Just kidding! I love them, good people, really fun Ticos. Actually, it turns out 25% of landfill “trash” could alternatively be used to replenish the soil we need to grow food. Food we eat to keep us goin’, lovin’ life and havin’ fun.
In pursuit of answers I took off to the library and checked out, The Rodale Guide to Composting, copyright 1960, and hoped the technique hadn’t changed too much. I allotted myself one week of awareness and then called my roommate to action. To make a long story short it went sorta like this:
- Sketch the design
- Two trips to EPA (local Home Depot) with my Tupelo Bag to pick up material, because the first time my roommate tried to come back with a laundry basket and call it a day
- Build
- Rebuild
- Rebuild
- Beer break
- Rebuild
- Successfully complete bin construction
- Realize bin built in backyard is too big to pass to front yard
- Hoist bin on ladder and over fence
- Cut down lemon tree branches obstructing bin passage
- Shove ladder over fence and through lemon tree
- Lower ladder and bin to its rightful home
- Make lemonade
In my case, due to wet weather and lack of dry scraps (carbon) I have no idea when I’ll see actual compost I can use in my garden. If anyone has any pointers please send them my way! Otherwise I’m in no rush, and the neighbors haven’t complained yet. So I’ll just keep adding waste, let the rainy season pass, and we shall see what happens...
Pura Vida!!
Erin