Why throw away kitchen waste when you can so easily make great vermicompost for your garden? All you need is a drum of any size suitable for you, make holes in it, put some stones in the bottom and a hole with a pipe for drainage. Inserting a layer of mesh inside improves ventilation. Set the drum about 30cms off the ground in a shady place on your balcony or in your yard. Start by breaking up some sticks for the bottom. Add green waste, leaves etc. a bit of cow dung and then kitchen waste (without onion) in layers. Get a handful of red vermicompost worms from the Agricultural department or from Nishtha. The contents of the drum should be neither too wet or too dry and must be well-ventilated for the worms to thrive. Keep on adding kitchen waste, green material and occasionally cow dung in layers. Collect the extract that drains out and dilute it 1:10 parts water to use on your pot plants and watch them thrive!
