At A GlanceCompostable bags are designed to break down in composting conditions into water, carbon dioxide, and biomass, leaving no toxic residue. However, their compostability can vary based on the conditions they are subjected to. In industrial composting facilities, which have controlled high-temperature conditions, these bags can break down efficiently within a few months. On …
The history books have it wrong. The oldest profession in the world is actually gardening. At least, that’s what I tell myself. People have been cultivating or caring for plants and yards as far back as we can see. If this tells me anything, it’s that you don’t need any fancy tools or materials to …
If you’ve been composting for any period of time you’ll know that it’s addicting. I hadn’t had a compost tumbler very long before I started throwing in chicken bones, old yogurt, plasticized cardboard, and all sorts of other dumb things. Long story short, my first load of compost was a total waste that I ended …
When I first started looking for a compost tumbler I was after the cheapest thing I could find. At least within reason. Since my wife had vetoed my cardboard box of table scraps behind the shed I was left looking for something that was a good value for the money, aesthetic, and functional. What I …