Comments on: Failure to Compost http://www.girldetective.net/?p=212 Reading, Writing, Movies and Mothering in Minneapolis, Mostly Mon, 11 May 2026 21:55:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: nautile http://www.girldetective.net/?p=212&cpage=1#comment-2803 nautile Tue, 21 Jun 2005 02:17:14 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=212#comment-2803 Yeah, compost can be tricky. You've got to get the right balance: 50% green stuff to 50% brown stuff, by weight. It's hard 'cause most people end up with a ton more green grass clippings than brown leaves, sans autumn. Also, some garbage stuff isn't too good for compost, like bits of meat and fish. I've got a ton of extension handouts on composting -- I had to give a presentation on it to 2nd and 3rd graders -- if you want some. Yeah, compost can be tricky. You’ve got to get the right balance: 50% green stuff to 50% brown stuff, by weight. It’s hard ’cause most people end up with a ton more green grass clippings than brown leaves, sans autumn. Also, some garbage stuff isn’t too good for compost, like bits of meat and fish. I’ve got a ton of extension handouts on composting — I had to give a presentation on it to 2nd and 3rd graders — if you want some.

]]> By: girldetective http://www.girldetective.net/?p=212&cpage=1#comment-2801 girldetective Mon, 20 Jun 2005 20:09:17 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=212#comment-2801 Our bin came with the house, so it was ostensibly free, yet even it's free-ness can't mitigate the fact that I can't even get things to rot properly. Our bin came with the house, so it was ostensibly free, yet even it’s free-ness can’t mitigate the fact that I can’t even get things to rot properly.

]]> By: Vince Tuss http://www.girldetective.net/?p=212&cpage=1#comment-2788 Vince Tuss Sat, 18 Jun 2005 19:48:44 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=212#comment-2788 Check out www.greenguardian.com to see if they have any advice. If all else fails, they have pretty good compost bins. My wife just picked one up at an event in mid-May. (so our lawn clippings, coffee grounds and whatever else are just starting to cook.) She had been pricing them for a while and said what she got for $30 was what was available at many stores for at least $80. Check out http://www.greenguardian.com to see if they have any advice.

If all else fails, they have pretty good compost bins. My wife just picked one up at an event in mid-May. (so our lawn clippings, coffee grounds and whatever else are just starting to cook.) She had been pricing them for a while and said what she got for $30 was what was available at many stores for at least $80.

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