Well, I have officially failed as a composter. Yeah, I pretty much stink at it… Last year’s attempt at letting my food waste rot in a box yielded some not-all-that-rotten food waste in a box. Hmmm…I bet if I’d tried to prevent everything from rotting, it would have actually worked. Go figure.
So, anyhoo, I’m moving on and starting a new with a beautiful overpriced compost tumbler, the Envirocycle. It’s pretty. It arrived on Saturday with blessedly little packaging – just sitting in its box with no padding. Not that it needed padding – it just seems that companies these days over-package EVERYTHING. (Don’t even get me started on the gift card I ordered for my dad at Christmas that came in bubble wrap!) I’m glad the Envirocycle folks figured out that a large flexible plastic can was not likely to break without the company of Styrofoam peanuts. Good job, people!
So, as soon as I cover our back yard in Coop Poop this afternoon, I’ll roll out the new tumbler and we’ll let the rotting fun begin again… J
On a gardening note – I finally got my mile-long green beens in the ground. I need to post some photos soon. I definitley have dwarf sweet peas shooting up. There are also sprouts in the lettuce and radish patches, but I have since forgetten which patch is which, so I’ll have to wait until they get a wee bit bigger to identify them. J Happy spring, all!
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here's the composting formula i use.
(veggie scraps, grass clippings, leaves, whateva) + dirt + regular rotation + a little bit of water = good compost.
Happy composting!
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