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Small tub
6 months ago
Finally started this goal. Got a small tub to collect kitchen compostable material. Next step: install larger tub in backyard.
How to start composting
It made me 
"Love not putting valuable nutrients in my garbage can! Plus, then they don't stink!"
How I did it: I bought a cheap, black rubber garbage can and drilled holes in it. It stays outside near the back door, and we collect table scraps in it. We also bought a mesh fence and enclosed a 3-foot square area to dump table scraps and yard waste.
Then we collected grass clippings, leaves, etc and dumped in the bin. We weren't particularly good at turning it, but did once in a while, and the stuff rots on its own.
Also got a crock for tossing fruit and vegetable peels, etc., in to keep on the kitchen counter. Sure cuts down on trips outside.
Lessons & tips:
- Be more vigilant than us. Turn the pile once in a while.
- If you decide to get a crock for your kitchen, be prepared for fruit flies in summer. Traps can help, but in the end, we put the crock in the garage during the worst part of the summer.
- Don't put meat or animal products (other than eggshells) in the bin. They will attract other animals.
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zurii blah
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9 months ago
I just need to get myself a compost bucket. Which might not be for awhile since I have my phone bill to pay.
littlejude is a storm in a teacup.
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10 months ago
once the weather gets warmer, i just need a big plastic storage container, poke some holes in it, get a bit of soil and go for it. i’m already good with separating my garbage – i know what can and can’t go in there.
and once it becomes full, i’ll either offer it to people, sell it, or dump it on the communal garden compost heap.
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Starting Soon
14 months ago
Since I’m eating all veggies now, I have a lot of organic matter that gets thrown out. I’ll soon have my own place and no roommates, so I think I’ll start a compost in the backyard. I don’t have much use for it, but there is a small flower bed in front of the house, and maybe I can start one in the back yard too. Won’t be planting anything until next spring, but it will take that long to get the compost really going anyway.
I won’t mark this as done until I actually get a bucket and start collecting.
that one girl knows that all big changes are made one small decision at a time!
dirt.
15 months ago
amazingly destructive!! cut our garbage pick up in half, and is making hundreds of tomatoes in my garden!!
farrahann is lovin it all......
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16 months ago
Was very excited to find out that my city subsidides a compost bin for just 25$$ What a deal I am off to buy on this coming week for my backyard! Yeah for Calgary..
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Why not?
17 months ago
I don’t see any reason not to compost. It would cut down on my garbage accumulation, it’s better for the environment, it cuts down on pollution and garbage collection costs, reduces greenhouse gases, and it isn’t a whole lot of work. The only question remaining is what to do with it. I don’t garden, I don’t grow crops or flowers, and none of my friends really do either. Maybe I’ll start this when I move into my new place. I just need a bucket and some space in the yard, maybe one of those big compost bins.
Not Quite Ready...
18 months ago
My current location/ living situation isn’t quite ideal for composting. I am living in an officetel in Korea at the moment. So for now, I am on the track of reading about and learning the ropes of composting. Hopefully, when I get back stateside I will be ready.
