I stumbled upon domestic-use in-vessel composters (on a lead from @harvestpower, of course).
I had heard of in-vessel composting, but never realized that at least two companies created machines that you plug in, feed with your organic waste (with addition of saw dust), and out comes compost.
As far as I can tell, the process is very fast, so it’s immature compost (composting has a final curing step). But I’m sure the raw stuff that comes out of these machines is pretty good. And to me, one could use this machine for the first step and have a larger separate bin for the curing step.
The two are:
- NatureMill Automatic Compost Bin is from San Francisco (it’s the silver box in the pic on right*)
- And GreenGood are the North American distributors of the Oklin (Korea) in-vessel composter. The interesting thing about the Oklin composters is that they use a special thermophile (called “acidulo” bacteria).
I am so tempted to buy one. Maybe the manufacturers could “lend” me a machine for review and comparisons (hint hint)?
Alas, my wife suggested I build one myself. Gah. Not happening soon.
Image from Nature Mill
*The picture cracks me up. It’s such a Euro-couple. And she’s smiling at him as he dumps an almost full plate of food in the bin. Perhaps it was some bad cooking? Only, whose – his or hers? Sheesh.
