I always have the best intentions. I have guilt when I throw organic matter in the trash. In my renewed conviction to compost my kitchen scraps this summer, I dug this lovely container out from under the sink. I had heaps of scraps from cutting up vegetables from the garden in order to freeze them. I put them all in the compost container knowing that I needed to go get more red worms to begin my vermiculture back up. (More on that later.) But I have procrastinated and there they sit, rotting. Which is what compost is, but not very pleasant on the kitchen counter.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with the stainless steel kitchen compost container. Jut the composter….me! I have my putrefying vegetable scraps sitting on my kitchen counter. You would think my house smelled like garbage, I’m sure. But surprisingly it does not. The stainless steel compost container ha s two carbon air filters to keep the stink out. Only when you lift the lid, you get hit in the face with the awful smell.

And the worm bin in the basement, does not smell at all. It looks super gross, but it mostly smells earthy. So I have my nearly worm-less vermiculture bin in the basement. A few years ago, I began composting kitchen scraps in my basement. I kind of let it go for the past year and there it sat. I couldn’t hear them screaming and I got busy and just forgot about it. I should be arrested for wormicide. I checked my worm bin to see if there were any survivors. Worms are pretty hardy little fellas. There were a few remaining in the goop.