Comments on: Bye bye fertilizer, let your waste work for you.

By: wlahey

wlahey — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:34:10 +0000

I purchased my Nature Mill directly from the company about a month ago…
It has malfunctioned and failed to transfer every single time since the first day I bought it ($400.00 “Pro Edition”). The first fix from the company was to manually dig out the compost, find the broken latch and they emailed me instructions on how to put it back together. Unit failed again the following day, company says I need ugrade latch kit and spring plates which they ship me. Here I am three weeks later with my upgrade kit installed and I say to my self, self let’s try it out before we fill the old bin with crud this time. So unit goes into transfer mode and latch breaks out and slingshots across room ( had top open to see). Company refuses to refund due to notice on website that if it is used at all they will not take return. My argument is that it has not been used because it has never functioned correctly not once even with factory recommended upgrade (which I find curious since I ordered it directly from the factory and they didn’t install the upgrade for me????) This company had a great idea buy very poor execution and I suspect that is why they have the ridiculous policy.

By: Uncle B

Uncle B — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 15:57:12 +0000

My ‘verminator’ – a plastic box with drainage and earthworms, does the same sans electric connection, and eats all my waste paper, including newsprint and junk-mail without a burp! Granted, it needs emptying which involves separating the worms from the castings every so often, but it does not smell, and the final product grows great veggies the next season! Lots of reasons for preferring a dry process without worms, but the verminator is the fastest and most eco-loving of the two, though probably not the most convienent!

By: Deepak

Deepak — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 08:50:38 +0000

Nice utilization of food scraps…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:47:51 +0000

Very cool! I think I will have to get one of these for sure, I love it!

By: Robert

Robert — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 01:43:16 +0000

I just watched a show on the History Channel called Modern Marvels and the Nature Mill was part of the program as well as another interesting product by Pacwind for convertinf wind to electricty…Anyway, the composter used next to nothing in elecric. I thought I’d share that. if you are interested in the idea of wind power checkout http://www.pacwind.net/ great stuff!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 18:22:32 +0000

The article stated that the unit consumes 5 kw hours per month, after checking that with the product website it seems to be true, a mere $.50 per month. Very low power consumption for a truly beneficial product like this. Love this product, great post!

By: John

John — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 16:00:00 +0000

The idea is frankly brilliant, but I would be concerned about electricity consumption. An outdoor composter takes no energy inputs, but this thing plugs in. Anyone have one hooked into a Kill-A-Watt?

By: Rymus

Rymus — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 18:11:32 +0000

This sound’s like the perfect late xmas present. Anyone out there actually use it and have success? How quickly does it fill up? Does it stink?