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Posted by louisianagal z7bMS (My Page) on Wed, Oct 1, 08 at 22:10
I keep a container on the counter next to the sink. In it fits a brown paper lunch bag. I throw in kitchen waste for the compost, bag and all goes in. When I have another paper bag, like a fast food lunch, I save the bag, and use it instead of one of my brown bags.
I also have changed from brewing my iced tea in the coffeemaker to making sun tea outdoors. I don't guess this will work in the wintertime, but it worked this summer and fall.
Laurie |
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Lovely compost . Paper bags - anything paper - makes wonderful compost .
I recently learned that my entire vacuum bag - contents and bag itself - can go in the compost pile . It disappears in no time !
Don't forget the lint from your dryer or hair from your hair brush . |
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| I love the composting idea. Saves buying a kitchen size compost bin, and with a busy household it probably doesn't have time to stink. I used to make Sun Tea, but I've read that it harbors a lot of bacteria, and can actually make you really sick. I'll stick to boiling. I never got sick from Sun Tea, but I don't really want to chance it. Christy :) |
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| Christy - I think you are right - I have read the same thing . The temperature of sun tea stays too low for too long to kill bacteria . A jar sitting in the sun all day is more like a breeding ground for microbes . In Arizona or Nevada it might be a different situation ! |
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| I use a larger paper bag to collect the ashes in my fireplace, then I just throw it over the fence into the garden. |
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When I turned my compost pile yesterday , I found that the vacuum bags had completely disappeared . Waxed paper , coffee filters , coffee grounds , lint , kitchen scraps - all gone .
Big stuff was still there - like large chunks of cow manure and hay - but the cat litter made from corn cobs really decomposed quickly . Hurray ! |
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