On Sun 08 May 2005 10:35:24a, Bob (this one) wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> Sandi wrote:
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Is she the one who uses a "garbage bowl" on the counter? And does
>>> anyone ever use that technique -- dirtying up an extra dish when
>>> there is a perfectly good garbage pail sitting right on the floor?
>>
>>
>> Yes....the non compostable stuff goes in the trahs can and vegetable
>> peelings, leaves, coffee grounds, tea leaves, etc. all go in the
>> "garbage bowl" to be taken out to the compost pile.
>
> I live on a farm on the top of a long, forested hill that runs down to
> the Shenandoah River. I don't have much of a garden since moving to this
> house because there are big trees all around us, and not much level
> ground. And I'm getting lazy in my old age. So I don't compost anymore.
> I throw biodegradable stuff out the back door, down the hill up to maybe
> 60 feet from the house. Some of it will feed critters passing by, the
> rest will feed the plants. Ashes to ashes...
>
> Pastorio

LOL! You sure you're not on Walton's Mountain, John Boy? :-)

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Wayne Boatwright *¿*
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