Ever since I got interested in gardening, I wanted to try composting. But in Australia, there were too many weather challenges that prevented me from starting the process. Hence, it was on my wish list for India.
Before I bought it for myself, I had the chance to buy it for Mom. She was already recycling her vegetable waste by putting them into the various pots she had. But, this was attracting flies and was visually unappealing. Hence, I convinced her to try out Daily Dump's composter. She has been using it for more than three years now.
I waited to buy mine till we atleast had a couple of plants that it could be used in. I finally placed the order last week to pick it up from a local centre.
Here is what it looks like. It is a 3-tiered Khamba (small) depending on our vegetable consumption.
We have started using it and marveling at how little waste we are throwing out now! We compost vegetable peels, left over food, bread ends, egg shells (crushed), meat bones (washed), coffee grounds and tea leaves.
It has been a month since we have started using it. So far, we have nearly filled the top bin. It looked a bit dry and was not composting quickly enough, so I have added a bit of water. Hopefully, it will break down sooner then.
The lowest bin will house some dried leaves that will be mixed with the partially composted waste. We asked our society's maali to give us the leaves. He was really thrilled that we were making our own khaad.
Let's see how this turns out.
Before I bought it for myself, I had the chance to buy it for Mom. She was already recycling her vegetable waste by putting them into the various pots she had. But, this was attracting flies and was visually unappealing. Hence, I convinced her to try out Daily Dump's composter. She has been using it for more than three years now.
I waited to buy mine till we atleast had a couple of plants that it could be used in. I finally placed the order last week to pick it up from a local centre.
Here is what it looks like. It is a 3-tiered Khamba (small) depending on our vegetable consumption.
 |
| Daily dump compost bin |
We have started using it and marveling at how little waste we are throwing out now! We compost vegetable peels, left over food, bread ends, egg shells (crushed), meat bones (washed), coffee grounds and tea leaves.
It has been a month since we have started using it. So far, we have nearly filled the top bin. It looked a bit dry and was not composting quickly enough, so I have added a bit of water. Hopefully, it will break down sooner then.
The lowest bin will house some dried leaves that will be mixed with the partially composted waste. We asked our society's maali to give us the leaves. He was really thrilled that we were making our own khaad.
Let's see how this turns out.
No comments:
Post a Comment