Attractive Container For Your Compost Scraps

By fab4mom (Guest Post)

Great ideas! I've started saving my coffee grounds for my plants, but sometimes they start to grow mold before I get to empty the plastic container. Within about three days the mold begins to grow. (I live in Louisiana with plenty of humidity). Any ideas on how I could avoid that problem without having to empty every day?

By Ashley (Guest Post)

I use a 5 gallon cat litter bucket with lid. I fill it up and take it out once a week. I put paper towels (no chemicals), food scraps, coffee grounds, tea bags and assorted paper in it. I rinse it out with the jet spray nozzle on my hose to clean out. I pull my newspapers into shreds and put those in the pile, too. Your carbon to nitrogen ration (C:N or brown:green should be around 30:1) for really good compost cooking. The more newspaper or sawdust, etc the better. Happy compost cooking!!

By Mary Ann (Guest Post)

Love your idea. What kind of steel container do you have & where did you get it? Thanks

By suzin (Guest Post)

I use a recycled plastic coffee container. The largest size plastic can. I keep it under the cabinet.

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susanmajp

My grandfather used a galvanized bucket that he kept on the back porch. My mother always just used an old plastic container. Lately, I've been using a plactic Folgers coffee container.

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Crafty Chrissy

My Mom always kept a 5 quart ice cream bucket under the sink for compost...taught us kids what to throw in there...was easy for anyone going out to take it and empty it.