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How to Turn Compost with The Compost Tumbler (video)

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhzVKln_xIc I like this guy. I'm glad he shows the tumbler with a lot of material in it, and how it isn't super easy to spin no matter how you do it. But it sure beats using a pitchfork to aerate the stuff. This appears to be the old model without the extra ventilation slots and the additional cut-outs where you can add your compost thermometer. If you were going to get this one, I would look for the newer version. Either way, go Dave. Nice work on the video!

my belated birthday present…

Today, I woke up in the morning and peeked out in the backyard... there was a big yellow kitty litter bucket. I don't have cats, so this could only mean one thing... juicer waste! My compost tumbler was pretty dead at the moment as I don't have much in the way of food scraps...but this should fire it right up. I took the temperature before I put in the scraps: 70 degrees. Let's see what happens!

Sun Chips Bag to Lose Its Crunch (article)

By SUZANNE VRANICA Frito-Lay, the snack giant owned by PepsiCo Inc., says it is pulling most of the biodegradable packaging it uses for its Sun Chips snacks, following an outcry from consumers who complained the new bags were too noisy. Touted by Frito-Lay as 100% compostable, the packaging, made from biodegradable plant material, began hitting store shelves in January. Sales of the multigrain snack have since tumbled. PepsiCo has been working on trying to find a quieter version of the packaging since it first introduced the new bags. Frito-Lay is returning to its old, nondegradable packaging, for five of the six Sun Chips flavors. It will continue to use the noisy packaging for its Sun Chips Original brand. It has been working on trying to find a quieter version of…