Diary of a Composter - April 18, 2009
OK. I’ve put it off long enough. I’ve been meaning to start composting for a long while.This has got to be the year.
Now I’ve always known why I would compost – to save myself money and to help save the environment – but I have a lot to learn about the what, where, and hows. Follow me here as I figure this out!
I think I’m mostly hung up on the where and how issues. First of all, where am I going to keep the food scraps and such in my tiny, already-packed kitchen? (As it is, I feel like the recyclables have an inordinate amount of the square footage…)
A dear friend of mine puts stuff in a plastic bag and keeps it in her freezer until critical mass tells her it’s time to make a trip out to the bin. Not sure this is for me. First of all, it involves plastic. And also, my freezer space is kinda limited. So then a quick review of the myriad home & garden catalogs/websites provided me with many container options – something for every kitchen style! But then it becomes a counter or under counter space issue. OK. I’m gonna have to ponder this for a bit longer…
And then, even when I figure out how to make my kitchen accommodate this new venture, I have many questions about where to place the composter outside. It seems to me that location will play a huge part in whether I stick to it (in other words, if I put it way out next to the shed, will I ever trudge out there in the midst of winter?) or not.
Way more pondering to do…stand by!
P.S. I have added a few pics so you can see what I am talking about.
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