{"id":1400,"date":"2010-03-14T03:23:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-14T03:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/katrina.effexhost.com\/index.php\/2010\/03\/14\/save-the-planet-saturday-10\/"},"modified":"2025-01-12T21:47:30","modified_gmt":"2025-01-12T21:47:30","slug":"save-the-planet-saturday-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifewithkatie.com\/index.php\/2010\/03\/14\/save-the-planet-saturday-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Save the Planet Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I bet everyone has pretty much given up on me getting a post up today. Surprise! I made it! I had a great day with the boys but I’m still fighting a sore throat and feeling a bit drained. I’m thinking it’s just the change in weather and I’m not getting sick. I’m certainly hoping so, anyway.<\/p>\n

I was pondering what to write for today when inspiration hit in the most obvious of ways. The boys and I went out to the wonderful Swede’s for lunch and I watched in awe as Ben packed away one of their 1\/2 wet burritos and ate part of mine. Only those of you who have had the delight of eating at Swede’s knows just how much food that is. When we got back, the boys and I were talking about books and I happened to look down and see a UB bookstore bag at Roger’s feet. I pulled it up to see what was in it and discovered 3 new books! Yay! Then, I caught a wiff of something nasty smelling. I looked back down in the bag and saw a Subway sandwich bag with umm…the liquified remains of something. *shudders*<\/p>\n

How does all of this related to today’s post? Well, one of the books was a really nice book on organic gardening. Sadly, it now smells like a compost bin…and tada! We have a topic!<\/p>\n

One of the things I want to do very soon is start a compost bin here at the house. I can’t afford to buy one so I’m going to make one. Are you ready for how I’m going to do this? It’s super easy.<\/p>\n

Step 1: Find two containers with lids: a smaller one to sit in my kitchen and a larger one that will be the main compost bin.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Step 2: Set up the kitchen bin. For this, I’m thinking one of those big gallon tubs of icecream. We’ll enjoy the icecream and then use the plastic tub w\/ the lid. Setup basically means tucking it under my kitchen sink w\/ the lid on it.<\/strong>
Step 3: Set up the main compost bin. This will be a larger bin w\/ a lid. I’ll poke small holes in the bottom for air to get in and put it up on a couple of bricks. I’ll also need something to stir it with.
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Step 4: Make sure to mix the main bin and add a balance of browns and greens to keep the compost happy.
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Step 5: Enjoy the “fruits” of labor in anywhere from 3-6 months, depending on how busy our bin is.<\/span><\/p>\n

And there you have it, a quick and easy compost bin that any of us could put together. Once I get ours setup, I’ll try to post some photos and let you know how it works! For now, I’m going to try to figure out how to defunk my really nice gardening book.
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