On Apr 20, 11:29 pm, "Val" wrote:
"Father Haskell" wrote in message

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recommending indoor worm bins
so as not to attract vermin. You'll also end up with a
much higher quality compost in 1/4 of the time.

Worm bins rock!

Since moving to a 3rd floor home with now only a balcony garden, compost
bins aren't viable for me. I've had a worm bin under my kitchen sink for
several years and it works like a charm. It was easy and inexpensive to
make, doesn't smell, gives me great top dressing for my plants and 'worm
tea' to mix in the water for plant watering.

Activate it by mixing a tablespoon of molasses with each
quart of tea and dropping in an aquarium air stone for 48
hours. The result is like organic rocket fuel. I've seen plants
turn an almost glowing electric green the day after feeding.
Note that the nutrients don't change so much, but the microbial
population increases several hundredfold -- it is they
who are doing the major share of the feeding, now at
high efficiency thanks to their greater number.

The only problem I have, even
though my bin is relatively small, is keeping the wigglers fed. Thank
goodness the produce market saves a small stash of organic produce trimmings
for me to collect a few times a week.

Val