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Composting in the city?

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Date: 02/14/2001 Topics: Brainstorms > Conservation | Gardening  
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Composting in the city?
I recently relocated from a house where I had a yard to an apartment in the city where I have none. Does anyone know of any resources, books or tips for composting in the city? Having composted for years, I would hate to start throwing out compostable marterial. - John. Send your ideas to daily@thriftyfun.com or post them below.
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| (04/05/2001)
Like the other responses said - worm bin composting would be perfect (I have a yard and do this in addition to my outdoor shepard bin). For how to information check out this website (mastercomposter.com) - it also has a lot of other helpful information. With worm bin composting (vermicomposting) you can compost papers and kitchen scraps easily.

Also, have you thought about seeing if your apartment complex would allow a small demo garden where you could put a simple 3-bin system and provide compost for the apt. dwellers. If you were building and turning your piles before, this won't seem like a lot of work (and you might be able to get a few volunteers to help once in a while).

Finally, check to see if there is a master composters group in your area that has demo sites set up already that you can contribute to or call the city to see if they do any city wide composting.

Hope these ideas help. - Benjamin

Link: MasterComposter


| (02/15/2001)
In one word....worms! You can put a container under your sink. - Karin


Post by gold89wing (12) | (02/15/2001)
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You can do red worm composting any where with no smell & in the house.


| (02/14/2001)
I have 3 large (at least 5 gals) flower pots. I put my kitchen scraps mixed with a little dirt in the bottom pot. When it's almost full, I nest the next pot inside the first one and keep filling and stacking. By the time the top pot is full, the bottom pot is finished compost. I have a pot tray on the bottom to water the compost and another tray on the top to keep the fruit flies away. The whole thing takes up about 1 1/2 square feet of yard space. - Grace


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