I would love to compost    
​your kitchen scraps.
                              
When meals are prepared,  kitchen food scraps show up.  Common examples of food scraps are fruit and vegetable bits, coffee grounds, and eggshells.


Kitchen food scraps are a big environmental problem. When placed in the trash, they end up at the dump... on the ground... rotting ... and converting into methane...

This is the claim one of our daughters presented recently. I checked it out online because the amount of scraps seems so small in our kitchen. The sources I looked at say yes, huge problem.      

The picture to the left  shows our food scrap container. The lid is on to keep flies out.  

INVITATION: I would so very much love to get your food scraps. We are now bringing a container each Sunday to the Murrieta Farmers Market to collect donated scraps. 
We will compost them and use the compost in our vegetable plots. 

In our first week of scrap-hoarding in our kitchen we found...first, it's hard to remember there is a can to fill. Second, a smell developed. (I can't smell because of long ago chemotherapy, but Janet can.)​ The container ended up outside.

​..Container is inside. The smell was egg yoke.  I need to work harder on this. I'm going to do better this coming week.

​Below are common items that can be collected and composted:
  • Fruit peels and cores (even avocado pits and skins!)
  • Vegetable scraps (carrot tops, potato peels, broccoli stalks)
  • Coffee grounds and paper filters
  • Tea leaves (from loose leaf or compostable tea bags)
  • Eggshells (crushing them helps them break down faster, but we often just toss them in whole). Limit yoke.
  • Stale bread and plain pasta (just avoid anything with heavy sauces or oils)
  • Grains like rice or oatmeal
  • Soft paper
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The items below don't compost well. They should not be included with the other food scrapes:  
  • Meat, fish, and bones: These are a big no-no. They attract rodents and other unwanted critters and can smell pretty bad.
  • Dairy products: Cheese, yogurt, milk – same pest and smell issues as meat.
  • Oily or greasy foods: Think salad dressings, cooking oils, or anything that leaves a greasy residue. This can create anaerobic conditions (lack of air) and slow down decomposition.
  • Diseased plants: These spread plant diseases into the compost.
  • Pet waste (from cats and dogs): Dog and cat feces can contain pathogens that are harmful to humans. 

Farmers Market/Thank you.
Aug 30           11 gallons of scraps total

 

Skill One

Problem: Our Kitchen waste
(Examples: Old leaves of cabbage, egg shells, and 
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Skill Two

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Skill Three

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