Compost – Kristen Baumlier

In the middle of Winter, I often throw out all my food scraps from cooking, instead of composting them. It just seems hard to go out into the snow with my bowl of veggie scraps, so I put them down the disposal or they end up in the trash.

I recently saw a great Infographic made by Sustainable America, that outlines “How to Compost in Your Apartment,” and is an easy illustrated guide that can help you (and me) get going on composting all year worms.

What do you need? A container with 2 lids, paper, water, and redworms! Worms sound like they might be dirty (which they are.. they live in dirt), but with this easy setup there is no smells or other bugs . There are a couple of steps to prepare the container and paper, and if you treat your worms right, they will last for years.

The website has the information on their blog, and also a black and white version of the directions that you can print and post near your compost bin.

Yes – it is January, but it is a great time to get composting!

Image Source:
http://www.sustainableamerica.org/blog/how-to-compost-in-your-apartment/

Links:

http://www.sustainableamerica.org/blog/how-to-compost-in-your-apartment/

http://www.sustainableamerica.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/compost_print.pdf

Have you been passed by a trailer of compost recently while riding your bike?

Compost for Brooklyn, founded in March 2010 in New York, is a group that transformed a vacant lot into a community composting project and a refuge for native plants and community members. Every week, neighbors come to the garden to visit, and drop off their veggie scraps and other organic waste. In the summer of 2011 alone they received over 8,600 pounds of food scraps from individuals, local schools and businesses from the area. The garden grows native plants that provide food and shelter for birds and insects. The group also does education about urban soil and the environment.

Compost for Brooklyn partnered with Ditmas Park CSA and built a CSA / Compost Bike Trailer, which uses a bicycle as a delivery and cargo carrying transportation device to both deliver CSA shares and to collect compost from CSA members.

Want to build one? A detailed set of free construction documents are available online. All materials used to make the bike trailer are easily and inexpensively accessible at local hardware stores.

Image Source:
www.instructables.com/id/CSA-and-Compost-Bicycle-Trailer/

Links:

http://compostforbrooklyn.org/about/

http://www.instructables.com/id/CSA-and-Compost-Bicycle-Trailer/

Kristen Baumlier

Category: Compost

How to Compost in an apartment (or in Winter): Infographic

A Compost Bike Trailer- Making Soil in Brooklyn