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  • From: KNat <knat@sprintmail.com>
  • To: noctaire@infobin.org, permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] Dealing with one's own trash....
  • Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 12:47:20 -0500

Noctaire wrote:
It's less an outside issue than an INSIDE issue I'm fighting. :) I need a
way to convince the whole family to put the kitchen scraps somewhere OTHER
than in the garbage can so I'm thinking something like a separate waste
center with maybe biodegradable bags or something similar?
If they are like my family a rain barrel (or hose) by the compost to rinse a small container is key. Our container is a clear salad storage plastic container (since all the cute crocks bit the dust.) We have two that stack together so we can handle bigger batches or one in transit. I admire people who can have pretty "away" spots, but it is not our reality. Clear, widemouthed, covered, unbreakable, easy to carry, w no scary situations between kitchen and pile, and rinse at far end, is all we can sustain. In the winter, we use a wormbox under the sink for coffee grounds and some but toss most peels/trimmings straight into the chicken pen in the morning. They keep up and there's rarely anything left to attract outside critters by nightfall. I enjoy hearing a child friend prompted, when dawdling over a crust or unfinished food, "It's okay we'll just recycle it into eggs. Let's go!" In summer, the chickens can't keep up and flies get in the wormbox so we use outside pile but hens, cats, occasional ewes, and non-scary roosters can go stir the pile for us.

Good luck,
Kathyann

ps I do coffee grounds separately to not OD the animals and to decide who gets the extra-acidic mix. We run high acidic soil and balance w fireplace ash.

pps when I was a kid our neighbor planted cherry tomatoes by his for only the child willing to carry the pail. (Now that I'm thinking I may move a raspberry bush. Thanks.)




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