Comments on: Compost Bowl

By: What’s In Your Compost Bowl? | Chiot's Run

What’s In Your Compost Bowl? | Chiot's Run — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:55:12 +0000

[...] conversations about compost last week were fantastic. I really enjoyed reading everyone tips about what and how they compost. I [...]

By: Susy

Susy — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:36:25 +0000

What a great idea!

By: Charles

Charles — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:29:12 +0000

I put my scraps in a bag in the freezer. This makes them break down more quickly once they’re put in the pile, and keeps nasty old food from piling up on the counter.

By: Compost Post | Tomato Planting and Gardening

Compost Post | Tomato Planting and Gardening — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 06:34:18 +0000

[...] Chiot’s Run last spring. She collects them, drys them out and grinds them up. So I started dry them out, then I stored them in a glass jar(shaken to break them up) and once the jar was full I blitzed them up in the food processor. With this done I added them to the compost, you could also spread these under your tomatoes to help with blossom end rot. [...]

By: Ginger

Ginger — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 03:55:10 +0000

I have a lidded container from gardeners supply. I can't keep eggshells in an uncovered container because our animals would get into it. I have never had a problem with it smelling. We take it out about twice a week. Ginger’s last blog post.. La vie en rose

By: Susy

Susy — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:37:44 +0000

We have the same problem here because we’re surrounded by woods. I have special piles that are just leaves that I pile along the edges of the woods. They keep the weeds down and after a year or two they start breaking down. When I need brown material for my compost pile I grab some from the piles and use them.

By: Karen

Karen — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 03:39:50 +0000

Our city composts food scraps in the yard waste bins so I have gotten lazy and started giving it all to them. I need to get my bins sorted out and get back on making my own. Part of my problem at our previous place was too many leaves, so I ended up tossing way too many in the compost and it never broke down - here it's the opposite, almost no decidious trees so I don't have enough "brown" to go with the green. I need to get enterprising and maybe ask a neighbor with giant oaks if I can rake and bag some of theirs next fall. I can't imagine that they'd say no to a bit less work! My kitchen scraps go into a Tupperware and then out to a bin on the porch, since my chipped bowl sort of like yours finally broke. Karen’s last blog post.. Spring on My Street

By: warren

warren — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:34:10 +0000

We have an old ice cream bucket...you know, the types that the cheap ice cream comes in...maybe 1-2 gallons? Anyhow, we keep it handy and throw stuff in there...works great! It even has a handle! warren’s last blog post.. Bonbon Jovi

By: Glyn

Glyn — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 22:00:42 +0000

We microwave egg shells for 20 seconds and then crush- clean fast & simple.

By: Pampered Mom

Pampered Mom — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 21:00:30 +0000

We've used a number of different things for holding our compost materials. Smell and ick-factor has played a role in veto-ing many of the former options. Right now I just have a melamine mixing bowl (the last remaining bowl of a three bowl set - the other two were broken by an unnamed family member) sitting outside the patio door on our deck. It's right off the kitchen/dining room so it works well so far. It won't work when the weather gets warmer - too much risk of attracting bugs. I've got my eye on a stainless steel one in the Frontier catalog thinking again that I can leave it outside on the deck and then hose it down outside. Pampered Mom’s last blog post.. Busy