I know. It’s decomposing trash. What could be lazier? But there’s WALKING, you see. Dumping that bowl of peelings out every day or so. Around here the ‘or so’ started to gather fruit flies and make Mr. Ivory frown a lot.
Well, where there’s a complete lack of will, Ivory can find a way…
That’s the freezer. I shove bags of peelings in there until I can’t close the door, then I take them out all at once.
Sweet.
Ivory
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oooooooooh, yes, and the freezing and thawing breaks down the cell walls on the material for you! it’s like giving the compost a kick-start.
something has learned to get into my composter, it has been digging in the middle and eating what i put in. argh. i’m going to have to wrap my bin with another bin.
Ooo, I hadn’t thought about the cell-walls thing. That’s a very good point. Though it’s not a far walk to my pile, it’s really more effort to wrap them up and freeze them than it is to just walk outside about 20 feet.
We get the fruit flies here too. I really keep meaning to get a container for the top of the counter instead of just piling everything up in a bowl but they’re so expensive.
i put my compost in an old blender and then dump directly on my plants in the yard,no need for a compost pile
Hey, empty coffee cans are free! If you don’t like them in your decor, make a cozy for it or wrap in contact paper!
Emily, I sometimes use a big coffee can with a lid. No smells and I can hide it in a cupboard.
Excellent idea. We kinda have the same method, but with the fridge instead of the freezer. We have to haul the kitchen waste down 1 and a half flights of stairs and out to our side yard.
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Emily–i was like you, dreaming of the day when i would be able to justify owning such an expensive gadget as a compost container, all gleamy and with the promise of no odor. Then i had a power surge and realised i had one already that i hardly used–an old leftover Tupperware container that used to house extra bulk supplies. We’re talking at least a gallon or so of storage. We slip a biobag in there (and you don’t even have to do that) and then stick it in the fridge (or under the sink when it’s cooler in the winter.) Plus, it’s easy to throw in the dish washer!
Ha! I have a bucket in the fridge. I guess it slows down the fruit flies enough that we don’t see too many of them. Then, after a night like last night, I HAVE to do it. I peeled, sliced and chopped a whole lot of produce last night for our dinner! (but it was awesome. Sauteed eggplant cubes over WW pasta with a little red sauce, fresh picked cherry tomatoes with basil and mozzarella, olive oil and balsamic vinegar, and a mystery melon! Yay for CSA!)
This is a good idea…and I’m thinking that the moisture once it thaws would be good for the pile too…
Now THAT is a good idea! Most my stuff goes to the chickens, but still……….
Linda
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What the chickens won’t eat, I put in an empty Folgers plastic coffee can with lid I keep it on the counter. When that gets full I put it in an old laundry soap bucket with lid that I keep outside the back door. I also add cat hair from brushings and the gunk the vacuum cleaner collects to the bucket. When that one gets full I take it to the compost pile. By then it’s all juicy and half broken down. I only have to make a trip every other week or so.
No bugs!
mmm??? wondering..should I take out my frozen veggies to freeze my parings???? p’rhaps not the best idea but I really would love not to have to visit the compost heap so often too!!!
Great idea!
And I thought I was lazy with just opening the door and tossing into the raised bed in lieu of walking to the compost pile. LOL
I don’t have any room in my freezer….if I did, I would do the same!
Funny, that’s my husband’s solution for dealing with non-compost friendly garbage too, like spoiled meat (or mystery leftovers). When we find an overlooked package of meat, or whatever, that’s beyond use in the fridge (after I get past the regret and self-loathing for having wasted the food and the $ it cost to buy/replace) we wrap it up, write “trash” on it so we don’t forget it again and think it could be dinner, and freeze it until trash day. This keeps the odors down when it goes out in the trash too, so the coons aren’t as likely to notice it before the trashman picks it up.
I have an old 5 quart ice cream bucket with lid that I use. Works great and has a handle to carry it with and can be washed in the dishwasher, but I usually just rinse and start again.
My youngest son was thrilled to find maggots growing in our outdoor compost bin. He now regularly harvests them to feed to his bearded dragon.
Oh of course, a coffee can! And I can knit a cover for it or something. Duh! Too bad I don’t drink coffee. I’ll have to snag one from my MIL. Thanks y’all!
I outgrew coffee cans a while back. Won’t even get me through one day. Guess we’re pigs!
Hooray for the freezer! BrownThumbPapa makes lots of frowny faces too, as a result of my random thrifty practices. Maybe they should get together and commiserate about their wacky wives.
Note to self . . start a compost heap . . today!!
We use an empty cat littler bucket. It is 2 or 3 gallons with a lid. I never thought to put it in the fridge. I might have to do that next summer. Now it is cooling down and isn’t so much of a problem. But for a while there, it was RIPE after only a day or two.
I put my compost in the freezer too. I keep an empty storage container in the door of my freezer and add to it each day until it’s full.
LOL..i LOVE it!! I’m a lazy composter I need to do this too great idea!!
I’ve been on your blog for over ha hour now…really enjoying it!
I must admit, this is the first time that I have heard of this technique. I will try it as soon as I get my hands on my next pile of kitchen scraps! Have you tried composting with Red Wiggler worms? I’ve als been vermicomposting and I’m thinking if it’s safe to do this idea when vermicomposting. Thanks!