Are there any wormeries suitable for keeping inside? (uk)?

Question

my friend thinks it's a brilliant idea, and would love one - but has no garden space to put it!

Answer 1

Wormeries are often smaller than composting heaps.

Being so small a wormery can be put almost anywhere, most people like to keep their's as close to the kitchen door as possible so that dropping their waste into the bin is as easy as possible. Anything that has lived and died can be composted by worms, but best results are obtained with soft organic wastes such as vegetable peelings, tea leaves, coffee grounds, stale bread, pet hairs and even vacuum cleaner dust!

Wormeries can be sited indoors or outside as they are odourless and hygienic (if a wormery smells, then it is not functioning properly!). Our experience of siting a wormery inside, in the utility room, was short lived because many of the worms escaped and the floor was littered with them. How they got out is not clear because the sections fitted quite tightly together; nor can we understand why they should want to get out, but they did. We didn't like it so we moved the wormery outdoors. There are several different types of wormery on the market, including indoor types.

Answer 2

Well, I don't know if it's exaclty the same as a wormery, but I have worms that I keep indoors for vermi-composting. I just have a plastic tub that I keep them in. I poked small holes in the bottom for drainage, and keep a piece of cardboard underneath (it doesn't drain much). I also have a lid with holes in the top for air flow. At first I had a problem with the worms trying to escape, but I haven't had any problems after that (the provider said they get disoriented during travel). I keep them in a corner of the basement and provide table scraps for them once or twice a week (I collect the scraps in a closed container on my kitchen counter in the mean time).

Hope that helps.

Answer 3

Have you considered a Bokashi bin?

The use micro organisms instead of worms and can take cooked meats, dairy and other foodstuffs unsuitable for wormeries.

I've been using one and there is no smell even from meat or fish. I am waiting for the first one to compost now.

Answer 4

yes,you can do it,and i think about the indoor air problem.

if you have a brilliant idea,please to try!