Composting

I have a new daily habit. I’ve started composting our daily kitchen scraps. We cook at home quit often and I’ve noticed we’ve filled our bin in only 2 months. I asked for this composter for Christmas. I know…it sounds a little weird. A composter ….. for Christmas, but let me explain. Ever since we bought this house I always wanted a garden. I wanted to grow my own fruits and veggies. So, for Christmas I asked for a composter and a tiller attachment so I can till the garden soil. The composter I wanted is an Enviro-Cycle base tumbler. It is a big green cylinder that spins in place. You just fill it, close the door, and grab the built in grooves to start turning it. The bonus is at the bottom of the composter (where the wheels are to turn the bin) is the container to catch the “compost tea.” It’s the water that runs out of your compost that is chock full of goodies for the plants. They come in green for warmer climates and black for northern climates. Everyday I make eggs and a smoothie for breakfast. I put the banana peel and egg shells in our counter top composter. When it gets full (about every 3 days) I dump it into our big Enviro-Cycle compost tumbler. I now have 2 months of kitchen scraps (greens) and newspaper and junk mail (browns) filling up the bin. The greens can be anything plant related ie: grass clippings, banana peels, coffee grounds and bread. You don’t want anything meaty or oily and definitely no poo. I’ve learned that the bin needs about a 1:2 ratio of greens to browns otherwise it starts to smell not so fresh. Now I just turn the bin everyday and it should decompose into awesome compost. It’s starting to warm up here in Georgia so maybe I will have compost in about 6 weeks. I’ll keep you posted. My problem is now I want another composter! That way I can keep putting in our scraps in another bin while this bin cooks. I'm addicted to composting. Jon’s gonna love this!