How Do You Start A Kitchen Compost Bin?
Composting kitchen waste not only makes good use of valuable nutrients by putting them back into the soil. It reduces the amount of trash from your kitchen too. Saving scraps of organic material like vegetable peels, cores and other unused vegetables and adding them to a kitchen compost bin will provide you with rich soil for all your garden. You may think this involves keeping a smelly bucket of rotting food in your kitchen, but there are ways to eliminate the smell without harming the compost. Select a large bucket with a sealable lid. Place vegetable and fruit scraps in the bucket whenever you cook. Do not forget to throw in those left over cooked vegetables. As long as they do not contain fatty sauces, they are a great addition to compost. Seal the bucket as soon as you deposit new items. Empty the bucket into the outside compost bin on a daily basis. Purchase biodegradable compost bags to line a small wastebasket. This will hold your vegetable scraps throughout the day and can be