Posts tagged: compost
163 Things You Can Compost.
By ChrisjobOf course, some of these are obvious, but it's important to note exactly what's safe and useful to throw in your compost bin or pile. If you haven't started, now its the perfect time, as the falling leaves and dying summer plants (tomato vines, corn stalks, etc) are the perfect compost fodder.
Compiled by Marion Owen, from HGTV.com
· paper napkins
· freezer-burned veg » READ MORE
DIY Garbage Bin Compost
By intouchoz
Compost is nothing more than decomposed plant material, so you don't need a fancy bin to make your own compost. You can create compost in a heap on the ground.
You can create compost in a heap on the ground, but most gardeners think that containing your compost pile makes it look tidier. Here's how to make compost in a recycled garbage can.
For more details, go to http://ecobites.com/self-reliance-/garbage-bin-compost.html
Looking for input re: transforming crib into compost bin
By leslieinbhamWell, I know it's not the first thing you might do with a crib. Or maybe it's not the first thing you might use to make a compost bin, but I'm a semi-old hand at composting and I *think* this could work pretty well.
Took the twins' cribs down last week (utter and completely bedlamous) and I.....just...can't....seem...to...part...with....the damned things. So many possibilities. So I have this wooden spindle-type one that I think...I *think » READ MORE
Compost On A Small Scale.
By ChrisjobI long for the days where I'll have enough space to properly compost my food waste. But, until then, I can find certainly find room
for the Green Cone.
Solarcone's Green Cone is an enclosed system - a "four-part injected molded unit" -that helps release the nutrients from organic products back into the groundsoil. "The Green Cone reduces food waste to its natural components of water, carbon dioxide and a small residue. The solar-heated garden unit » READ MORE
my list for living greener
By heylucyBecoming self-sufficient is high on my priority list. So far I've started raising chickens for their eggs, next on the list is a worm bin, for quickly creating rich compost:
1. The Can o' Worms looks like just the thing. $99.95
2. Of course I need a how-to guide. $10.36
3. I'll also need a stylish compost pail to collect my kitchen scraps that I can carry out to the worm bin. $38.95
Total = $149.26
By next summer I'll have the best vegetables around, » READ MORE
The BioLet composting toilet: because human waste is biodegradable
By alexrussell
We're a giant leap closer to the green revolution, thanks to the BioLet composting toilet. At first glance, this seems like just a box to drop your business in, and that by itself is kinda gross. There's definitely something about swirliing water that makes it all disappear. With the BioLet, it stays right there to biodegrade natually, with constantly flowing air to both help the bacteria do its job and to keep all odors flowing out the vent pipe » READ MORE
