On Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:11:11 -0600, Janet Bostwick
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>On Fri, 01 Apr 2011 17:13:57 -0400, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
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>>Those cheese containers are too small, they'd need emptying much too
>>often. And plastic absorbs nasty odors that can't be washed out, and
>>they stain. Compost containers need to be vented or they'll start to
>>ferment and they'll stink even more. I've been using the same $9
>>stainless steel one gallon compost bucket for more than 20 years, at
>>this point it's been free for a long time because now it costs twice
>>as much.
>
>
>My property isn't as large as yours, Sheldon. I empty the container
>every evening after supper. I walk out the back door into the back
>yard and over to the compost. Bring the container back in and rinse
>and then wash it. No smell. I'm simply taking fresh trimmings out to
>the compost -- they haven't begun to ferment yet.
>Janet


Compost is garbage that I am diverting from the garbage collector. .
Just as with my other garbage, it goes out every single day. I do not
keep it hanging around the kitchen.

I always have enough cottage cheese containers, too, because that is a
household staple. Even on days that I am doing a lot of cooking and
food prep, I have never, ever come close to running out of cottage
cheese containers.

Over the winter, the snow was so deep that we could not get to the
composters (I have two). I piled up those filled cottage cheese
containers in the garage where they froze nicely. When the thaw came,
I marched it all out to the composters. No fuss. No muss. No filters.
No disintegrating bags.

Besides, it does no harm whatsoever if any of the compost starts its
decomposition a few hours or even days early. If I find a rotted
orange or potato or some such, or cut out an overripe portion of a
melon, into the compost container it goes. I surely wouldn't worry
about "fermentation" detracting from its use.

Poor Sheldon...his brain is fermented and he doesn't know his ass from
a hole in the ground about compost, either.

Boron

On Fri, 01 Apr 2011 19:51:25 -0400, Boron Elgar
> wrote:

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>Over the winter, the snow was so deep that we could not get to the
>composters (I have two). I piled up those filled cottage cheese
>containers in the garage where they froze nicely. When the thaw came,
>I marched it all out to the composters. No fuss. No muss. No filters.
>No disintegrating bags.
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>Boron

Oh, heck. I never thought of letting the stuff freeze. I'd have to
use a plastic garbage can and see if the raccoons would leave it
alone.
Janet

On Sat, 02 Apr 2011 11:19:38 -0600, Janet Bostwick
> wrote:

>On Fri, 01 Apr 2011 19:51:25 -0400, Boron Elgar
> wrote:
>
>snip
>>Over the winter, the snow was so deep that we could not get to the
>>composters (I have two). I piled up those filled cottage cheese
>>containers in the garage where they froze nicely. When the thaw came,
>>I marched it all out to the composters. No fuss. No muss. No filters.
>>No disintegrating bags.
>snip
>>Boron
>
>Oh, heck. I never thought of letting the stuff freeze. I'd have to
>use a plastic garbage can and see if the raccoons would leave it
>alone.
>Janet


I think the critters would get to the stuff by me if I left it outside
to freeze. Over the years, we gave up keeping cars in the garage and
use it for more practical stuff - like storing frozen compostables and
large tubs of weird plants in the winter.

Boron

On Mon, 04 Apr 2011 11:35:21 -0400, Boron Elgar
> wrote:

>On Sat, 02 Apr 2011 11:19:38 -0600, Janet Bostwick
> wrote:
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>>Oh, heck. I never thought of letting the stuff freeze. I'd have to
>>use a plastic garbage can and see if the raccoons would leave it
>>alone.
>>Janet
>
>
>I think the critters would get to the stuff by me if I left it outside
>to freeze. Over the years, we gave up keeping cars in the garage and
>use it for more practical stuff - like storing frozen compostables and
>large tubs of weird plants in the winter.
>
>Boron


Normally, my husband would take it out and bury the stuff in the
"real" compost pile. This year all composting shut down as piles and
tumblers froze solid.
Janet

On Mon, 04 Apr 2011 12:52:03 -0600, Janet Bostwick
> wrote:

>On Mon, 04 Apr 2011 11:35:21 -0400, Boron Elgar
> wrote:
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>>On Sat, 02 Apr 2011 11:19:38 -0600, Janet Bostwick
> wrote:
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>snip
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>>>Oh, heck. I never thought of letting the stuff freeze. I'd have to
>>>use a plastic garbage can and see if the raccoons would leave it
>>>alone.
>>>Janet
>>
>>
>>I think the critters would get to the stuff by me if I left it outside
>>to freeze. Over the years, we gave up keeping cars in the garage and
>>use it for more practical stuff - like storing frozen compostables and
>>large tubs of weird plants in the winter.
>>
>>Boron
>
>
>Normally, my husband would take it out and bury the stuff in the
>"real" compost pile. This year all composting shut down as piles and
>tumblers froze solid.
>Janet

We could have tolerated the temps, but it was the 4+ feet of snow in
the yard all winter that prevented the trek from house to bins (only
one tumbles, that is my favorite).

Boron

On Mon, 04 Apr 2011 14:59:26 -0400, Boron Elgar
> wrote:

>On Mon, 04 Apr 2011 12:52:03 -0600, Janet Bostwick
> wrote:
>
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>>Normally, my husband would take it out and bury the stuff in the
>>"real" compost pile. This year all composting shut down as piles and
>>tumblers froze solid.
>>Janet
>
>We could have tolerated the temps, but it was the 4+ feet of snow in
>the yard all winter that prevented the trek from house to bins (only
>one tumbles, that is my favorite).
>
>Boron

My daughter gave me the tumbler available at Costco for Mother's Day
last year. The other tumbler is so darn big I can't reach high enough
to get the door back on (bad arm). The compost pile (12 feet x 5
feet) is the "man and dog" thing. They tend it and turn it all winter
long (usually), but this year it was too cold too long. The tumblers
are for kitchen and garden waste. The pile is leaves and grass
clippings.
Janet

On Mon, 04 Apr 2011 18:31:38 -0600, Janet Bostwick
> wrote:

>On Mon, 04 Apr 2011 14:59:26 -0400, Boron Elgar
> wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 04 Apr 2011 12:52:03 -0600, Janet Bostwick
> wrote:
>>
>snip
>>>
>>>Normally, my husband would take it out and bury the stuff in the
>>>"real" compost pile. This year all composting shut down as piles and
>>>tumblers froze solid.
>>>Janet
>>
>>We could have tolerated the temps, but it was the 4+ feet of snow in
>>the yard all winter that prevented the trek from house to bins (only
>>one tumbles, that is my favorite).
>>
>>Boron
>
>My daughter gave me the tumbler available at Costco for Mother's Day
>last year. The other tumbler is so darn big I can't reach high enough
>to get the door back on (bad arm). The compost pile (12 feet x 5
>feet) is the "man and dog" thing. They tend it and turn it all winter
>long (usually), but this year it was too cold too long. The tumblers
>are for kitchen and garden waste. The pile is leaves and grass
>clippings.
>Janet

We got our composters at Costco, too. I have the tumbler and one that
is just a bottomless cube. I can get the tumbler going with some
effort, but turning the interior of the cube is a PITA.

We've a small yard now and I do not have enough input for a plain old
pile. Used to at the old house...I also remember one spring going out
there with a pitchfork to spread some goodies on the garden, dug in
and upended a whole family of rabbits that had burrowed in for the
warmth. I screamed, the rabbits went flying...what an event.

Boron