Gnats In the Compost

January 25, 2010 :: Posted by - Summer :: Green Living :: (3) Comments

beijing wom compost bin prep week 1
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I have a small, ceramic, kitchen scrap bin that I use for collecting compost material. Normally I dump it out every evening and wash it out. This system has worked great, up until now. Suddenly there are gnats flying all over the kitchen.

Since the Mr. isn’t the compost and gardening type, he’s suggesting that i ditch the whole thing. He was willing to put up with it until now, but bugs in the house crosses a line for him. For me too, but I’m certain there is a way to keep kitchen compost scraps without gnats or other bugs. There has to be a way, because no one else is talking about the little flying things in their houses. Read more…

Composting Life Away

November 17, 2009 :: Posted by - Summer :: Garden :: Comments Off

kitchen compost

With my garden plans this spring I’m making an effort to compost our food scraps as much as possible. I keep a little ceramic bowl in the kitchen that I fill up and dump back out in our big barrel outside.

Composting has several benefits, all of which I’m enjoying.

  • less garbage to toss out
  • happy plants in my garden
  • sweet hippie cred

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