Comments on: My Winter Compost Bucket (plus security, compost style!) http://www.thefrugalgirl.com/2010/01/my-winter-compost-bucket-plus-security-compost-style/ cheerfully living on less Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:32:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Clay Williamson http://www.thefrugalgirl.com/2010/01/my-winter-compost-bucket-plus-security-compost-style/#comment-81158 Clay Williamson Mon, 21 Mar 2011 18:13:01 +0000 http://www.thefrugalgirl.com/?p=4717#comment-81158 What kind of shredder works best for using the shreds in your compost? Crosscut or strip cut? Thanks, great article. What kind of shredder works best for using the shreds in your compost? Crosscut or strip cut?

Thanks, great article.

]]> By: Clay "Shredder" Williamson http://www.thefrugalgirl.com/2010/01/my-winter-compost-bucket-plus-security-compost-style/#comment-75939 Clay "Shredder" Williamson Thu, 17 Feb 2011 17:41:06 +0000 http://www.thefrugalgirl.com/?p=4717#comment-75939 Great idea to recycle paper shreds. Tasty way too, those peppers looked great :D Great idea to recycle paper shreds. Tasty way too, those peppers looked great :D

]]> By: Kate http://www.thefrugalgirl.com/2010/01/my-winter-compost-bucket-plus-security-compost-style/#comment-74314 Kate Fri, 04 Feb 2011 18:31:43 +0000 http://www.thefrugalgirl.com/?p=4717#comment-74314 Hmm...you all have gotten me curious about composting, but I live in a townhouse - as in no backyard. The compost would have to been in my garage...would this still work? Hmm…you all have gotten me curious about composting, but I live in a townhouse – as in no backyard. The compost would have to been in my garage…would this still work?

]]> By: Becca http://www.thefrugalgirl.com/2010/01/my-winter-compost-bucket-plus-security-compost-style/#comment-49843 Becca Sat, 07 Aug 2010 05:56:28 +0000 http://www.thefrugalgirl.com/?p=4717#comment-49843 I can do you one better on the shredded paper use. . .use it as animal bedding. No one will ever want to steal your private information after your pet hamster pooped on it, and then, once soiled*, you can still add it to the compost bin. Really saves a lot of money if you have pets because the cost of litter and bedding adds up fast, but fortunately not as fast as the mountain of old bank statements and junk mail builds up. You can add a little baking soda to keep the odors down, and baking soda is perfectly safe for composting. *Supposedly you shouldn't add cat litter to the bin because of the bacteria found in cat poop, but if your compost pile gets hot enough, and you flush the cat poop daily anyway (who can stand that smell?), you're probably ok to add the peed on paper shreds. I can do you one better on the shredded paper use. . .use it as animal bedding. No one will ever want to steal your private information after your pet hamster pooped on it, and then, once soiled*, you can still add it to the compost bin. Really saves a lot of money if you have pets because the cost of litter and bedding adds up fast, but fortunately not as fast as the mountain of old bank statements and junk mail builds up. You can add a little baking soda to keep the odors down, and baking soda is perfectly safe for composting.

*Supposedly you shouldn’t add cat litter to the bin because of the bacteria found in cat poop, but if your compost pile gets hot enough, and you flush the cat poop daily anyway (who can stand that smell?), you’re probably ok to add the peed on paper shreds.

]]> By: Joyce http://www.thefrugalgirl.com/2010/01/my-winter-compost-bucket-plus-security-compost-style/#comment-25885 Joyce Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:47:44 +0000 http://www.thefrugalgirl.com/?p=4717#comment-25885 I do the same thing. But what does happen is it freezes. I was alllll the way to the compost pile, lifted the bucket and it wouldn't budge. So I left it upside down until our January thaw. Now it happened again. Good thing I have more than one bucket. I do the same thing. But what does happen is it freezes. I was alllll the way to the compost pile, lifted the bucket and it wouldn’t budge. So I left it upside down until our January thaw. Now it happened again. Good thing I have more than one bucket.

]]> By: Kristen http://www.thefrugalgirl.com/2010/01/my-winter-compost-bucket-plus-security-compost-style/#comment-25163 Kristen Sat, 30 Jan 2010 12:31:01 +0000 http://www.thefrugalgirl.com/?p=4717#comment-25163 I know! Me too, esp. because they want us to bag it up, which seems wasteful. I know! Me too, esp. because they want us to bag it up, which seems wasteful.

]]> By: Kristen http://www.thefrugalgirl.com/2010/01/my-winter-compost-bucket-plus-security-compost-style/#comment-25162 Kristen Sat, 30 Jan 2010 12:30:33 +0000 http://www.thefrugalgirl.com/?p=4717#comment-25162 Nope...they do end up getting broken up with the shovel when I turn the compost, but I haven't had to cut them up before putting them into the bin. Nope…they do end up getting broken up with the shovel when I turn the compost, but I haven’t had to cut them up before putting them into the bin.

]]> By: Linda http://www.thefrugalgirl.com/2010/01/my-winter-compost-bucket-plus-security-compost-style/#comment-24977 Linda Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:33:09 +0000 http://www.thefrugalgirl.com/?p=4717#comment-24977 I have my compost pile in my backyard far from the house. It is a pain in the winter to go out and throw it in the pile. Kristen, I like your idea of a bucket on the porch. I will try that! I just have mine in a heap in the back yard. It works. I have noticed that I have alot of deer tracks around the pile. I have a feeling they are eating some of my "fresh" additions. I have my compost pile in my backyard far from the house. It is a pain in the winter to go out and throw it in the pile. Kristen, I like your idea of a bucket on the porch. I will try that!

I just have mine in a heap in the back yard. It works. I have noticed that I have alot of deer tracks around the pile. I have a feeling they are eating some of my “fresh” additions.

]]> By: CC http://www.thefrugalgirl.com/2010/01/my-winter-compost-bucket-plus-security-compost-style/#comment-24970 CC Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:57:18 +0000 http://www.thefrugalgirl.com/?p=4717#comment-24970 I started composting when my son was in middle school. Its been almost 20 years now and started as an assignment for him. I have kept it up all these years and been lazy about it. Its in the back of our yard with a little fence around it. I toss all kinds of stuff in there, food, paper, leaves, nut shells, corn cobs, seeds and pits, etc. For years we didn't garden so the compost was used around the yard to fill in holes and low spots. We also would put it around the trees. So even if you don't use the compost for gardening it can be used in other ways and I like that all that stuff gets better use than the trash. Also in the kitchen I put my scraps in a old Tupperware canister, when its full out to the compost it goes. I started composting when my son was in middle school. Its been almost 20 years now and started as an assignment for him. I have kept it up all these years and been lazy about it. Its in the back of our yard with a little fence around it. I toss all kinds of stuff in there, food, paper, leaves, nut shells, corn cobs, seeds and pits, etc. For years we didn’t garden so the compost was used around the yard to fill in holes and low spots. We also would put it around the trees. So even if you don’t use the compost for gardening it can be used in other ways and I like that all that stuff gets better use than the trash. Also in the kitchen I put my scraps in a old Tupperware canister, when its full out to the compost it goes.

]]> By: Condo Blues http://www.thefrugalgirl.com/2010/01/my-winter-compost-bucket-plus-security-compost-style/#comment-24944 Condo Blues Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:59:14 +0000 http://www.thefrugalgirl.com/?p=4717#comment-24944 I put my shredded paper in the compost too. I don't have many browns so I have to add what I can when I can. I put my shredded paper in the compost too. I don’t have many browns so I have to add what I can when I can.

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