[lavandula girl]

I'm going to agree with that last post. The huge advantage of the decomposers (worms, etc) would outweigh the aesthetic value of the clean tumbler at my house. There are some cases where the tumbler has some merit, though. In very tight quarters, like a ultra small piece of property, I'd say that the tumbler would be better than choosing not to compost due to space restrictions. I think the warning regarding the unfinished nature of this compost is sound, though. You'd probably need to age it after it was finished in the tumbler. Also, this article brings up the good point that you might want more than one tumbler, because if your compost is nearly done, you don't want to suddenly add a bunch of new kitchen scrap to it.

http://www.motherearthnews.com/Natur...-Tumblers.aspx