Who is composting?

cookn biker

I just got this. I snapped it together and hope it lasts and the critters stay out. Looks like I'll have to hand stir. Perhaps a pitch fork for that? A new journey.

Mainegg

we do if we remember LOL I try to keep a vegi prep bowl on the counter when I am cooking and toss everything in there and take it out and toss it in.

stike

i am, but no magic devices, just a pile. leaves should be mulched if you can (shredded), grass clippings, kitchen waste.

we eat a lot of fresh fruit and veggies, and probably 30+ pounds of stuff, peels, coffee grounds, even paper napkins, go into the compost. turn it over, keep it moving, and the pile will get smokin hot (140+) which can kill off weed seeds.

i even shredded a bunch of important papers and stuff, and that went into the pile too. long gone. only thing that hasn't broken down is the sunchips bag from last summer :laugh:

cookn biker

Julie, Forgot to post the pic. Long day.
Does yours tumble?

cookn biker

Some sites say no banana peels. Orange peels cut fine. I got 2 boxes of important paper headed there in batches.
What about all the ash from the egg, thinking it'd be great.

Hoss

It won't hurt.It is only a form of potash.

Mainegg

We had the tumbler one and gave it to my mom and dad. was not using it. they are not either so might snag it back. we are more into it now. coffee grounds, egg shells and all vegi junk goes in. makes nice dirt. it is weird in FL we recycle everything, have to for trash day and then we come home to Maine and they do not at all, well 5 cent deposit on bottles, but that is it. feel guilty. and the composting we cant do down there in the park LOL

cookn biker

It's hard to create that new habit. I've been trying for a week. All the coffee grounds still ended up in the trash.
I snag stuff from work also, just to get it started.
Pitch fork it is.

cookn biker

Ha, I had to look that up.

stike

We put banana peels in. Just no meat scraps. We add eggshells, but try to break them up because they dont really compost

Ash yes. Though ithink i'd do better to add it directly around the plants which need it

Gulfcoastguy

Don't forget to add the coffee grounds, filters, and egg shells.

cookn biker

Cool, thanks.

Gulfcoastguy

I just shake the ash around my pepper and mater plants. Make sure there are no live coals left though.

cookn biker

I'll be doing that now.

Lawn Ranger

Sunchips, huh? Well, Mister, your carbon footprint just became the size of Rhode Island. Work on this, please.

LR

RGBHV

Hi Molly:

We did a lot of composting in the back yard until our municipality got into the act.

Now we fill up the blue box with plastic, the grey box with paper, and the green bin with food waste. We're all good little soldiers.

One thing I will say about your pic - the raccoons in our neighbourhood would toss those pebbles in a minute.

Michael

Gator Bait

 
I have been accused of sitting still for too long . . .

Looks good Molly, Congratulations, your plants will love you for it.

Blair

 

cookn biker

Michael, I'll put a log or two on it then. Thanks.

cookn biker

You deserve it Blair.

Village Idiot

cookn biker

I knew you guys were.

Little Steven

Molly,

I dump everything down the back hill. It will compost eventually

Steve

Hoss

Is that first pic a chamber pot? :huh: If ya gonna do it,do it rite! :laugh:

Hoss

:laugh: Good one!

Hoss

Gammo has a coon solution and they are tastee with sweet taters.

Village Idiot

Hoss wrote:

Is that first pic a chamber pot? :huh:

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: No, it's a pot to put coffee grounds, egg shells, veggies, etc. until I have enough to go to the outside bin. It has a carbon filter on top so there is no smell. (Bad Breath & Beyond, about $25).

Hoss

Gotcha,I thought you may be an Xtreme composter. :laugh:

Village Idiot

Only when I'm hunting in the woods.

stike

That would handle a week's worth here.
:laugh:

There's a reason we call it a compost 'pile'
My neighbor buys special bags at the hardware store, then fills them with grass and leaves and puts out (easily) 20+ bags for pick up. Then he has topsoil delivered, and dumps bags of fertilizer on his lawn, watering every day rain or shine. Crazy

We toss it in a pile in the corner of the yard ( there's no smell), and when i need fertilizer or soil, i dig it out from the bottom of the pile

Ours is a bit of a combination of a hot pile and a vermiculture. Worms do a lot of the work and then get out of the way when it gets hot

Anyway. Just goofin on you. I cant imagine buyin a special bin when a pile works fine. Maine egg is gonna have her yankee card rescinded.

stike

Plus, it attracts your brethren racoons

smbishop

We use one of those by our sink as well. Easy Peasy!