"Brooklyn1" Gravesend1 wrote in message
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"Rube *composting* Goldberg" wrote:

Thanks Guys, luv the idea of the compost tumbler

Compost tumblers don't work hardly at all and don't last hardly at
all...

That's certainly not been my experience Sheldon. I've got 2 that I've had
for years.

I've never seen one made sturdy enough to support more than
fifty pounds, which in the realm of damp organic matter is a mere
handful... a nice gimmick for those into contraptions. To properly
compost organic matter *MUST* be in contact with the ground so the
creepy crawlies can do their thing. Suspended in space the best you
can hope for is odiferous fermentation, by adding so-called
accelerators the fermentation is speeded up and so you make sludge
(think sewage treatment plant).

Again that's not been my experience. The act of tumbling adds oxgen and
that stops the sort of malodour as well as any fermentation you're talking
about.

Adding worms simply cooks the
worms... worms *must* be able to return to the earth at will or
they'll cook; woimacide!

I agree - don't add worms. Just tumble twice a day or at least once a day.