How to Compost in an Apartment

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We humans have actively discouraged nature's way of recycling. How? By turning to large-scale garbage dumps. The solution? Composting. So here's how you can recycle right where you are. This is a video from Chai with Lakshmi, India's first award-winning online talk show. Follow the show on Twitter: http://twitter.com/chaiwithlakshmi Follow the show on Facebook: http://facebook.com/chaiwithlakshmi Follow the talk show host at http://lakshmirebecca.com Subscribe to this youtube channel here: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=chaiwithlakshmi

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Vani Murthy is such a beautiful person and a beautiful way of life...

beautiful

Urine is a good activator too.

thank you vani so much..for sharing this useful knowledge of composting..

Thank you for your advice. Will yogurt works as dung as alternative where dung not available? The composting completes in just 3 days or how would I know?

iam afraid of terracotta pot it will break whether children are there in the house.pls give a remedy for this.can i put a pipe at the end of the bucket for air passage

hai mam iam from kerala.can i use plastic bucket with some holes instead of terracotta pot

it says intriduce earthworms... but where i will get earthworms :( pet shop near my house does not have them

Hey laskhmi!! my compost bin is attracting to many flies and thr are white insects in the bin too. What should i do?

thank you.

My mom was big into gardening and growing small veggies in the balcony but after she passed away no one takes care of the plants as much as she used to. I feel bad for not doing the same and am trying to learn all this so i can keep my mother memories alive through those plants and flowers. As a kid i used to tell her "Chi chi mummy gandi matti aur kachra" and she used to tell me about composting. This video reminded me of her a lot. Thanks for this video and thanks for teaching me a noob at this.

Could grated coconut which has its juice extracted for cooking be composted ?

Great idea but it is not audible and I could not understand the instructions clearly!

apu's family from the Simpsons.....they even sound like apu!

I have started just last week, however I'm getting foul smell whenever I open the container. I do churn it every time I add new matter to it.

hello Lakshmi,

i started composting as instructed by this video, however i had used a plastic basket so is it okay?
second after 5 days or so i think it got also got insects within it so is that part of procedure?
please guide me through!

thank you. i wanted to do composting since the only things i throw away is vegetable peelings and fruit cores,used loose tea and once in a while, egg shells

Great video; thanks for the tips, Vani. Question: If I'm going out of town for a few days, is it okay to leave it unattended? How long is okay? Thanks.

Congratulations Vani Murthy on your initiatives to not only compost but to inspire others to do the same.

superb idea women can start it just for personal recreation as well as introduce children to the basic art of gardening.Its a great diversion and also will reduce your blood pressure.