Column idea: introduction to compost. It could include aerobic vs anaerobic, home vs industrial, vermiculture, are things like the expensive Lomi kitchen composter worth it?
The Lomi composter has gotten pretty good reviews and is less expensive than the Vitamix, although you have to keep buying filters for it. There is a very inexpensive indoor composter that uses prebiotic bacteria to break food down, if you look at kitchen composters on line. It sounds, though, like you have mastered the rotating barrel composter this year.
From a Sierra post: "First, know that a healthy compost pile requires a mix of dry, carbon-rich "brown" items (e.g. dry leaves and grasses, newspaper, dead plant clippings, wood branches, hay, straw, sawdust, and pine needles) and wet, nitrogen-rich "green" items (e.g. grass clippings, food scraps, coffee grounds, tea bags, and fresh leaves)."
I was excited about the idea of the Lomi composter - a way of producing compost quickly and without worms in the cold months. After the initial investment of about $500, the charcoal filters add a few hundred dollars per year, providing the manufacturer, Pela, with ongoing income for each unit purchased. Not a plus.
I agree! I've been looking into this myself. I want to find a few people who could provide some good insight, so if anybody out there has some experience to share, let me know!
I got one.. as Judith said above, not sure it is very cost effective with the filters, and the electricity.. but makes you feel good :). Also if you try to compost it takes more thatn a day. If you just dehydrate it takes.. But for deydrating, I think there is one which is better.
There is one by vitamix. I also have the drum thing in the yard. Last year did not get much out of as I did not put in enough sompost starter. Got good compost this year.. problem is always getting brown material.
Column idea: introduction to compost. It could include aerobic vs anaerobic, home vs industrial, vermiculture, are things like the expensive Lomi kitchen composter worth it?
The Lomi composter has gotten pretty good reviews and is less expensive than the Vitamix, although you have to keep buying filters for it. There is a very inexpensive indoor composter that uses prebiotic bacteria to break food down, if you look at kitchen composters on line. It sounds, though, like you have mastered the rotating barrel composter this year.
From a Sierra post: "First, know that a healthy compost pile requires a mix of dry, carbon-rich "brown" items (e.g. dry leaves and grasses, newspaper, dead plant clippings, wood branches, hay, straw, sawdust, and pine needles) and wet, nitrogen-rich "green" items (e.g. grass clippings, food scraps, coffee grounds, tea bags, and fresh leaves)."
I was excited about the idea of the Lomi composter - a way of producing compost quickly and without worms in the cold months. After the initial investment of about $500, the charcoal filters add a few hundred dollars per year, providing the manufacturer, Pela, with ongoing income for each unit purchased. Not a plus.
I agree! I've been looking into this myself. I want to find a few people who could provide some good insight, so if anybody out there has some experience to share, let me know!
I got one.. as Judith said above, not sure it is very cost effective with the filters, and the electricity.. but makes you feel good :). Also if you try to compost it takes more thatn a day. If you just dehydrate it takes.. But for deydrating, I think there is one which is better.
I am trying traditional composting out in my garden with a unit recommended by Wirecutter. We'll see how this goes....
What unit is better?
There is one by vitamix. I also have the drum thing in the yard. Last year did not get much out of as I did not put in enough sompost starter. Got good compost this year.. problem is always getting brown material.
Here's a comment as a test.