Urban Composting | Seventh Generation
Showing posts with label Composting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Composting. Show all posts
Friday, August 13, 2010
Urban Composting
I've talked some about the options for apartment/city dwellers who want to compost. I think this post in the Seventh Generation Blog does a good job of laying out some other options I hadn't thought of. Check it out!
Urban Composting | Seventh Generation
Urban Composting | Seventh Generation
Thursday, July 8, 2010
As Seen on Westervin.com
I've recently been featured as a guest blogger on westervin. Check out my post on composting, then take a minute to peruse this eclectic site full of wonderful posts. Read up on making cocktails, or watch some fantastic music videos, maybe win a giveaway, and discover a new artist to love. I'm excited to be included as a guest blogger and I hope you'll enjoy westervin as much as I do (I check it daily...it's kinda sad).
Monday, April 5, 2010
Composting 101
So, I didn't do anything this past weekend (Easter weekend and all). With the move finally finished and lots of unpacking and sorting ahead. My wife and I decided to take the weekend off. So, with nothing to report on the garden front, I thought I'd talk a little about composting.
When we first moved into this new house we immediately decided to start composting. Not only is it a great way to give back to the environment, it's great for gardens. Having never composted before I did some light research and here's what I came up with.
For our composting needs we have a 5 gallon bucket with a lid under our sink. All of our compostable items go in here first. This prevents us from having to run outside every time we have to scrape our plates.
I make a point of emptying this bucket every Monday (at the same time I take the trash to the curb). Because it's just the two of us this works out nicely.
Our compost bin is an old trash can that I've converted by punching holes in the sides and bottom.
I've also set my compost bin off the ground on a few small cinder blocks. This is to allow it to drain and would be important if my bin was metal instead of plastic.
The holes are about 1/8 of an inch thick. That's just enough to make sure the compost gets air circulation and drainage. But not so much that it's coming out of the sides of my bin.
When researching composting I came across a few really good lists of what to and not to compost. I took those lists and compiled one of my own. To make it easy I attached that list next too my indoor bucket.
When we first moved into this new house we immediately decided to start composting. Not only is it a great way to give back to the environment, it's great for gardens. Having never composted before I did some light research and here's what I came up with.
For our composting needs we have a 5 gallon bucket with a lid under our sink. All of our compostable items go in here first. This prevents us from having to run outside every time we have to scrape our plates.
I make a point of emptying this bucket every Monday (at the same time I take the trash to the curb). Because it's just the two of us this works out nicely.
Our compost bin is an old trash can that I've converted by punching holes in the sides and bottom. I've also set my compost bin off the ground on a few small cinder blocks. This is to allow it to drain and would be important if my bin was metal instead of plastic.
The holes are about 1/8 of an inch thick. That's just enough to make sure the compost gets air circulation and drainage. But not so much that it's coming out of the sides of my bin.
When researching composting I came across a few really good lists of what to and not to compost. I took those lists and compiled one of my own. To make it easy I attached that list next too my indoor bucket.
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So there you have it. Easy home composting.
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