Home Composting: First Results and Initial Thoughts
Introduction This post captures my lessons from an initial dabbling with composting. I go over my intentions and assess whether the reality is worth doing. Overall I find it worthwhile to compost existing household waste streams, but questions have been raised about if it is worth making all of the compost I use. My Composting Goals Before, I was buying bags of compost and layering kitchen scraps and garden waste on top. Besides the cost, I felt that my scraps and garden waste weren't being used as best as possible, that I was basically dumping it. Using all my kitchen and garden waste as compost seems more purposeful. The purpose of this experiment is to understand what that would involve, and the likely benefits. My approach was to just get started for free and see how things worked out. I built the first compost bin from a set of mismatched shipping pallets, and sourced all green and brown matter for free. My Experience So Far My experiment has been running...