There are several things we all want to do when we move into our first apartment. The problem is, you can’t do most of them. Paint the walls? Nope. Get a dog? Nope. Take out a wall? Nope. Composting? Heck yes! Whether you have a community garden, window boxes, or a small plot in your …
It is perfectly normal to be impatient when you start composting. I know I was ready to spend a good chunk of change when I first got started in an effort to expedite things and ended up buying two different tumblers, an aerator, and several compost accelerators. I was dumb. When it comes to kickstarting …
When I first married my wife, I was very disappointed by her great love for tea. And we’re even not talking about Green Tea or oolong. We’re not even talking about compost tea yet. We’re talking about herbal teas. Weedy-plant-water meant for humans. It didn’t sit well with me. If I drank something, I wanted …
Composting in bear country is a unique experience. The possibility that you might go out one morning and find your compost tumbler torn open like a tin can is not an enjoyable one. An even less enjoyable prospect would be to find a bear mid-rummage through your tumbler or pile when you’re headed out to …
I love making compost, I really do. I compost, think about compost, and write about it almost every day. But when it really comes down to it, there are only two reasons that I make compost at home: However, if there was an easier way to do both of those things, I would probably be …
Mother nature has been composting deal animals for millions of years. Every time an animal has died, it has made it back to the soil through decomposition. Until humans go into the mix. Now, however, people are trying to keep the natural order of the world running as smoothly as possible, many are wondering about …
When I first decided to start composting I had a lot of problems to solve…or at least I thought I did. One of the major ones that had kept me from starting before was a location for my pile. Deciding where to start your compost pile is no small task. In fact, for many people, …
Maggots are disgusting. They exist in the filthiest places, feast on dead and rotting flesh (mostly corpses of course), and carry disease and death everywhere they go. At least that’s the view that every city-dwelling American seems to have. In many cultures maggots are far from something to be disgusted by. In fact, many places …
I’ve seen so many people arguing about which is better for their garden: topsoil or compost. The level of misunderstanding in this “fake argument” has gotten old. It makes me want to take my compost bin, upend it over the heads of the people arguing, and yell, “does that small like topsoil to you!?” Except …
When I first got into composting I wanted to throw everything I could find into our tumbler…and I did. I kept our “compost” moist, turned it regularly, and even added a compost accelerator. It was about that time that I learned that just because something is “food-waste” and came out of my kitchen doesn’t mean …