I’m on the 3 floor of a multi-unit dwelling and rescued a 4 gallon square bucket & lid from the recycling bin, a small hand rake and a part bag of succulent soil from the “free bench”. I added in my morning coffee grounds, crushed eggshells, and shredded brown paper. More recently I’ve been putting in chopped up vegetable waste (the ends, tops, spoiled ends). Then whenever I put something new in I use that little hand rake to stir it up & airiate it. While I can’t really add water to it, there seem to be enough moisture in the coffee grounds to keep thing breaking down. Anyway, that’s how I’ve been making dirt for free to fill some planters to grow ginger 🫚 & other “plants” that the neighbors don’t really know are edible. PS: our community garden that is on private property does charge about $100/year rent because it is paying back a no interest 10 year loan that funded extending the waterline down to garden, and to build raised beds & perimeter fencing. Instead of zucchini’s taking over, I’m currently overrun with delicious cucumbers in my plot. Fortunately, neighbors are much more receptive to taking my extra cucs. 🙃
Our village doesn't have curb-side composting (well it does for garden waste but not kitchen waste) so I compost by sending our food waste to my mother-in-law who composts in a large garden. I have, however, been considering starting up a compost in our tiny little garden. I've been considering a spinning compost bin, so this video was very timely :-)
I keep encouraging others with municipal compost to still get on Share waste. Like you said, municipal compost isn't always available for everyone within the service area; someone letting others add to their compost bin could make municipal composting available for people who are traveling, or who live in apartments or outside of the service limits.
Excellent suggestions, especially that you discussed the pros and cons for each of them. Great that there are few ideas for people who live in apartments or other tiny spaces. My preference, if there's any garden area, is to do trench composting, my parents always used this method for food scraps, and they grew very nice veggies. I'd prefer it over a pile of compost on top of the ground, it doesn't attract pests because it's covered in soil and the worms can pick and choose what they like to eat. Another interesting topic, appreciated all that research you did.
Great video! I'm really into composting too. Our local Starbucks let's me drop off a 5 gallon bucket to collect coffee grounds. I add that to my kitchen scraps and pet rabbit waste along with leaves and grass. I also add dirt and water and turn it with a pitchfork. It turns out great. I love composting and I hate the thought of sending all that valuable waste to the landfills
I wish composting would be more common! Here in the Uk I see so many food caddy’s overflowing and it’s collected once a week which is horrific! When my family’s caddy’s there will be one biodegradable caddy bag inside because of the compost bin we’ve had for 10 years! Yes sometimes it would be better to have two bins and easier to have two bins but we can manage the bin well.
Thank you Emma, I loved the composting tips for smaller spaces on a low budget! In the UK many local councils offer free industrial composting, they provide you with a bin and weekly collections. Our general waste bin rarely fills up any more because most of our waste is from food scraps (it's satisfying to be sending a lot less to the landfill!)
I really wish we had curbside composting in the Dallas, TX area. We have a 2-comparment tumble bin (which I got for free from a friend who was moving), but we fill it even with just the two of us. So, I have to either take stuff to a friend or trash the excess.
I've done vermicomposting inside before. Unfortunately, hubby has veto'ed me keeping "bugs" anymore. (I've had feeder insects for amphibians and pet hissing cockroaches before and they freaked him out.) I highly recommend vermicomposting. So much fun and easy to do!
We used to have a pile like your mom’s when we lived in Pennsylvania and had more land. Since we’ve moved to Florida and it’s so hot and humid with a small yard, I’m having a hard time because we have a large family and we filled a tub SO fast. I tried a worm bin and a pile, but neither have been great so far. There is a collection service you can pay for, but they don’t pick up in our area yet, but I paused this video and signed up for the list when they expand their service area!
Bokashi composter here from way back. So easy and inexpensive, it has been the best choice for us and our vege garden. We have compost collections in our area but hardly anyone uses it as we are all gardeners
Good summary. I do 2 and 3. A relative makes some special composts - banana peel fungi, eggshells calcium powder, and others for fertilizing specific plants. Have a good week!
Corn cobs. I take my compost to my parents. They refuse to take my corn cobs because they don't break down quickly. Is there a good way to compost them without having to throw them in the trash?
I am not really sure. If that's the only thing you have to landfill that is a win to me I think! I would try google or reddit to see if they have an answer
What do you do with the compost, if you don't have a lot of plants to put to compost into? That is something I always wondered, because there MUST be something left after the waste has broken down, so what do you do with it?
So you CAN throw it away. Check out my full food waste video to learn how this creates little-to-no methane. BUT I would try reaching out to local gardeners, farmers, etc on Facebook pages (i.e. Las Vegas Gardeners) to see if anyone wants it :)
Very lucky to have curbside compost in CA. I have a backyard bin also where I put the questionable items that can't go in my curbside yet but may still be compostable.
hi i saw people putting compost in the blender before puting it in a worm compost, it was an ofice compost in the balcony exterior wall floating planter - so ofice compost it is- its very fast...:) as minimum space, time, and cleaning
I live in an apartment and while we don't have curbside composting my city has a public compost drop off site. I have a small bin with a lid that I can keep food scrapes in but I don't know where to store it until it's full. Do I put it in the fridge, freezer, leave it convered on the counter?
Where did you get Bokashi takes 10 days from? You fill the bucket and then you have to let it sit for TWO WEEKS before you add it to soil for the actual composting to begin. It can take at least a further 2 weeks before it's broken down. As for Lomi, it is not composting and should not be called that, ever. It is a way to manage food scraps. Garden Fundamentals (on youtube) did an experiment with it as compost. Besides killing seeds and plants, when water and air are added, it rots and smells putrid. The by-product would need to be added to regular compost or buried in soil that has no plants, for the actual composting to begin.
perhaps it was 10 days minimum,...that's only 4 days less than two weeks haha. Here's my source, sorry I forgot to link them below I will add them! www.thespruce.com/basics-of-bokashi-composting-2539742
I am a compost failure - I live in Arizona - is that a good enough of an excuse? 😂 For the Lomi, if you use a "Kill-a-Watt" to see the voltage you can see the energy load as it is running.
The video seems really important and interesting, and thank you for that, but as someone to whom English is not native language it's just so diffcult to follow.. You speak SO fast! I couldn't keep up. I wish that there were subtitles that would make it more easy to follow.
I do have subtitles in English as well as RUclips allows you to slow videos down, use the gear icon :) I used to talk even faster I promise I"m working on it!
I would like to add. I’ve had worms for almost year as of December of 2023 and I found the different leveled bins to be daunting to get right. Like what if the buckets get stuck together? So instead I did a two layer bin with two old totes. One with holes on the bottom and screen. And no lid. With a lid the moisture accumulated and worms climbed the walls of the bin and escaped through the screen holes. No lid it stays dry on top and they do not want to escape. As for the bottom layer, fill it with bedding like cardboard and paper because they will Inevitably find their way down even with screen on the holes. And excess liquid will drop through and create a lovely place for them to hang out and they will eat the cardboard and paper. Hope this might help someone out there! I always had trouble composting outside and the worms make it so easy. 🩷
I’m on the 3 floor of a multi-unit dwelling and rescued a 4 gallon square bucket & lid from the recycling bin, a small hand rake and a part bag of succulent soil from the “free bench”. I added in my morning coffee grounds, crushed eggshells, and shredded brown paper. More recently I’ve been putting in chopped up vegetable waste (the ends, tops, spoiled ends). Then whenever I put something new in I use that little hand rake to stir it up & airiate it. While I can’t really add water to it, there seem to be enough moisture in the coffee grounds to keep thing breaking down. Anyway, that’s how I’ve been making dirt for free to fill some planters to grow ginger 🫚 & other “plants” that the neighbors don’t really know are edible.
PS: our community garden that is on private property does charge about $100/year rent because it is paying back a no interest 10 year loan that funded extending the waterline down to garden, and to build raised beds & perimeter fencing. Instead of zucchini’s taking over, I’m currently overrun with delicious cucumbers in my plot. Fortunately, neighbors are much more receptive to taking my extra cucs. 🙃
woah that is a great upcycle!! proof that anyone can compost ;) ugh that is unfortunate!
No a question but a tip.
I shred my documents, which contains my personal information that I don't want stolen, and add to my compost bin.
omg that's a great tip!
Our village doesn't have curb-side composting (well it does for garden waste but not kitchen waste) so I compost by sending our food waste to my mother-in-law who composts in a large garden. I have, however, been considering starting up a compost in our tiny little garden. I've been considering a spinning compost bin, so this video was very timely :-)
that's a great option! I hope you find one that works for you :)
I keep encouraging others with municipal compost to still get on Share waste. Like you said, municipal compost isn't always available for everyone within the service area; someone letting others add to their compost bin could make municipal composting available for people who are traveling, or who live in apartments or outside of the service limits.
yes!!! I wish it was available everywhere!
Excellent suggestions, especially that you discussed the pros and cons for each of them. Great that there are few ideas for people who live in apartments or other tiny spaces. My preference, if there's any garden area, is to do trench composting, my parents always used this method for food scraps, and they grew very nice veggies. I'd prefer it over a pile of compost on top of the ground, it doesn't attract pests because it's covered in soil and the worms can pick and choose what they like to eat. Another interesting topic, appreciated all that research you did.
oooh that's a fun idea and seems easy!
My friend had a dog named Grendel. He was also called "The Wet/Dry Vac". Like your dog, he would eat anything, LOL!
hahaha my childhood dog was Jackson so we called him "Jaccuum" hahahahhhaha
i love your videos, i hope your channel blows up soon. Everyone needs to know these things
aww thank you so much! your comments, likes, and shares help a lot :)
I just started using my Lomi in my RV and am super stoked about it! 😊
isn't it great for RV life?!
Great video! I'm really into composting too. Our local Starbucks let's me drop off a 5 gallon bucket to collect coffee grounds. I add that to my kitchen scraps and pet rabbit waste along with leaves and grass. I also add dirt and water and turn it with a pitchfork. It turns out great. I love composting and I hate the thought of sending all that valuable waste to the landfills
that is so cool!!
I wish composting would be more common! Here in the Uk I see so many food caddy’s overflowing and it’s collected once a week which is horrific! When my family’s caddy’s there will be one biodegradable caddy bag inside because of the compost bin we’ve had for 10 years! Yes sometimes it would be better to have two bins and easier to have two bins but we can manage the bin well.
me too! it's insane how much we send to the landfill and how much value is lost!
Thank you Emma, I loved the composting tips for smaller spaces on a low budget! In the UK many local councils offer free industrial composting, they provide you with a bin and weekly collections. Our general waste bin rarely fills up any more because most of our waste is from food scraps (it's satisfying to be sending a lot less to the landfill!)
I love that you have curbside pickup, yay!
I really wish we had curbside composting in the Dallas, TX area. We have a 2-comparment tumble bin (which I got for free from a friend who was moving), but we fill it even with just the two of us. So, I have to either take stuff to a friend or trash the excess.
I've done vermicomposting inside before. Unfortunately, hubby has veto'ed me keeping "bugs" anymore. (I've had feeder insects for amphibians and pet hissing cockroaches before and they freaked him out.) I highly recommend vermicomposting. So much fun and easy to do!
they fill up so fast!!!
I wanna try one day! @@reissval
We used to have a pile like your mom’s when we lived in Pennsylvania and had more land. Since we’ve moved to Florida and it’s so hot and humid with a small yard, I’m having a hard time because we have a large family and we filled a tub SO fast. I tried a worm bin and a pile, but neither have been great so far. There is a collection service you can pay for, but they don’t pick up in our area yet, but I paused this video and signed up for the list when they expand their service area!
yay I hope it comes to fruition soon!
Bokashi composter here from way back. So easy and inexpensive, it has been the best choice for us and our vege garden. We have compost collections in our area but hardly anyone uses it as we are all gardeners
that's great!! Love to hear success stories :)
Good summary. I do 2 and 3. A relative makes some special composts - banana peel fungi, eggshells calcium powder, and others for fertilizing specific plants. Have a good week!
woah interesting! you too :)
Yeay composting!
yay!
My dad bought me a composter!!! I hadn’t used it yet because I was nervous about whether I knew how to do it right or not 🥺
you can do it! composting is so easy and such an experiment. So many great tips online already too :)
composting "wrong" is leaps and bounds better than throwing it in the landfill
Corn cobs. I take my compost to my parents. They refuse to take my corn cobs because they don't break down quickly. Is there a good way to compost them without having to throw them in the trash?
I am not really sure. If that's the only thing you have to landfill that is a win to me I think! I would try google or reddit to see if they have an answer
What do you do with the compost, if you don't have a lot of plants to put to compost into? That is something I always wondered, because there MUST be something left after the waste has broken down, so what do you do with it?
So you CAN throw it away. Check out my full food waste video to learn how this creates little-to-no methane. BUT I would try reaching out to local gardeners, farmers, etc on Facebook pages (i.e. Las Vegas Gardeners) to see if anyone wants it :)
If you have any yard space, you can just put it on the grass/in your yard! That's what I do with mine. I don't have tips for apartments though =(
Very lucky to have curbside compost in CA. I have a backyard bin also where I put the questionable items that can't go in my curbside yet but may still be compostable.
how cool!
hi i saw people putting compost in the blender before puting it in a worm compost, it was an ofice compost in the balcony exterior wall floating planter - so ofice compost it is- its very fast...:) as minimum space, time, and cleaning
woah nice!
Have you heard of blending up your compost with some water in an old blender and then put it into whatever bin type you are using???
I have heard of that but don't really consider it composting? Though it does prevent food waste from the landfill
Hello. I’ll be the first in my family to compost. We live in a town house here in Tampa, FL. Love all your videos
amazing work!
thanks for being here :)
Thanks for having me 🙂🙃
:) @@andreaescobar5818
My fridge just died and all of the food - so good timing
omg best of luck
Another con of composting in AZ is the challenge of finding enough "browns"
oh true!! BUT you don't really need too many browns in the desert because of how dry it is! Also paper counts :)
I live in an apartment and while we don't have curbside composting my city has a public compost drop off site. I have a small bin with a lid that I can keep food scrapes in but I don't know where to store it until it's full. Do I put it in the fridge, freezer, leave it convered on the counter?
That's great! Depends, if it has filters it'll be find on the counter. If it smells, I'd do freezer
Where did you get Bokashi takes 10 days from? You fill the bucket and then you have to let it sit for TWO WEEKS before you add it to soil for the actual composting to begin. It can take at least a further 2 weeks before it's broken down.
As for Lomi, it is not composting and should not be called that, ever. It is a way to manage food scraps. Garden Fundamentals (on youtube) did an experiment with it as compost. Besides killing seeds and plants, when water and air are added, it rots and smells putrid. The by-product would need to be added to regular compost or buried in soil that has no plants, for the actual composting to begin.
perhaps it was 10 days minimum,...that's only 4 days less than two weeks haha. Here's my source, sorry I forgot to link them below I will add them! www.thespruce.com/basics-of-bokashi-composting-2539742
I said that about Lomi :) thanks for your perspective
did you add water to the spinning compost?
yes tons of water since i lived in a dry climate but it just leaks out the bottom
I am a compost failure - I live in Arizona - is that a good enough of an excuse? 😂
For the Lomi, if you use a "Kill-a-Watt" to see the voltage you can see the energy load as it is running.
for sure I just don't want to buy a product to use once
Some libraries loan kill a watt meters. Ours has for years!
CDA has a community garden!?
yup!
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The video seems really important and interesting, and thank you for that, but as someone to whom English is not native language it's just so diffcult to follow.. You speak SO fast! I couldn't keep up. I wish that there were subtitles that would make it more easy to follow.
I do have subtitles in English as well as RUclips allows you to slow videos down, use the gear icon :) I used to talk even faster I promise I"m working on it!
I would like to add. I’ve had worms for almost year as of December of 2023 and I found the different leveled bins to be daunting to get right. Like what if the buckets get stuck together? So instead I did a two layer bin with two old totes. One with holes on the bottom and screen. And no lid. With a lid the moisture accumulated and worms climbed the walls of the bin and escaped through the screen holes. No lid it stays dry on top and they do not want to escape. As for the bottom layer, fill it with bedding like cardboard and paper because they will Inevitably find their way down even with screen on the holes. And excess liquid will drop through and create a lovely place for them to hang out and they will eat the cardboard and paper. Hope this might help someone out there! I always had trouble composting outside and the worms make it so easy. 🩷
Amazing tips thank you so much for sharing!
CDA has a community garden!?
yup!