Kitchen Compost Material, how to manage it?
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How do you handle kitchen compost?
Comments (23)I use a garbage can with lid and line it with double brown paper bags. And usually put some used paper towels in the bottom before adding kitchen refuse so as to soak up moisture. I add more paper towels as they get used and in about 5 days or so, lift out the paper bags and carry the whole thing out to the compost pile. It's amazing to me that after 15 years or so of using this method, there is never more than a half dozen paper bags visible on top of the heap. The pile is built on a slope inside a cage of pallets and wire so the compost can be scooped out of the downhill side every spring. No turning, fancy components or whatever. When the pallets rot out, they are replaced. I suppose I could build two piles and turn one while the other is being built up but that sounds like work. Incidentally, I have another garbage can for recyclables (plastic, glass and cans), another for paper waste and another for real garbage that can't be recycled in any way. And a bag for returnables for deposits. With five containers, visitors never know where to put anything....See MoreGathering compost materials from Craigslist
Comments (19)Don't forget the fruit/grain/cotton sheds in your area. One of my professors used to park her truck outside the door of the vegetable packing shed in Edinburg, TX and they would fill it up with cantaloupes, etc. that were not good enough to sell. She fed her cows with it. Around anywhere that has cotton, I see enough on the side of the road that your could probably spin up and make a suit out of. I have also seen guys on the side of the road cutting the grass that has gotten tall before the mowers come and cut it. There is a lot of hay cut in this central Texas area and there is almost always pieces of a bale that has come off the truck on the side of the road. There is a peanut plant in Giddings, Tx where you can go and fill up your own garbage bags with the shells for 25 cents each. Some communities will have a community compost/mulch pile like McAllen and Beaumont, TX. You may have to be a citizen of that town to get what you want, though. See what is near you. Is there a food distribution warehouse near you? A farm/ranch/stables near you? How about a student in the FFA/$H? Maybe a Boy Scout that needs a project for advancement? I had a friend that raises horses and he brought me a bale that had gone bad. I have two piles in my front yard of clippingw where the electric company was trimming the trees from the lines. One has been there about 4 years and is composting where it sits so I get compost and mulch when I spread this around. The other is only about a year old. (I have not put it out as religously as I should have nor replaced it whereit needs to go. But I have it for when I want to use it.) I personally with go with Freecycle first before Craigslist. What can I say, I am cheap. Sorry, this is longer than I had originally planned. I kept thinking of more sources. Mike...See MoreCompost Newbie!! Easy to manage compost setup???
Comments (17)Judy, If critters are a problem, you can always trench compost. This is how my mom has been doing it since forever. If she has something really stinky like lobster shells she digs a deeper hole, but usually she just takes the day's kitchen scraps out to the garden and buries them. In summer she buries them between rows, in winter she buries them anyplace until the ground freezes, then she just dumps them on top until spring. You could do a couple of trenches if you want to start with a big load of something stinky, but if you are going to do mostly kitchen scraps a daily hole will do fine. I have an open pile next to my current veggie bed and that works fine but if I want to compost something really stinky like some chicken I forgot in the fridge or one of the casualties from my chipmunk eradication program I just bury it. So far that has worked extremely well....See MoreHow to be my own bathroom project manager?
Comments (21)I am getting ready to do exactly the same thing and this is the my plan. I am not changing the location of any of the fixtures and I am not changing out the bathtub, so my list is straightforward. If you have major changes, the sequence might change. 1. Gather together all of the things you want to install - I have the vanity, toilet, plumbing fixtures (came today! yay!) and I am still waiting on the floor and wall tile. 2. When you have everything gathered, you are ready to start. Demo the old vanity and the wall mirror (if the mirror is big like mine you might have to hire glass people to remove it and haul it away). (I will remove the vanity and break it down). 3. Next get the plumber in to do the plumbing rough for the shower fixtures. He will cut into your old tile to get to the pipes, but doesn't do the tile demo. 4. Tile guy comes next. He will demo the shower and floor and put up the moisture barriers, cement board, tile, etc. He removes old toilet. You might consider timing your demo to coincide with trash pickup day (our trash guys will haul away the debris for a $20 gratuity). Depending on the size of bath, tiling could take 3-4 days. 5. Paint behind the toilet and the vanity wall. 6. The plumber comes back to finish the shower fixture installation and to install the toilet. 7. Immediately after the tile is done, get the glass people in to measure for the shower door (if that is what you are doing). It takes a couple of weeks to make the door so have them come as soon as the tile is set. 8. The carpenter comes next to install the vanity, medicine cabinet, etc. 9. As soon as the vanity is installed, you need to call the counter top people to template. It might take a week or two to get your counter top. Once the counter top is installed, the plumber returns to install the sink faucet. This is the time I would paint the rest of the room and install the mirror. I am likely doing a tile backsplash so I will need to get the tile guy back once the countertop is installed. Last thing that gets installed is the shower door and that will be in a few weeks from when you called them. As soon as the tile comes, I will start setting up the appointments. I will call the tile person first because he will be the busiest. Once I know when he's coming, I will call the plumber to do the rough the day before the tile guy is due. If everything is scheduled properly, I am expecting my bathroom remodel to take around 2 weeks. I am not installing or changing lighting - but you could have the electrician come at any time (but before the painting)....See MoreJohn 9a
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