Composting

Since I've started this class and learned more about different methodologies used in urban agriculture I've been begging my boyfriend to buy my a compost bin that can kept inside. Sadly, I have not been able to convince him as of yet. But I did start composting this week. This actually happened on accident. I had been saving this milk gallon to transplant a different plant but hadn't bought soil for it yet. So, this empty gallon was just sitting in my container garden, acting as a make shift green house for one of my other plants. One day I was getting rid of some dead parts of my plants and just threw them into the gallon because I didn't want to walk all the way up to my apartment just to throw them away. Then a few days later I had to get rid of one of my plants because it had completely died so I threw it into the gallon as well. That's when it occurred to me that I could still compost despite living in a apartment.

Currently in my compost: dead plants, left over lettuce harvest, and eggshells.

I cook a lot. I cook every day and I like to include vegetables. Sometimes I have too many vegetables left over that I don't use right away that I used to end up just having to dispose of. But now I can use them in my compost. I added some leftover lettuce harvest to my compost. I also included egg shells. I'm a big egg person. I love over-easy eggs in the morning when I have the time to make them. Maybe not the most legitimate source, but I feel like it's information is similar to what we've learned in class, is this infographic I found on Pinterest. I've been using it as a guide to my composting. Here take a look:

If you can't read it here's a link to the actual image.

Composting is awesome! Seriously, it's like the ultimate form of recycling--and what's cooler than recycling? Nothing.