[FLPERMACULTURE] urban composting

[Pat Meadows]

On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:07:06 -0400, you wrote:

>Hi folks,
>
>I just moved back downtown (yay for a walking commute to work!) to a house
>rental with no yard at all - only a small patch of gravel.  I've been
>composting for years, but always had land available.  I'm not sure what to
>do now.  I've tried working with worm bins before and been unsuccessful at
>maintaining them well.  Do folks have other recommendations or options?  I'm
>currently keeping my compost in my old bucket hoping I'd come up with a
>solution by the time its full.  Are there free-standing animal-proof
>containers for outside that might not squick my landlord and would hold
>months worth at a time?  Places to drop off a couple of buckets when I have
>them full?  Any ideas appreciated.
>

You might want to try bokashi.  I have an online friend who lives in an
apartment and she's been doing bokashi - she likes it.

See:  http://www.arbico-organics.com/1202401.html

and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bokashi

There's a lot more information available via Googling on 'bokashi'.

Pat
-- Northern Pennsylvania
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