The Story So Far - May 2008 - Part 2

May 14th, 2008 -- Posted in The Rental | 1 Comment »

So, to continue…

Today - the compost heap. Well, not so much heap as column. When I first moved into the house, there was no composting going on. However, when I suggested the idea, everyone was up for it. So, we pulled out an old ice-cream container, which has successfully functioned as our bench-top compost bin ever since.

However, we were lacking the main ingredient - a compost bin. I ventured underneath our house, which, being a high-set old Queenslander that has been rented since the dawn of time, had accumulated the detritus of generations of housemates. Amongst the mess were a stack of old tyres and an old metal rubbish bin. Voila - the compost monster was born!

We had to shove a few old pieces of thin plywood inside to stop the food scraps falling into the inside of the tyres. However, as you can see, with the food scraps of four people going into it over the last few months, it has almost reached capacity!

I’m really looking forward to somehow pulling it apart and seeing what we have sitting at the bottom. I’m hoping to find some really dense, nutrient-rich compost to give to my plants. I’ll keep ya posted.