I just call it composting with worms, in a worm box.

Worms multiply, too, and you have to give them away, or put them in a new worm box, to avoid overcrowding and worm cannibalism.

Assembling this worm box was a cinch.

And since my worm box called for 5 pounds of shredded paper, that meant 15 pounds of water!

I set my worm box in the kitchen next to a window that has no radiator, because red worms thrive at temperatures between 55 and 77 degrees.

You can also buy worm boxes and worms.

And so have the baby boomers - 60 million potential consumers of trowels, perennials, shrubs, trees, lily ponds and worm boxes.

But to get back to Earth, particularly compost, how about a worm box for composting kitchen waste indoors this winter?

I had dumped them out of their worm box onto the pile one freezing day last winter.

Point out that a properly constructed and maintained worm box will not smell unpleasant.