September 24th 2011: Have begun composting with a khamba that looks like this.
I have kept it on my terrace in an area where there is light, cross ventilation, some sun, but it is protected from the rain.
The khamba is rather ingeniously designed. The top two pots have little vents for circulation, covered with guaze to prevent unwanted rodents' entry.
The instructions say that the bottom of the middle and upper pots, which just have some netted cords running through, need to be lined with newspaper, which I did, before dumping my organic waste.
I am putting all veggie and fruit peels, egg shells, used coffee powder from my filter, tea bags, tea leaves and stuff like dried leaves from my potted plants. I have so far filled up one pot, which is now in the middle, and am halfway through the next one.
Happy to report the absence of foul smell and fruit flies or other such stuff, (so far at least). The reason could be that the place I have kept it is airy and so the aerobic microbes are more?
The bottom most pot has a lining of sand.
The middle pot's waste now has blackened and shrivelled, but has not yet become like this.
I have kept it on my terrace in an area where there is light, cross ventilation, some sun, but it is protected from the rain.
The khamba is rather ingeniously designed. The top two pots have little vents for circulation, covered with guaze to prevent unwanted rodents' entry.
The instructions say that the bottom of the middle and upper pots, which just have some netted cords running through, need to be lined with newspaper, which I did, before dumping my organic waste.
I am putting all veggie and fruit peels, egg shells, used coffee powder from my filter, tea bags, tea leaves and stuff like dried leaves from my potted plants. I have so far filled up one pot, which is now in the middle, and am halfway through the next one.
Happy to report the absence of foul smell and fruit flies or other such stuff, (so far at least). The reason could be that the place I have kept it is airy and so the aerobic microbes are more?
The bottom most pot has a lining of sand.
The middle pot's waste now has blackened and shrivelled, but has not yet become like this.