Wednesday, February 03, 2010

Compost, We Meet Again

I started composting back in July. Check out the original pile.
Compost Bin
Up Close, snapshot taken in July
Compost


Now, look at it. It's beautiful.
No more kitchen waste for you
The pile still needs time to completely break-down. When I mix it, I can still see a few peels, from the most recent kitchen purge. Each week, I walk out with my kitchen waste and dump it, turn it, and water it. A chore, but it's nice to see that it's actually paying off.
It looks nice and moist
In hopes that it will be ready for spring, I've decided not to add anymore waste or clippings to it. I will continue to water and turn it each week. I want to continue to compost, so I started a new pile to the left. This new side will be my new garbage disposal.
Starting a new pile on the left
I've added countless, banana peels, apple peels, orange peels, coffee filters, and a whole lot of other stuff. Hey, did you know you can add the lint from your dryer to a compost pile? Yeah.

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