About Compost Craft
About Compost Craft
Compost Craft is a practical resource for anyone in the UK who wants to start composting at home — whether you have a garden, a balcony, or just a kitchen cupboard to spare. No overblown promises, no pseudo-science — just straightforward guides covering the things beginners actually need to know.
The guides here focus on UK contexts, UK suppliers, and real British living conditions. Most composting content online is written for a US audience with different climates, different equipment, and different expectations. That creates real problems when you are trying to follow advice that assumes you have a yard, a warm climate, or access to products that do not ship here. These guides are written to fill that gap.
Topics covered include:
- Bokashi composting — indoor fermentation, what to put in the bin, and what to do when the waste is ready
- Wormeries — setting up your first worm bin, keeping worms happy, and harvesting castings
- Troubleshooting — smells, mould, fruit flies, and the other problems that catch beginners out
- Small-space composting — flat-friendly solutions, indoor setups, and balcony options
- Seasonal guides — what changes in winter, how to keep systems going through a British January
- Safety — how to know when something is wrong and when it is just part of the process
About Sam
I am Sam, a gardener based in the English Midlands. I got into composting properly in 2019 after moving into a terraced house with a tiny back yard and realising how much food waste was going straight into the council bin. I started with a £20 bokashi bucket from a garden centre in Leamington Spa, killed my first batch by overloading it with onion peel, and spent the next six months figuring out what actually works in a British home through damp winters and stuffy summers.
Since then I have run three different bokashi setups, two wormeries, and a small outdoor compost bay — mostly in spaces no bigger than a kitchen table. I have dealt with a fruit-fly invasion that made the kitchen briefly uninhabitable, a wormery so wet the bedding turned to sludge, and enough white mould to wallpaper a bathroom. I still get it wrong sometimes. That is the point — composting is forgiving if you know what to watch for.
What I write about:
- Hands-on testing of bokashi bins and wormeries in real UK homes
- Seasonal adjustments for British weather — frost protection, summer heat, damp autumns
- Budget-friendly alternatives to expensive branded kits
- Troubleshooting based on actual mistakes, not theory
What I do not claim to be:
- A soil scientist or microbiologist — I understand the basics of fermentation and vermicomposting, but I defer to academic sources for deep biology
- A zero-waste guru — I still put some things in the bin. I aim for better, not perfect
- A product reviewer who keeps everything — I test gear, then pass it on or wear it out
All guides are written from hands-on experience or thoroughly researched from authoritative UK sources including the Royal Horticultural Society, Garden Organic, and WRAP. If I have not tried something in British conditions, I will tell you. If there is a catch you will not read about in the glossy product descriptions, I will mention it.
When I am not fiddling with compost bins, I grow vegetables in raised beds, volunteer with a local allotment association, and spend too much time reading soil health papers I barely understand.
Get Started
New to composting? Start with the bokashi setup guide or the wormery beginner’s guide — both cover everything you need to get going without spending a fortune or making a mess.