To: "'permaculture'" <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [permaculture] Dealing with one's own trash....
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 12:06:07 -0400
> In my compost bins, I found that whenever I saw lots of fruit flies
> hovering, it was easy to move them along by burying the compostables
> deeper in the pile, covering them with a layer of shredded newspaper,
> or adding a layer of coffee grounds.
>
> To avoid smell and insects in something like a 5-gallon bucket with a
> lid, you can get some coffee grounds (free from most coffee shops)
> and cover each day's compostables with them.
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?