Appreciation post: I hit 20 pounds of finished compost in my 5-gallon bucket

I mean, I started this worm bin in my studio apartment six months ago just to see if I could do it. I kept a little notebook and weighed the scraps going in. This morning I pulled out the finished stuff and it was exactly 20 pounds. That's a whole bag of potting soil I don't have to buy. It just felt like a real win, you know? Makes all the little bits of banana peels and coffee grounds feel worth it. Anyone else track their output and get surprised by the numbers?

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elliotl242mo ago

My buddy's worm bin made more dirt than his whole garden needed last year.

skylerg174d ago

I bagged up about 40 gallons of castings one spring and didn't know what to do with it all. I just put a couple bags at the end of my driveway with a "free compost" sign and they were gone in a day. Gardeners around here will drive across town for good worm castings, I swear. Now I just keep a stack of old plastic pots and fill them up to give away when someone comes by. The trick is to dry them out a bit first so they don't turn into a muddy mess in the bag or they'll get all moldy sitting around. Sort of a nice problem to have, too much black gold.

parkerkim2mo ago

Nice! I had that happen once. I just bagged the extra compost in old soil bags and gave it to neighbors. Honestly they were all super happy to get free good dirt for their flower pots.