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Envirocycle compost tumbler full of worms???

In the wintertime, I take my composting efforts indoors to pay attention to the worms. We had yet another uncharacteristically warm day here (if just one more person says "omg i love global warming lol"...ugh ), so I checked out the composter...full of worms! It had just rained, and the inside was a bit damp...so my guess is that the earthworms were just looking for warm, moist ground and they found it in there. They also found a lot of stuff they probably weren't used to, like a Sun Chips bag trying to degrade, and some paper packaging material that I lazily threw in without ripping it up, just for fun. I get a lot of emails talking about worms in the composter...these worms are almost certainly just earthworms (sorry…

Time to Reload the Composter!

My freezer was packed to the brim with rotten food I forgot about...finally decided to throw it in the composter! A little late in the season, but it should be fine.

Envirocycle comes through again!

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UobVCWYUoJg You may remember back in the Fall that I reviewed the Envirocycle compost tumbler, which of course remains an important part of my composting projects. As the months got colder, my material was degrading at a slower rate and I continued to add to it as normal. The instructions mention not filling it beyond 3/4ths of the way, and they weren't kidding. When January rolled around, it was about full and my material was rather frozen when I decided to try tumbling it. The result: The latch bent out of shape. Whoops! That was my lone complaint about the product: lack of non-plastic parts. A metal door hinge and a metal latch would both make the product even better. I wrote Envirocycle with these suggestions, and they happened to…