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  Worm box alternative to composting

  We switched to a worm box from composting our people waste a couple of years ago. It has worked out fine. The worms (red wigglers, not any worm) digest everything including household compostables, leaves, grass clippings, sawdust, newspaper and the human contribution. When they get done with it, it looks and smells like forest soil. The only recognizable item I have ever found is an avocado pit.

  We haven't had any problem with smell. I think the worms work the material introducing air so that it does not go anerobic, which is the real smell producer. I use the material when the worms are done with it, which takes about a year. I don't use it on the surface of the soil, but bury it instead, and I don't use it in the vegetable garden.

  We like this approach much better than composting the stuff. The worms do all the work and they do it really well!On Umbra on composting toilets, again posted 3 years, 11 months ago 7 Responses