I have never composted before and I am so excited to start!
I originally met Farmer Jon at Environmental Industry Night in January and when he told me about what he did, I was amazed. Not only does he personally collect composting from around the City, but he does it BY BICYCLE! How cool is that!?
Since I have a bit of a cycling background, I was all about supporting his endeavor and knew when I moved to the City this was something I wanted to try.
After being in the apartment for 4 days, I signed up for Healthy Soil Compost and received my 5-gallon collection container the very next day. While we don’t have any green space, we do have a fire escape, and that is where I will be keeping our composting.
I signed up for pick up once a month, which comes out to only $0.50 a day. Not too shabby.
For the time being, I am using a plastic screw top container to hold my food scraps until it becomes full, which is a lot faster than I thought it would be. The container does not smell (yet) unless you actually stick your nose in the container, which I advise you do not do.
It was surprising how quickly we filled up the compost bucket, which is sitting out on my fire escape landing currently. When the kitchen container is full, I pop open the door and dump the contents inside!
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- Kitchen compost container for now
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- 5 gallon bucket hanging out on the fire escape
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- Composting & Birkenstocks
We are only 2 weeks in and so far we have collected:
- carrot peels
- banana peels
- apple cores
- green pepper insides
- egg shells
- flowers
- asparagus ends
- bread crusts
- potato skins
- onion skins
- lettuce/spinach
Healthy Soil Compost provides a handy guideline for what they can and cannot take. If I am unsure about something, I always check it first.
I always have to remember that you can compost egg shells, but not eggs!
Read more about Healthy Soil Compost in the press here:
waste not want not 
Yea to composting! It’s so satisfying to throw something in the compost bin instead of the trash! Even my coffee filters are compostable. I buy the If You Care Brand. 🙂 Happy composting.
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When the weather becomes warmer, there might be a more distinct smell. In Lady H.’s home city, she just drops off the compost at the collection bin at the park. Have fun with composting!
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Wish we had a drop off bin!
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This is really cool!!! Nice! It got me inspired to check if I can do something similar here…
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Composting rocks 🙂 It is the best first step toward Zero Waste! There’s no pickup in my area (that I’m aware of), so I use a Bokashi composting bin and we bury the brick in my boyfriend’s parents backyard garden once every couple of months. So everyone benefits!
Nikita
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Thanks! I just learned about the Bokashi method! That will be the next step!
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This is so cool! I live in the suburbs at the moment, but I’ll hopefully be moving closer to the city soon! This is perfect to keep in mind! I was wondering how I was going to keep the compost going!!
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