I remember the Lomi bin being all over my dash when Darren Criss and Mia Swier got one. I wondered if it would be a smaller substitute for my worm bin, which is fairly easy to maintain but the size of a kitchen trash can (about 30 gallons), I had lots of questions about it because I couldn't understand how anything could produce usable compost in less than one day.
I have finally found a helpful article that explains the pros and cons of it. One of the cons? It doesn't actually produce compost. Basically, it combines the function of two other kitchen appliances by pulverizing (food processor or very powerful blender) and dehydrating (dehydrator or oven) your food. The finished product canNOT be used the exact same way that you would use compost, because it has not matured into a soil-like substance the way that mature compost has.
I thought that maybe it could be used to speed up composting with a worm bin, by breaking down and shrinking the food for the worms first before giving it to them. But I don't think it would be worth it for that, because if you add water to it, it expands back to its previous volume. And the rehydration aspect also means it's not ideal as a soil substitute in house plants because it can have the same issues with rotting smells, etc., as before you spent electricity on dehydrating it.
In a newer product photo on the Lomi website, I also saw that the bin is quite a bit larger than I thought, not really what I would consider "countertop" size as Lomi advertises. It looks about 1/3 to 1/2 the size of my worm bin, and about the size of a starter worm bin or the permanent worm bin of someone who doesn't do a lot of cooking or eat lots of bananas (or other fruits and vegetables that come with their own "packaging").
So I will be sticking with my worm bin.
Though now I am looking into bokashi to see if that would be another composting method appropriate for my situation ...
Darren Criss x Mia Swier | est. December 2023 💔🍼 | New Year series 8/10
“In wild uncharted waters
Beyond where man can see
When your eyes outshine the horizon line
And you're finally real, here beside me
I'm right here on the shoreline
I'm right where you left me
And your voice is like
A siren that guides me to
Wild uncharted waters
Alone, just you and me
And I hope you're there in the open air
There's no map or compass to guide me, no
Time may change the shoreline
But time will not change me
If it takes my life
I will finally find you again
In uncharted waters
Come find me again” (x)
gunsnhosesrock: No we will not be playing this song on March 28. Yes you should get tickets to our show @mercuryloungeny NOW! @emilarraud opens! Early show at 6:30 for us elder millennials!!!!!