Comments on: The World’s Worst Composter Hits Pay Dirt http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2012/10/worst-composter/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=worst-composter EPA's Blog About Our World Thu, 23 May 2013 16:26:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Glenn Quattlebaum http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2012/10/worst-composter/comment-page-1/#comment-53450 Glenn Quattlebaum Mon, 22 Oct 2012 15:53:27 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=16752#comment-53450 I have been composting for years and one of my best sources for material are neighbors who bag their grass clippings and leaves. Unfortunately the neighbor who was producing 10 – 25 large bags a week has gotten smart and stopped removing all of the clippings. Now I am trying to find another good source. Maybe we need to start an online compost exchange kind of like Craig’s List for dirt. My fancy compost equipment is a new (working) pile and an old (ready to use) pile and a pitchfork.

]]> By: pam lazos http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2012/10/worst-composter/comment-page-1/#comment-53408 pam lazos Wed, 17 Oct 2012 17:43:32 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=16752#comment-53408 Sounds much more intricate than a bin out back behind the woodpile!

]]> By: Bette Conway http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2012/10/worst-composter/comment-page-1/#comment-53389 Bette Conway Tue, 16 Oct 2012 14:39:05 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=16752#comment-53389 We have a tiered worm composter we purchased at the Philadelphia flower show, and aside from the fruit flys (which I think if we add more shredded paper in the layers to cover the vegetable waste, seem to diminish in numbers) we love it!! the individual trays have an “open grid” in the base so that the worms can move up/down the column, and when the bottom tray has been transformed to worm castings/soil, we place it on top, put a light on it, and the worms travel down into the lower trays, and we throw the new fertilizer/soil into our organic garden and flower beds. It time release feeds your plants better than commerical fertilizers, and the base for the stacking trays has a spigot so you can collect the juice, which can be oxidized (i.e. buy a cheap fish tank pump and put it in a bucket of juice) and then when diluted about 20 parts water/1 part juice makes great liquid fertilizer. We even collect our lint from the dryer and put it in the composter. And, its much nicer to take trash out to the curb that doesn’t smell of rotting food! :)

]]> By: pam lazos http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2012/10/worst-composter/comment-page-1/#comment-53388 pam lazos Tue, 16 Oct 2012 14:12:57 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=16752#comment-53388 Wow, that probably cuts down on the insects and things as well. I’ll have to try that, Chris, thanks.

]]> By: Christopher Haase http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2012/10/worst-composter/comment-page-1/#comment-53352 Christopher Haase Sat, 13 Oct 2012 11:31:40 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=16752#comment-53352 Failure is nothing more than progress in disguise…
I failed using the containment approach and found that mulching it in with our leaves and yards wastes acted as the best catalyst to break down.

Made it useable at the source and cut down odors and pests.

]]> By: pam lazos http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2012/10/worst-composter/comment-page-1/#comment-53346 pam lazos Fri, 12 Oct 2012 21:01:45 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=16752#comment-53346 Oh, my kids are involved, Brenda. They just like spiders and flying things even less than I do! Andy yes, Kathy, let’s keep at it. Sooner or later we’ll hit the “tipping point.”

]]> By: Kathy Moore http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2012/10/worst-composter/comment-page-1/#comment-53344 Kathy Moore Fri, 12 Oct 2012 19:23:57 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=16752#comment-53344 I have the same problem, Pam. I have been composting for about 6 years and have produced about 6 1-gallon buckets of what I call compost. I don’t have a brown thumb, I guess. I’ll keep at it though.

]]> By: Bernda Pittman http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2012/10/worst-composter/comment-page-1/#comment-53343 Bernda Pittman Fri, 12 Oct 2012 17:16:58 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=16752#comment-53343 Now lets get your kids engaged in sustainability. Its their future too!

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