"Bob (this one)" > wrote in message
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> 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
Pastorio, I would've sworn you lived in Italy. Aren't you afraid the bears
will get you?
Dee
Shenandoah Valley
Toms Brook, VA