My city has the oddest regulations when it comes to stuff like folks being self-sufficient in the slightest. Sometimes it seems they are generally in opposition to all methods of sustainable sufficiency...including the collecting of rainwater. The tricky part is that a lot of people attempt to do it anyway, but the second that word gets out that they’re doing it, City inspectors will be knocking at the door wanting to get a look at what’s going on and ready to write tickets for violations.

We toe the line as much as we can. I know that worms will actually produce faster, I’ve done a lot of reading about red wigglers and composting using them, but I’m not entirely sure. I would imagine, in a bin-type situation, as long as it was kept small and wouldn’t create a stink (literally), that it would be fairly simple to get around that one.

Same goes with collecting rainwater. It’s an easier one to get around if you do it in a small scale...but still really sucks that something like these things are actually illegal.