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To worm farm or not to worm farm? (self.zerowaste)

submitted 1 year ago by punkfrog to c/zerowaste

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Hi Punks! I am wondering what would be the best option to do some eco waste recycling at home? I am living in a small flat and have a balcony where I am trying to grow some veggies and herbs. Lately I am getting targeted apps about worm farms that you can have either in your flat (because apparently they don't smell?) Or on a balcony. Does anyone have experience with this? Or does it make more sense to simply compost? I think you can use bokashi as well to compost that has some microorganisms? I am wondering what would be the best option smell wise and suitable for smaller amounts of waste and space. If anybody has some experience to share I'd be grateful :)

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[–] punkfrog 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wow thanks so much! You are making me reconsider now :) I am also in Germany and was worried about the winter. Another thing I was wondering about with bokashi, since it ferments instead of composting, don't you end up with leftover ermented scraps in the end? And need to throw those away?

[–] kwossi 1 points 1 year ago

You do. you can use these in your garden beds or containers. i replenished some soil with it that i used in containers. it worked quite well for me and when i checked the containers after the season the scraps had completely degraded. but you would have worm castings from the worm farm too. so there's also a left over.

another thing with the worm farm is that it can take some sweet time to establish, for your wormies to multiply and actually be ready to eat all your kitchen scraps. with bokashi you can start immediately with all your trash.

what I can't really tell you is how its gonna be with meat and dairy (I don't have that kind of trash).