Comments on: Apartment Composting 101: Vermicompost with Barb Finnin

By: The Great Village: How To Homestead at Ryan Is Hungry

The Great Village: How To Homestead at Ryan Is Hungry — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:45:35 +0000

[…] Melinda shows how she’s livin’ in Northern CA. We were tickled that she mentioned our Apartment Composting 101 video! Thanks Melinda and Giselle for including a […]

By: jay

jay — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:33:32 +0000

If you put wadded paper in the top of the bin, then flies don’t have room to fly in and lay eggs.

By: misty

misty — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:38:31 +0000

my roommate and i had our apt. compost for about a month and it didn’t smell or anything bad.. it seemed to be working really well actually, but we noticed we had ton of fruit flies in our house and they were nesting in it so we had to throw it away.. is there any way to avoid this problem?? we really want to try again..

thank you!

misty

By: jay

jay — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 03:23:03 +0000

Hey Luke…I think indoor composting is extremely important. Urban folks shouldn’t feel helpless in being smart about their waste. How would you do indoor composting without worms. Also, no chemicals.

By: luke

luke — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 17:17:13 +0000

do you think it would be a good idea to design a product to facilitate indoor composting. perhaps using an alternative to worms and ensuring it is a clean, odourless, and easy process. i am currently involved in a college industrial design project to design such a product.

By: jay

jay — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 19:50:32 +0000

We sometimes get cases of tiny flies, but they usually go away after a couple days. The key is not overfeeding the worms so there is rotting food, and keeping plenty of newspaper fluffed up inside the box so the flies can;t get inside and lay eggs.

Honestly, as long as there is air circulating in your worm bin, food decomposes cleanly.

By: Laura

Laura — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 08:17:12 +0000

What about bugs?

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Ryan Is Hungry — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 04:46:31 +0000

[…] Since our first vermicompost video with Barb Finnin, we’ve been getting lots of feedback from old friends and new about how they’re making their bins happen! Like Rachel from Chicago, who sent us this picture of her new bin. Thanks Rachel! Keep up the composting! […]

By: maid

maid — Sat, 26 May 2007 11:38:42 +0000

i need to film(video) vermicompost production. compost tea film
thank you

By: missb

missb — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 23:02:00 +0000

I cannot wait to do this. Seriously. I’m all over it. I want worms!

By: B

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 18:54:01 +0000

this is possibly my favorite long video ever. i couldnt stop watching. i read a book about composting last year but have a hard enough time getting my roommates to recycle, so i just think about it a lot. this is so helpful and important and now i wanna come over and meet your worms!

By: bicyclemark

bicyclemark — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 05:12:20 +0000

woke up last week, one morning, and found myself in philadelphia. turned on this particular vlog entry and as everyone in the apartment woke up.. they sat next to me and watched the composting!

By: JCJCBBG

JCJCBBG — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 04:32:25 +0000

i love long video
this could have been 45 more minutes
as long as i’m inspired and learning
there’s no rush.

i live on an acre of land so
all my scraps go to the yard
i’ve even begun to piss and poo
outside

can i type “poo” here?
feel free to delete comment

anyways
great work!
if i still lived in new york city
i would have implemented these techniques.

I have grown my own rolly polly colony
with green tea leaves, coffee grounds &
egg shells.

The blujays and red robins eat left over
dry dog food that gets soggy from the mist, i set it by rain water bowls.
They are pregnant here in spring and ready to birth.

Best Regards