of you that can to do two things: 1) Buy a share in a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture)/any local sustainable organic farm or grow your own food; 2) start either an indoor or outdoor compost bin/pile. [...]
April 3rd, 2007 at 8:14 pm
My science professor swore by these.. Her solution to the liquid problem was that she punched a bunch of holes in the bottom of the bin, put a mesh screen over it, and set the bin on some blocks over a larger bin. All of the liquid drained out, and she fed it to her plants.
I’ve been wanting to start one of these, but I’m afraid of fruit flies or fungus gnats.. Any solutions?
April 4th, 2007 at 8:13 am
Galatea,
Thank you for the great tip!!!
I am not sure about the fruit flies or fungus gnats. I just started mine so I don’t really have that as a problem right now and I am keeping it in the basement of my apartment (we have a small storage locker there and it is the only quiet dark place around here) so I haven’t had any problems with either one of those.
However, I did inherit some fruit flies with a few plants that I bought. grrrrr….I hate those pesky things, they always manage to be in my peripheral vision. My solution to them though is to put out a cup of red wine or some juice (the wine works better though) and they end up drowning in it. So, that has worked really well for me. I have also heard that apple cider vinegar works as well.
I will let you know if I find out anything else that helps with this.
Mollie
May 2nd, 2007 at 6:38 am
My class and i have been studying ways to help our environment and have decised to start a compost. Our teacher was a little if-y on the whole issue of smell seeing as our class room is high and humide. Your post has helped alot, and now we can finally start our process for an indoor compost. THANK YOU
June 4th, 2007 at 7:39 pm
Is the foul oder that eminates from the compost pile a sign that something is askew in the mixture? Should it be pleasant and/or tolerable to smell? The wife of a friend is composting in the basement of their apartment, the smell is rising into their apartment and my friend says it smells HORRIBLE. (like escrement) The wife is breastfeeding. Could this smell and spores influence her breast milk? (I smell a divorce.) Please answer all of the above. Thank you. jane
June 5th, 2007 at 10:34 am
Hi Jane,
The foul odor is a sign that something is askew and it should definitely not smell like excrement.
First of all NO animal products except for rinsed out egg shells should be composted. That means no dairy, meat, fish, etc. Smelly composts are caused by too much water, no air, or the addition of meat or other animal products.
Fix these problems by:
• Mixing fresh grass clippings with stalks or brown leaves to help air get in.
• Keeping the pile as moist as a wrung-out sponge, but not soggy.
• Turning wet or soggy piles to let air in.
• Keeping animal products out of worm bins.
It could also be that there are not enough worms for the amount of food scraps that are being composted and therefore the food is rotting and not being composted by the worms. If that is the case then another compost bin should be started with additional worms.
It is important that the right kind of worms are being used (red worms).
Also, it might be helpful to add some sawdust, dry leaves, wood shavings, or newspaper if it is too wet or if there are a lot of bugs.
I don’t know about the breast milk question. If you want to give more details about what is in the compost bin and what it looks like I might be able to be more helpful. Oh, and one more thing, if it is indoors it needs to be in a covered worm bin for composting and if it is outside it can be in a pile. The pile outside works because the sun, oxygen, and then worms enter the pile from the earth and all three work together to compost the food scraps and yard waste. The bin works because there are enough worms to eat through the food scraps and it being enclosed keeps out any animals.
Both indoor and outdoor composts need to be turned and when there starts to be a good collection of soil it can be removed. You will know that it is done being composted because it will have an earthy smell.
I hope this helps. Let me know if there is anything else you need.
Mollie
June 5th, 2007 at 6:01 pm
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June 6th, 2007 at 4:49 pm
[...] My daughter and her husband, also newlyweds, visited our home over the weekend. They live in Iowa and also recently puchased a home and are no longer apartment dwellers. I had to smile when Ryan asked me how to tend a compost pile and what types of things to put in it. He also seemed quite interested in the names of flowers growing in our yard for the first time in the eight years I’ve known him. New homeowners are so delightful! On the topic of renting apartments VS living in a home with a yard, One/Change Blog gives instructions on how to make an indoor compost that doesn’t stink. How wormy is your compost? [...]
June 26th, 2007 at 1:20 pm
[...] Start an indoor or outdoor compost bin. Info: “The landfill is not designed to help things biodegrade, which requires contact with air and water. Instead, landfills hermetically seal their contents away from the environment to protect it from the toxic things in the landfill that aren’t biodegradable. What this means, is that organic things like apple cores and yesterdays newspapers and cornstarch cups, when dumped in the landfill, either don’t break down at all—and certainly don’t end up returning nutrients to the earth—or they break down anaerobically, which means they produce methane, a worse greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide.”2 [...]
August 12th, 2007 at 8:05 am
Hi, very helpful post!
I have one question, can I use old soil as the bed for the bin instead of newspaper? I have some old soil from my potted plants. Also, I thought the printing ink may be toxic?
August 13th, 2007 at 12:16 pm
Hi Peggy,
Worms don’t really like potting soil very much for a couple of reasons. First, there are beads in most potting soils that they don’t like and second, what you provide for their bedding (paper, cardboard, peet moss, coconut fiber, leaves etc) is the carbon source for the compost while the food scraps are the nitrogen source. Both the food scraps and the bedding are food sources for the worms, but the worms live in the bedding portion. So, since the potting soil is essentially already dirt there is nothing beneficial to having it in the bin.
The printing ink is not toxic for the worms. Here in Seattle most of the newspapers are printed using soy-based ink. Even if your newspapers aren’t printed using soy-based ink it is still fine to use them. It is even OK to use the color ink portions. The only thing you want to make sure and avoid is adding the coated, shiny paper.
I hope this is helpful. Great questions!!!! Let me know if you have any more questions.
Happy composting!
August 26th, 2007 at 7:15 pm
I live in Tempe Arizona. We are in triple digits this time of year. I am planning to put my 18 gallon container just outside the kitchen door on a covered patio. Will the worms survive the heat.
I just purchased some red wigglers from Petsmart. They ordered them for me. I got about 50 for 3.99. It sounds like I need a lot more.
I was originally planning to do this project under the sink, but one of my roommates has protested. Should I have waited a couple of months to start this project?
For tonight the worms are in the fridge. How long can they survive there?
August 27th, 2007 at 10:21 am
Hi Mrylu,
Compost bins are best located in a place that stays between 50 and 84 degrees fahrenheit. Anything above that begins to put the worms in danger of being killed. They will get cooked if it is too hot. If you can find a spot in the shade that happens to be 20 degrees cooler than being in the direct sun (I am not sure how likely this is), then that would be fine.
It is OK to keep your worms in the fridge for a couple of days depending on how they are packed. While they are in there though they are not getting any food and aren’t super happy.
It is fine to start this project now because even if you started it in the fall or winter you would have the same problem when next summer came and you had to figure out where to put your bin to keep it out of the heat.
You will need some more worms. I started mine with about 500 I think.
Don’t be discouraged! It seems like the difficult part for you is going to be finding a place to put your bin that is not too hot. It may take some creative problem solving, but once you get that figured out and get some more worms you will be just fine.
Hope this helps. Let me know if you have any more questions.
September 3rd, 2007 at 6:30 am
I live in an apartment and am so excited about starting an indoor compost. I have a lot of house plants; can I put dead leaves and branches from the plants in the indoor compost bin?
September 3rd, 2007 at 3:38 pm
What do I do about mould? I just started my bin, and it seems I am having some issues with a little bit. I am just waiting to pick up my worms. What can I do to stop it from happening?
September 3rd, 2007 at 9:01 pm
Emmy,
Great job on starting to compost!! You can definitely put dead leaves and branches in your bin.
September 3rd, 2007 at 9:04 pm
Jesse,
Mold is not necessarily bad. Composting is basically speeding up the natural time organic material takes to decompose which basically means that your food is rotting and you are helping that process along. Can you describe the mold to me so that I can let you know if I think it is a problem or not. What color is it and as many other details you can give me would be great. I will get back to you as soon as I get more information from you.
Talk to you soon!
September 4th, 2007 at 10:29 am
[...] A lot of what I learn is done as I go. I read, I research, and I experiment. I tend to get enough information to get me started and then go after it. This is something that I love. I love diving into new projects and figuring it out as I go along. However, while there are SO many aspects about self-education that I love, there is a inherent tendency to make a lot of mistakes. Making mistakes is part of the learning process for us all and I like it so much because I tend to find a fuller understanding as I problem solve. My indoor, turned outdoor, compost bin is a classic example of how self-educating can go terribly wrong and in the end become a really positive experience. [...]
September 5th, 2007 at 3:37 pm
Hi
I am very interested in starting my own indoor compost bin. But what I am stuck on is, what to use as abin?
Is it something I would have to buy or I can I use a large container of somesort with a lid.
Thanks Caz
September 11th, 2007 at 11:18 am
Hi Caz,
It is so exciting that you are interested in starting your own compost bin! I use a 14 gallon rubbermaid storage bin. This is probably the only container that I would actually recommend because you have to drill holes or pierce holes in it and the lid needs to fit securely on top. There are indoor compost bins that you can buy that are made for the specific purpose of being an indoor compost bin. They are usually referred to as vermiculture bins and you can do a google search for that and check out the different options out there.
Hope that helps.
Mollie
September 13th, 2007 at 12:12 pm
I have been composting with red worms for about 1 year and it is great but. Now some grubs about one inch long and one fourth of an inch around have moved in with my worms what should i do
September 19th, 2007 at 12:57 pm
Can you also incorporate shredded junk mail with the shredded newspaper for the bed in an indoor compost bin?
September 20th, 2007 at 10:00 am
The problem with shredded ‘junk’ mail is that it’s usually the shiny, colored stuff which you want to avoid.
September 26th, 2007 at 2:27 pm
Hello
I have prepared a bin of shredded newspaper in which I added 2 old ones from 1992. Does anybody know if the ink from back then is toxic to red worms? I hate to start over again because of two lousy newspapers but I will if I have to.
November 23rd, 2007 at 10:28 am
SO,has anyone NAMED their Worms yet?
January 21st, 2008 at 12:52 pm
Is it possible to compost without worms? For example: Composting in a bucket. It would consist of tea bags, fruit & veg scraps, egg shells and some soil. Would this work if the temp didn’t get too low?
January 23rd, 2008 at 11:43 am
It may not be composting in the traditional sense, but I am digging in the yard and burying our scraps. Some areas are turning to black dirt. Considering the high sand component to our soil, it seems to me this is a good thing. However, this is a long range experiment. I plan to introduce worms soon.
January 24th, 2008 at 3:00 am
[...] Vermicomposting is the most common form of indoor composting: red wriggler worms are contained inside a ventilated bin and used to break down organic matter into rich soil. You can either purchase a ready-made system (including Karina’s choice: The Worm Condo) or DIY your own for a very low cost (plus you get to mail-order worms!). The bin can be small enough to fit underneath your sink and thus take up very little space. Once you overcome the squick factor of the wrigglers, vermicomposting is an incredibly efficient way to produce ready-to-use soil with no use of electricity or costly addititves. [...]
January 30th, 2008 at 9:35 am
Does anyone have any experience with red wiggler worms in their outdoor compost pile? My existing pile is made of kitchen scraps, dead leaves, grass clippings, and soil. I’d really rather not build a bin, so I’d like to just add the worms to the existing pile. I live in Tennessee where the winter temperature sometimes drops below freezing. Thanks.
January 30th, 2008 at 10:24 am
Tom,
It is possible to compost without worms. The worms just help speed up the process. I would make sure and add newspaper to your bucket too to make sure that it doesn’t get too stinky. I would also keep a lid on it.
January 30th, 2008 at 10:33 am
Ann,
Your pile will work just fine. Since your pile is outdoors you can add the red wriggler worms and when it gets too cold they can bury themselves to get warm. Composts done in small plastic bins can’t be left in the cold because they are usually much smaller.
Hope that helps!
March 19th, 2008 at 8:18 am
Please be careful when placing worms outside. In many locations worms are an invasive species and can be harmful if released.
Do a google search for “invasive worms” to see if this is a problem in your area.
March 24th, 2008 at 6:26 pm
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March 25th, 2008 at 5:54 pm
I was curious whether anyone reading/writing had actually successfully composted the cornstarch cups at home. I have a brand new indoor composting bin that looks almost exactly like your photos above - i literally just adopted worms this morning, and they are now happily eating my veggie scraps. I happen to be having an event tomorrow, and we’ve purchased the cornstarch cups instead of plastic ones to use at the event. I don’t want to mess up my brand new compost, but was thinking about composting the cups after tomorrow’s event. Has anyone had experience with this? Do they compost well? Do you recommend putting them in a brand-new indoor compost?
Thanks!
March 30th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
Hi Ididdy,
I actually have never composted cornstarch cups before. My guess is that it would be fine, but I honestly am not sure. My one concern would be that if you are only composting organic scraps that the cornstarch cups may have been made with non-organic corn and that the process of turning corn into cups may result in toxins in the cups.
Sorry I can’t be of more help. Anyone else know about this?
If I find out more information about this I will let you know.
mollie
May 21st, 2008 at 2:50 pm
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May 22nd, 2008 at 4:56 am
I have a question about getting the nice dirt out…how do you do it without disturbing the worms?
May 30th, 2008 at 1:47 am
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June 17th, 2008 at 11:48 am
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June 18th, 2008 at 6:59 pm
So I think it’s far too late to save my patio container tomato plants this year with compost, at least if it isn’t going to start getting good for three to six months. How well does compost dirt store? Will the nutrients break down or fade away if it sits around until next planting season? Or is this something I can start to stockpile?
June 20th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
I justs tarted a worm compost 2 days ago. I threw some mushrooms in there with some fruits. I notice the mushrooms now have mold on them. I looks fuzzy and smells like when I leave my clothes int he washer too long. Should I be concerned?
July 27th, 2008 at 11:21 am
I was wondering if you can use the paper from an old phone book in addition to the newspaper? What about yellow pages??
Thanks!
August 3rd, 2008 at 7:25 am
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I searched high and low on the internet for basic start-up instructions and found nothing until your site! I appreciate that you broke this fairly simple process down into Lehman’s terms for all of us so that we can get started right away. I also thank you for the tips on where to get worms, and the “store the scraps for about a week in the fridge then dump all at once” tip. We are looking forward to eliminating excess waste with this process and a flourishing garden next year! Thanks again - Jodi
August 6th, 2008 at 3:04 pm
Thank you so much! I just read your article. I have been wanting to do this for a while, now I have to information to do it! How is your composting going?
thanks!
chad
September 8th, 2008 at 11:35 am
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October 14th, 2008 at 2:58 pm
This is a pretty awesome thing. But don’t you ever wonder if you could make it a BIT smaller and more lighter and portable?
Toodles!
October 15th, 2008 at 9:43 am
I am going to be starting a compost bin. I just moved out into the country. During the summer months, I buried the scraps in the garden area. In the winter months (I live in ND) it gets pretty cool. OK, it can get very cold! Should I keep it indoors or can I leave it in the garage? Also, we have tons of worms here - will it be ok to use them? My cousin’s little girl loves worms and has almost 200 of them. My cousin wants the worms gone. I thought it would be fun to do the compost with the little girl so she can see her worms at work.
thanks
October 20th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
“Worm revolt.”
Just yesterday I was laying in my bed with my new girlfriend watching a movie when suddenly one of my dear roommates knock at my door in ernest: my worms were in revolt.
There were worms on the kitchen floor, and they where in mass exodus from their worm bin. They were literally oozing from the lid of the Rubbermaid container that they once happily lived in. While I had realized that the worms were getting pretty concentrated and that I needed to expand their box I hadn’t quite expected this (since there had been no mention of such a thing on this site. At least I hadn’t noticed). My roommates, grossed out left the apartment to go do better things. While I gently scooped them into a bigger bin, my girlfriend (in a state of shock) expresses her feelings about what is happening: “My boyfriend has worms under his sink. I can’t believe…” To which I reply: “They’re for my guerilla gardening project next spring darling, this is important to those rooftop cherry tomatoes I want” Her reply: “You…. you’re so cute you know that? Despite your worms”
I figure that it would probably be a good idea to address possible reasons for worm exodus. After reading around the internet after putting down the “revolt” I discovered a few possible reasons. I believe that it is most likely because my soil had become very damp due to some very moist greens that a roommate had tossed in, and quite possibly because of some acidic orange peelings that had made it in there as well. That and it seemed that the bin had become very very full in terms of population. Baby worms where very very noticeable as well as numerous batches of worm eggs.
To deal with it all, I took the contents of the bin (and it’s lighter dryer sister bin) combined the two into a much larger bin, and added a large bag of dry leaves to the mix to help absorb some of the moisture. I also took some shredded paper and placed it on the top to provide some better bedding for the worms. Fearing another mess (while I lay asleep at night) I ended up duct taping the lid to the bin so that I would not have to deal with a mass exodus again. I drilled some holes in the top of the lid for oxygen as well, figuring that gravity would prevent them from escaping that way. So far so good; they seem like they are happy again.
However. There is a bit of a funk to the bin. I am afraid that some of my roommates may have added something a little a little off to the bin. Are there any measures I can take to remedy the funk? I am also afraid that it may have been one of the reasons for the “revolt”
Anyway. I just figured it would be a good idea to bring this experience of mine to the table.
PS. My girlfriend (a vegetarian) learned a lot about composting/vermiculture in that half-hour, and thankfully despite her horror (she’s afraid of most bugs) she still loves me. Hopefully one day I will get her composting too!
Ciao!
October 26th, 2008 at 11:06 pm
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October 28th, 2008 at 9:08 am
Hey! I want to start a compost when I move to Belgium in January so that I will have nice compost for growing vegetables on my balconies. However, Im not sure about if my roommates will be too happy about having the worms in the house. I was wondering…. what temperatures can they survive in? Could I keep them out on my balcony during a Belgian winter?
November 12th, 2008 at 8:40 pm
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February 1st, 2009 at 8:18 pm
I’m in the process of worm composting. However, what is the best way to get the compost out and leave the worms behind. And how do you cure compost afterwards. thanks, staci
February 4th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
I am definitely going to start my indoor compost project soon, but I did have one question that wasn’t explicitly covered above. About how much compost do the worms provide in a given timeframe?
Also, along with an above poster, I was wondering if anyone know how well it stores.
February 10th, 2009 at 8:44 am
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February 26th, 2009 at 8:30 am
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February 28th, 2009 at 2:13 pm
I have a paper shredder that makes each piece of paper 1/4 the size of a dime. Will that size of shredded paper work ok?
February 28th, 2009 at 4:44 pm
Answer for Dan,
Yeah that size of paper would be perfect.
March 9th, 2009 at 9:05 am
What kind of crosscut shredder do you have? I use Fellowes - http://www.fellowes.com/Fellowes/site/products/ProductsSubCategory.aspx?Name=DESKSIDE_SHREDDERS and have been pleased by it.
March 19th, 2009 at 9:45 am
I am a newbie to redworm composting. Someone suggested that I speed up the process by putting my veggie scraps etc. into a blender before feeding them to the worms. I think it made the food too wet and mushy. What is your opinion on this?
March 20th, 2009 at 12:19 pm
How many worms should I order for a basic under the sink compost bin (not sure how many gallons that is exactly, but imagine a under sink cabinet). I dont want to over order and let the little guys take over or suffer in the Spring melt here in the high mountains of Colorado!
April 10th, 2009 at 11:05 am
Can I use regular computer paper that I put in my shredder also or only newspaper? If it’s only for me and my husband, what size bin should I expect to need?
April 20th, 2009 at 3:53 am
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May 4th, 2009 at 8:07 pm
I think they come in packages that are weighed or have a certain number of worms in them. I would say 1/4 lb. of worms or 500 count.
May 4th, 2009 at 8:10 pm
You definitely want space between the scraps for oxygen. So if the blender gets it too fine or too wet, you should stay away from that. We usually just cut up the scraps into small pieces with a kitchen knife.