Had to choose between a worm bin and a bokashi bucket for my studio
I live in a 450 square foot apartment and needed a system that wouldn't smell. The choice was a worm bin or a bokashi bucket. I picked the bokashi method because I was nervous about keeping worms alive. It's been three months, and while it works, I have to store the fermented waste in my freezer until I can drop it at a community garden. Has anyone else dealt with the storage issue? I'm wondering if the worm bin would have been easier in the long run.
Yo, storing fermented waste in your freezer sounds like a huge pain. That's your main problem right there. So you basically traded the worry about live worms for a weird freezer situation. How much space does that bucket take up, and does it ever make your frozen food smell weird?
Honestly, that freezer thing is exactly why I switched. I tried bokashi in my old place and it was a nightmare. I had a bag of that fermented stuff leak a little juice next to my ice cream, and the whole freezer smelled like pickles and death for a week. It totally put me off. I ended up getting a small worm bin and it was way less hassle once it was set up.