Composting

Yesterday I built a simple compost bin using instructions I found at Stopwaste.org. I went with the one made from a 32 gallon plastic garbage can. I spent about $20 at Home Depot to buy everything, and it took about 15 minutes to build it, plus another 10 minutes to dig a small hole in the lawn to put it in. We already have some kitchen scraps in it, just stuff like corn cobs, onion peel, coffee grounds and banana peels. I also added in some dried leaves and newspaper. This week I’ll ask our lawn mowing service to save us all the grass clippings so we can use those in the compost bin. I am already thinking that we will need another bin, but it was so easy to make, I am not worried. Just can’t wait to see all the waste turn into compost that we can use in the garden!