Comments on: How To Compost Without Raising a Stink

By: 101 Ways to Cut Your Spending This Year

101 Ways to Cut Your Spending This Year — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 11:02:17 +0000

[...] Compost. You’ll save on your trash bill and help your [...]

By: Thursday Link Love | Green + Chic

Thursday Link Love | Green + Chic — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:29:52 +0000

[...] How To Compost Without Raising a Stink If you need step-by-step instructions on how to compost without creating a huge barrow of slime (like I did), this post is definitely a good start. [...]

By: Jessica

Jessica — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:37:26 +0000

We’ve got a worm composter and it works GREAT. I’ve found it very easy to use and while it optimally runs on 5 lbs of worms, we ran it half-full for the first few months with one pound of worms until our worms had reproduced enough to keep up with the scraps of the worm composter at full capacity. It works great for us since we have only a small patio to work with (no yard). It is great for houseplants.

Another tip to speed up indoor or outdoor composting is to microwave your scraps first. Also, whenever I’ve boiled pasta or vegetables, I cool the water and pour that on the compost also.

My houseplants and patio herb garden look better than ever this year.

Happy composting,
Jessica

By: Early Retirement Extreme

Early Retirement Extreme — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:33:47 +0000

@Carl – You can build your own worm composting system for the price of a couple of bucket or rubbermaid totes <$10. If you’re lucky, you can get the worms on freecycle.
See here for how I made my system.
http://earlyretirementextreme.com/2009/03/build-a-worm-composting-system.html
The cycle time to break down is only a couple of months, so it takes up much less space, and the worms practically take care of themselves.

By: Weekly Round-Up: The Summer Edition — Almost Frugal- a frugal blog

Weekly Round-Up: The Summer Edition — Almost Frugal- a frugal blog — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 10:14:45 +0000

[...] Squawkfox : How To Compost Without Raising a Stink I have a compost pile, and while it doesn’t smell (much) this post pointed out some ways to improve it. [...]

By: erin

erin — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 03:30:07 +0000

After I read this article, the following day, I went out to my garage and found some scrap wood and began building a compost bin to place in our backyard. Hopefully, after high school and I move on to college, my parents will continue to take care of the compost. Also, the soil will be used for my sister’s garden in a few years. =D

By: Andrew Moizer

Andrew Moizer — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:30:12 +0000

Good info. I built a two section compost crib along the lines of the one you show at the top of the blog over a decade ago. Works well to fill one side while the other side “finishes”. I put a (used) patio slab in the bottom that makes it easier to shovel out.

I tried one of the tumbling composters too, which does maybe speed up the process, but I wasn’t good at remembering to give it a spin.

I’ve been composting the cattle manure from the farm in a pile in the “back”. Finally spread it the other day, and was impressed at how well everything had broken down (this pile had been there for two years). (http://CedarWoodsFarm.ca/u/3 is load 1/3) Here’s hoping the hayfields respond to it.

Oh, and the “curing” side is a great place to plant a pumpkin (or some other) vine!

cheers, Andrew

By: Compost Bin-Weekly Round Up for June 19 « The Suburban Homestead

Compost Bin-Weekly Round Up for June 19 « The Suburban Homestead — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:27:50 +0000

[...] How to Compost Without Raising a Stink. One thing I would add here: if you are concerned about odor, don’t add anything in the cabbage family to your pile. That stuff smells like a rotting corpse as it breaks down. [...]

By: Susan

Susan — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:24:59 +0000

Thanks Bari. That’s a good idea. I have received a few more tips should this become a problem for someone else. Apparently (1) the closer the bin is to human activity, the less likely wildlife will attempt to access it; and (2)adding more water so that the contents become more soggy makes it less appealing. It’s too bad we can’t share it with all our 4-legged neighbours, but some are less attractive than others!

By: Bari

Bari — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:03:31 +0000

I’m new to composting this year and I absolutely love it. My county offers composting workshops in an attempt to decrease the amount of stuff going to the landfill.
For Susan – one very helpful thing I learned in the workshop was to place hardware cloth on the ground, then place the compost bin on top – that helps keep furry critters (not worms) from getting into the bin. This assumes a bin that doesn’t have a bottom of course. They also suggested putting a brick or something heavy on top to thwart entry from the top. For the scraps that are in the kitchen, I had an old Tupperware cereal container I wasn’t using and that now holds kitchen scraps for up to a week – no need to buy a specialized container. And it does not smell bad at all. The key is no animal products – closest I get to that is egg shells.