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    kitchen scraps 2 months ago

    I like this tip I read somewhere (maybe even here) and have been using. Line a waste paper basket with a couple of sheets of newspaper. Drop all the plant-based kitchen scraps in it, including tea bags, coffee grounds, and coffee filters. Add the newspaper and scraps on the compost pile, as all of it will compost, and there will be a good ratio of dry matter to wet. (A bucket of water as a chaser seems to be good, too.) This is the easiest, cleanest way to deal with the kitchen scraps I’ve tried.

    My garden soil leans towards clay, so I think the coffee grounds will help make space for more air in it once the compost gets to the garden. Some people dig sand and vermiculite into clay beds, don’t they?



    Lunashadow is appreciating the way life turned out to be

    Untitled 8 months ago

    I have located an old plastic trash can with a lid that I can recycle as a compost bin. I need holes drilled in it and I’m too busy to stop and do this at the moment. I’ll ask a teenager to do it when I see one.



    The Bin 8 months ago

    In the middle of last weeks doom and gloom there was a small ray of sunshine which I was far too moody to appreciate… the compost bin arrived!

    It is huge and looks like a Dalek.



    Lunashadow is appreciating the way life turned out to be

    Going to start small 8 months ago

    Okay, I’ve research bins. I find them kind of expensive for something one can make. I’m a little on the cheap side. Plus before I purchase one i want to learn how to do this on a simple scale to help me understand what I’m paying for. I researched different ways to make one and I’m going to go with the, hopefully, recycled, plastic garbage can method. I liked this one because I could keep a lid on it instead of only throwing a tarp on it. My next check is checking around the garage and shed and see if I already have one I can use. I think I can probably come up with one. Will do this on next pleasant day. I wonder if we do this all winter. I’ll have to look that up.



    itgoesto11 can't wait

    the bin 8 months ago

    I have to start looking for a bin. Hopefully in the nest week or two.



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    Need a bin 8 months ago

    I will search internet on this. Probably won’t have time today and that’s okay. Will be able to alot some time tomorrow (maybe tonight if I get everything else done). I’m kind of cheap. Don’t want it to be too expensive.



    Lunashadow is appreciating the way life turned out to be

    Just added goal 8 months ago

    I’ve always wanted to do this so what a great goal for 43things to help me accomplish.



    Apparently 8 months ago

    it takes at least 28 days for delivery and my order is ‘progressing normally’ according to the lady I just spoke to. Delivery due next week then!



    How Long... 9 months ago

    Does it take to deliver a Compost Bin? Hmm?

    It took 32 seconds to take the money but over two weeks and still no bin

    ARGH!



    Compost Bin 9 months ago

    Just bought one. Not sure how I got side tracked into doing this but I think that it was the fact you can add old flowers, egg shells and tea bags?!!! to your compost that spurred me on.

    I should have a council subsidised bin in about a week!

    Could life be anymore exciting?!



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