Balcony composting
nettyr
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Hi all. I'm a complete gardening novice but have recently started to grow my own herb and some flowers. I'm really keen to start composting kitchen waste, although I must admit that my desire to start composting stems from wanting to be more environmentally friendly.
I live in a third floor (and top floor) flat and have a very large balcony. My plants are currently being housed in one of those plastic/pvc greenhouses due to the rubbish weather.
I have done some research in to composting but am now a little confused. Would it be better to get a small composting bin, with a shelf to drain the liquid as I don't have a garden/soil to rest it on (as I have seen advised many times), or a wormery? I'd be concerned with the latter that they wouldn't do well over winter?
Thanks in advance for your help!
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As most of your input will be veg peelings etc, I would go for a wormery. You could put it up against a wall and put poystrene sheet around it if it turns really cold.
We had a thread which dealt with worm composting in depth.
http://www.gardenersworld.com/forum/tools-and-techniques/vermicomposting-for-begginers/255110.html