During naptime today, I was reading some blogs... you know, just killing the long, boring hour I endure all by myself now and then, because it's almost impossible to get two napping kids these days.
Anyhoo, I stumbled across a composting post over at This Young House's blog. I'd been thinking about composting a lot recently, it just seems like something my family would be good for, considering the amount of produce and coffee we go through in a week. And I've been bored with my efforts to be a better friend to the planet; I could do more, I should do more. But... I didn't know. Us, composting? God, wouldn't that, like, smell real bad? With two little ones, don't we kinda deal with enough stuff that, you know, smells real bad?
Growing up, our next door neighbors were Composters. They had a small, shallow hole in the ground, and they would fill it with their scraps, turn the dirt and then the whole neighborhood would be offended by the ungodly smell.
After doing a smidgen of research I discovered that with no container and no lid, it's no wonder!
The Youngsters made it seem really easy to make your own composting container with this step by step DIY guide. And just now, using a Rubbermaid container I'd already owned and some dry leaves that I stole from under my neighbor's tree, I crafted my very own composting bin! It was EASY, and using a power drill is always a good time.
I'm very excited about it, especially since I have Big Plans to start a garden this year, and once I use up some of the compost I've made in my garden, we'll buy a real, commercialized composting bin and just start again but I'd really like to see if it works out well for us first. Right now, I've got the boys snacking on apples, a fresh pot of joe brewed and the dryer running so I'm bound to catch some lint! Snack + afternoon coffee + finished laundry now = composting fun!
It looks ridiculously easy, and there's so many things you can compost; I'm amazed. Obviously, you can compost anything that's organic in origin, such as all fruit and veggie peels and cores, stale chips and dry cereal, pastas and rice, but you can even compost unusual things like dryer lint, paper towels, wool socks... the list is crazy... there are soooo maaaaaany things I just toss into the garbage, it's unreal. And - thank God - I now have a place for all that leftover chicken manure!
Anyhoo, I stumbled across a composting post over at This Young House's blog. I'd been thinking about composting a lot recently, it just seems like something my family would be good for, considering the amount of produce and coffee we go through in a week. And I've been bored with my efforts to be a better friend to the planet; I could do more, I should do more. But... I didn't know. Us, composting? God, wouldn't that, like, smell real bad? With two little ones, don't we kinda deal with enough stuff that, you know, smells real bad?
Growing up, our next door neighbors were Composters. They had a small, shallow hole in the ground, and they would fill it with their scraps, turn the dirt and then the whole neighborhood would be offended by the ungodly smell.
After doing a smidgen of research I discovered that with no container and no lid, it's no wonder!
The Youngsters made it seem really easy to make your own composting container with this step by step DIY guide. And just now, using a Rubbermaid container I'd already owned and some dry leaves that I stole from under my neighbor's tree, I crafted my very own composting bin! It was EASY, and using a power drill is always a good time.
I'm very excited about it, especially since I have Big Plans to start a garden this year, and once I use up some of the compost I've made in my garden, we'll buy a real, commercialized composting bin and just start again but I'd really like to see if it works out well for us first. Right now, I've got the boys snacking on apples, a fresh pot of joe brewed and the dryer running so I'm bound to catch some lint! Snack + afternoon coffee + finished laundry now = composting fun!
It looks ridiculously easy, and there's so many things you can compost; I'm amazed. Obviously, you can compost anything that's organic in origin, such as all fruit and veggie peels and cores, stale chips and dry cereal, pastas and rice, but you can even compost unusual things like dryer lint, paper towels, wool socks... the list is crazy... there are soooo maaaaaany things I just toss into the garbage, it's unreal. And - thank God - I now have a place for all that leftover chicken manure!