Gimme the Scoop on Composting

[Stina]

I'm so grateful to finally have a living situation where I can garden. Being a raw foodist, I put out table scraps like a family of six. So, now I can practice the joys of cultivating compost!


I'm a caretaker and have to keep the compost neat looking on the property, no big heaps. Besides, that wouldn't work. All I'd be doing is making a salad for wild animals, not that I begrudge them that. That's my first question- how do I keep wild animals out of it?


I've got an extra garbage bin. What if I drill holes into it and use that as a composting bin? I'm on a tight budget.

And what about just digging holes in the ground and burying food scraps?


Any feedback would be appreciated!
Love, Stina

[Lavendula]

Yes you can bury it, but you said scraps. Just posted to T-villemom about the same question, check out -Do you have your own vegetable garden. Only uncooked vegetable matter, no fats, no grains, no animal anything; in other words, what you generate preparing veggies, don't just scrape your plate. I had a friend who just processed it in the blender with water, ( Vitamix) so it would break down quicker, no heap, she had a small nook outside the kitchen door, where she dumped her blended compost. I grew up composting, way too much info about it to post. Check out Organic Gardening Magazine at the library for the full scoop, The Complete Book of Composting, I believe was by Rodale Press. Sure there are always new ideas, but the rules of what not to put in it is is the same.

[aliciamatheson]

Stina,

I used a garbage bin with holes drilled and it works fine - and the animals do sometimes get into it but it's inevitable. You don't really need to do anything - just let it be and you will have "black gold" this spring!