I was chatting with someone the other day about the joy of compost (I know, I know) and specifically the smug happiness you get when turning all your kitchen waste into something useful instead of landfill.
‘I’m not really all that into gardening,’ he said. ‘But I really do like putting stuff into the compost. In fact, I’ve started choosing my food on the basis of how much compostable waste it’s going to generate …’
May 20, 2009 at 4:45 pm |
Oh the joy of composting! Apart from banana skins, potato peelings and tea bags I have very little kitchen waste.
I must also say that I’m looking forward to next spring when I’ll be using my first lot of plot compost! xx
May 20, 2009 at 9:24 pm |
Just out of interest, why not teabags? – Ours works fine, but then there’s about 3 per week in our house – caffeine being the drug of choice.
j
May 20, 2009 at 9:28 pm |
J sorry that’s the kitchen waste that I do put on the compost heap!
May 21, 2009 at 7:38 am |
There was a time in London when – during the week at least – our only compostable waste would have been coffee grounds and orange peel. I thought about getting a wormery, but they would have been very hyper worms…
May 21, 2009 at 6:18 pm |
Got to be careful with teabags – some teabags are now plastic!
May 21, 2009 at 6:58 pm |
Is nothing sacred?
May 21, 2009 at 9:14 pm |
I’m sure there’s someone somewhere worshipping Co-Op 99 Tea or PG Tips… (back to my loose leaf Earl Grey)