What tools and techniques does Natasha Nicholes recommend for beginner composters?

Natasha leans into simple, low-cost tools and kid-friendly techniques for beginners.

From worm composting specifically, Natasha recommends:

1. Starting with a shallow, inexpensive plastic tote (like a 10-gallon Rubbermaid Roughneck) instead of a deep bin, so it is easier to manage a smaller worm population indoors
2. Using newspaper and cardboard as moist bedding, instead of throwing them away
3. Skipping meat, fats, oils, eggs, and pesticide-treated scraps, and limiting citrus to keep worms healthy
4. Matching worm quantity to your scraps: about 1,000 worms per pound of food waste per day, based on what your household actually produces in a week
5. Involving kids as “bin reviewers” so they help check what is safe to feed the worms

Would you like suggestions for setting up a first indoor bin step by step?