On Oct 22, 1:03*pm, Dave Smith > wrote:
> On 22/10/2011 1:03 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
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> > ImStillMags wrote:
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> >> There is a local company here that makes one of the best worm
> >> composters available.
> >> They have a whole system of 'circular' gardening, compost, grow, eat
> >> the vegetables, compost the waste, grow the veggies.
>
> >> I have no 'interest' in the company, but their product is great and I
> >> thought those of you who have container gardens might be able to use
> >> something like this. * *I really like the idea of recycling as much as
> >> is possible and this is the perfect way to use up kitchen waste and
> >> make great garden soil out of it.
>
> >> Check it out.
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> >>http://naturesfootprintinc.com/
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> > Without contact with the ground those things are worthless as
> > composters... they ferment, they turn organic material into smelly
> > slime... they do not compost. *With no access to the ground any worms
> > introduced will die, they will dehydrate, cook, freeze, or drown.
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> > I've been composting for most of my life, for as long as I've been
> > gardening. *This is the best composter I've found, it is the only one
> > with a 25 year warranty. *I've been using mine for almost 25 years and
> > it's still good as new... but most importantly it works well. *When I
> > bought mine it cost $40. *Wehn I bouhgt it I also ordereded the
> > stirrers, I never use them, all I do is add more organic matter, never
> > bother to stir, it works all by itself.
> >http://www.composters.com/compost-bi...st-bin---85-ga...
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> That is the kind I use. Our town was giving them away for free at first
> and then sold second units for about $15. *I have two of them. I just
> throw the garbage on top and once in a while when i need a bit of good
> top soil I open it up and dig some out of the bottom.
>
> I don't know why the rotating model should be anymore use to city
> dwellers with smaller lots. They take up just as much room.
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> > I don't bother with the bottom doors, in the spring I simply lift up
> > the entire thing and move it to a new spot (they now offer a bottom
> > screen, I'd not use it), leaving the mound of compost behind to do
> > with as I will. *Many of my neighbors after seeing it bought one too.
> > My next door neighbor spent $600 on a giant gear driven drum, not only
> > didn't it compost, the plastic gear teeth broke as it couldn't support
> > the weight of even a half load, paid for a lot of useless plastic:
> >http://www.composters.com/compost-tu...w-compost-tumb...
> > He bought two Earthsavers. *I showed him mine before he bought that
> > stupid tumbler but his ego wouldn't let him consider my simple
> > composter... took two years and one day I saw him setting up two
> > Earthsavers. *For cook-outs he fills his tumbler with ice and uses it
> > as a $600+ beer cooler. LOL

Well, a lot of city dwellers have maybe a balcony or patio and not a
"lot".