Who Should Compost
Composting isn't just about making a pretty nutrient rich soil for your garden. It's about reducing the waste in our landfills (it doesn't break down there).
The average user, if diligent, can save at least 10 pounds of waste a week from going to a landfill.
This lens provides 10 composting tips to help you along the road to becoming greener as well as pointing you in the direction of some extraordinary composting lenses.
The Tips
Keep it simple..
Here are ten important tips every composter should incorporate into their daily lives. In no particular order:
1. Aerate. Your compost needs oxygen if it is going to break down the materials you add. If it is a tumbler, turn it. If it is static then get a stick/pole/shovel and get in there and move it around.
2. Save the worms. If you find a worm while you're gardening carefully relocate it to your compost bin. And it will happily work on breaking down your wastes. The more help you have the better!
3. Go Big. Container wise that is. Bigger is better when composting but smaller is better than nothing at all.
4. Get cracking! Rinse and break up your egg shells before adding them to your compost pile. This gives them a head start and you will be less likely to find undigested shell later when you go to use your compost.
5. Add fluid to your compost. You don't want it too wet but you do not want it too dry either. Water-downed leftover fruit juices are a great treat for your compost instead of pouring them down the drain.
6. Sunshine is best! Composters work quicker in sunny locations but if you have to, partial sun will work too (it will just take longer).
7. Cover it up. Keep a clear bag of leaves next to the composter so you always have brown material to cover new waste additions. This will also help keep the fly population down in the summer.
8. Double duty. If you have the room, two composters are better than one. While you are busy filling one composter the second one can be busy working in the sun. When it's time to empty one they can switch positions and start all over again.
9. Cupboard list. Keep a list posted on the inside of one of your cupboard doors so you can see at a glance what can and cannot be composted so there is no confusion (see handy .pdf below).
10. Kitchen Aid. You're more likely to compost if you don't have to run out to the composter a few times a day. Keep a lidded container in your kitchen for convenience and empty a few times a week.
What Goes In
To later come out as beautiful...
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Happy Composting!
My Favorite Composters
Be sure to check with your local waste management facility for inexpensive composting containers.
You Grow Girl
From a crafty lady...
This is one of my favorite gardening sites and books. It was started by green gyrl Gayla Trail a writer, photographer, graphic designer and all around diva with a penchant for cultivating gardens of love.In 2005 she published the book You Grow Girl: The Groundbreaking Guide to Gardening and it is still going strong, along with the online community of growing chics.
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Making it easier...
They are becoming more and more decorative to suit decor but they are small enough to be tucked under the counter. I keep my at the end of the counter by the back door for convenience. If someone is going out they can't miss it.
I found our plastic one in the garbage can section of the local hardware store (the same one the local waste management carried).
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Do You Compost?
Share one or two of your composting tips. We would love to hear what works and doesn't work for you.
Happy Composting!
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flicker
Feb 1, 2012 @ 11:34 am | delete
- Yes, I compost. My latest trick is to sprinkle alfalfa meal in my compost bin. That adds nitrogen to help the process.
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Airyu2011
Jan 28, 2012 @ 8:18 pm | delete
- I compost nearly everything I can, great lens!
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Tipi
Jan 27, 2012 @ 2:25 am | delete
- Returning to sprinkle a little angel dust over your compost....
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Dec 26, 2011 @ 10:07 am | delete
- A great lens to read about composting from a fellow compostee.
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kelli320
Sep 24, 2011 @ 3:21 pm | delete
- I'm thinking about composting. I cook so much and always have peels, cores and stems left and always think- "I need to do that". Ive been looking at Amazon and see composters and worm composters. Are they the same thing?
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