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Sure-Close Kitchen Composter Review

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79-xE3ZKyME When it comes to composting, you only need two things to make it work: A compost pile and a collection container in the kitchen. The Sure-Close food scrap collector is by far the best container I've seen, and I've sampled a lot of kitchen containers. For more people to catch on to composting, it has to be easy. This container is easy to clean, easy to use, and solves the problems that other containers have. Here's the specs: -2 gallon/ 7 liter capacity... enough for a week's worth of scraps -Made of recyclable #2 HDPE plastic, manufactured in Canada -Easily fits under the sink, in a corner, on the countertop -The wide, angled opening makes it easy to fill and empty -The lid stays open at 90 degrees, can…

Okay to put weeds in compost pile (video)

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veLSPo423KM Daphne Richards has a nice video here explaining why it's OK to put weeds in your compost pile if it's one that's really cooking. Once you get into the 130 and up range, the weed seeds die off in a matter of hours...she mentions 150 degrees, but in my experience it doesn't need to get THAT hot...although it's cool if you do. I would simplify the video by saying that if you're working with a large compost bin, you can definitely compost weeds with no problem. However, in smaller volumes there's just not enough heat generated for a sustained period of time to kill the weed seeds. Personally I like to put a big stack of weeds on top of my compost as an insulating layer, because I simply…

Adding Humanure Compost to A Garden (video)

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynUNOsMrO1k Jenkins adds material to one compost bin for a year, then switches to the second bin for year two. At the end of year two, the contents of the first bin are ready to use for gardening. Pathogens are not present. It's pretty awesome that he's been doing this for 30+ years with no issues at all...safe to say he knows what he's talking about!