I have heard someone say that they put their vegetables scraps, etc. and grind it and then mix it with water and use that as an added nutrient to their gardens...........has anyone done this before or heard of anyone doing this sort of composting?
My DH never wanted an outside compost because he said it attracted rats but now that we started composting indoors and putting it outside the curb with the rest of the garbage and recyclables, I started thinking about composting and using it in my own garden using the liquifying method.
I have no idea whether this type of composting is better or not........any thoughts on this........please advise......thanks
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I'm glad I could save you from freezing!
The booklet said that it shouldn't attract animals and creatures if you have a good balance of "green" and "brown" waste, but if you find something digging to get in, you should put stones or bricks around the bottom edge to help keep them out.
That's it! Shoo, you saved me from having to go outside and traipsing through the mud. I see it does have holes, but I still haven't had any mice problems.
If I decide to go get the paint, I'll take my camera with for a quick snap of the bin, ok? lol
We just finally got one yesterday. I'd been thinking about it a lot and finally looked into it and found out that our townshipgives them away FREE! I guess it saves themmoney by diverting garbage from the dump. This is the one we received...
Thanks Cat for the picture..........I don't want you to freeze your butt out there, you have to save yourself for all that painting you have to do now....... :laugh:
It's like this, LOL. Could only find clipart!
It's [I][B]not[/B][/I] this one from CT. Mine is round with no holes. I'll take a pic for you, but it is freezing outside, lol.
Well, I guess they must have improved on these composting bins........sounds like a great idea.........now if I can only convince my DH to get one of these
That sounds like mine.
We bought our composter from the Village office at our last place and I believe it was sealed up tight. It was blackand looked like a garbage can upside down. We put veggies egg shells tea bags and coffee grounds in it and add fromthe top and watered it once or twice a year and took out what DH called "Black Gold" from the bottom. He would take a fork and turn it over a couple of times a year and mix it up and we never had any problem of rodents. We were told when we moved here not to compost as it attracts rats here so maybe it has to do with the climate here. I have a garbarator here but will go back to composting when we move. I have never heard of grinding veggie scrapes and pouring them on the garden.
Cat, I thought that composting bins have to have holes for aeration of the gross stuff in there........this is where the mice can get in and maybe bigger ones later on........we have enough problems getting mice in the house without the compost bins because we back on to a green belt.........I would prefer to do the liquifying method if it's good to do that..........haven't heard anything about it yet
We inherited a composter in our backyard when we bought this house. We throw all our raw veggies and fruit pieces in there (when we remember). You can also add tea leaves and egg shells. You need to give it water now and again to help with the decomposing and to keep it moist. When it rains we open the lid.
No rats. It is sealed tight, the layers screw onto each other, including the lid, so no critter can get inside. Even the slot at the bottom has a door that slides down to close it.
I'm curious about this too. I've been toying with putting a compost bin in, as there is no recycling or green bin programs here. I wonder if just putting raw (not broken down) liquefied scraps would have the same nutrient value as true compost. There wouldn't be any of the benefits of worm castings, aereation, etc. that you get with true compost, and you may end up attracting rodents anyway, as you're putting a liquid onto your garden that still needs to "rot" - which may end up smelling up your plantings.
Anyway, I have no composting experience, so I'm very interested in what the experts have to say!