Comments on: the worms go in the worms go out http://mauraweb.com/blog/2009/12/13/the-worms-go-in-the-worms-go-out/ Wed, 09 May 2012 01:24:49 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: maura http://mauraweb.com/blog/2009/12/13/the-worms-go-in-the-worms-go-out/comment-page-1/#comment-2318 maura Wed, 16 Dec 2009 01:57:19 +0000 http://mauraweb.com/blog/?p=756#comment-2318 Yeah, ours freezes in the winter too. Though would that make it less susceptible to coyotes? Do they like veggie ice pops? A colleague with a house upstate has one that's just a rectangular bin, put new stuff in the top and dig the finished stuff out of the bottom, no turning required! And I think you can also get these big screws that you can use to aerate the compost if it's not decaying fast enough. But winter is hard, I imagine. We have actually made good compost before, which is so gratifying! It just seems like the hurdles to getting there are so high... Yeah, ours freezes in the winter too. Though would that make it less susceptible to coyotes? Do they like veggie ice pops?

A colleague with a house upstate has one that’s just a rectangular bin, put new stuff in the top and dig the finished stuff out of the bottom, no turning required! And I think you can also get these big screws that you can use to aerate the compost if it’s not decaying fast enough. But winter is hard, I imagine.

We have actually made good compost before, which is so gratifying! It just seems like the hurdles to getting there are so high…

]]> By: Em http://mauraweb.com/blog/2009/12/13/the-worms-go-in-the-worms-go-out/comment-page-1/#comment-2317 Em Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:34:22 +0000 http://mauraweb.com/blog/?p=756#comment-2317 FWIW, I too have compost guilt! And that's mostly because I don't know how to keep it going during the cold weather *and* so I'm much less likely to truck out my under sink stuff. So it just sits under the sink and rots, which is gross. I do have a yard and have still found that I don't have quite enough arm strength to sufficiently turn the compost, so I'm certain It's not moving along well as it should and that I'll never actually produce usable conpost. Plus, and I realize that this is irrational, I'm kind of afraid the coyotes are going to come and rummage around in the compost. I think the city of Toronto does some level of composting for residents. Our town collects yard waste, and then sells it back to residents as compost, but I can't exactly give them my old coffee grounds and egg shells. PS Is bursting the compost bubble like the dirty bubble from sponge bob? The evil character with the voice of Charles Nelson Reilly? FWIW, I too have compost guilt! And that’s mostly because I don’t know how to keep it going during the cold weather *and* so I’m much less likely to truck out my under sink stuff. So it just sits under the sink and rots, which is gross.

I do have a yard and have still found that I don’t have quite enough arm strength to sufficiently turn the compost, so I’m certain It’s not moving along well as it should and that I’ll never actually produce usable conpost.

Plus, and I realize that this is irrational, I’m kind of afraid the coyotes are going to come and rummage around in the compost.

I think the city of Toronto does some level of composting for residents. Our town collects yard waste, and then sells it back to residents as compost, but I can’t exactly give them my old coffee grounds and egg shells.

PS Is bursting the compost bubble like the dirty bubble from sponge bob? The evil character with the voice of Charles Nelson Reilly?

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