Apartment Therapy Tagged: compost

The Valentina Composter by Priscilla Woolworth

This handmade compact cedar composter by Priscilla Woolworth, a "composting enthusiast with a strong sense of aesthetics," is perfect for apartment dwellers, or for those with limited outdoor space....

Debunked: 10 Green Home Myths
This Old House

Being green at home has been gaining momentum, even being dubbed as a fad by some folks over the last few years. Even with all the increased attention on the movement there are still tons of myths f...

Compost It! Tumbleweed Pet Poo Converter

Did you know you can compost pet droppings? Although it shouldn't be mixed in with regular compost, poo from dogs, cats, or rodents can still be converted into rich fertilizer for your garden. ...

The Dirt on Compost Made from Treated Sewage

Last weekend, tens of thousands of music-lovers descended on Austin, TX, to take part in the Austin City Limits Music Festival. The ACL Fest "went green" this year, and not just in an eco-wise way. Th...

San Francisco Composting Law Countdown
San Francisco Chronicle

San Francisco's composting/recycling law is still a full six weeks away from taking effect, but it's already working like a charm......

75 Things You Can Compost: Who Knew?

We have been composting kitchen scraps and garden clippings for awhile now, but Planet Green's recent list of "75 Things You Can Compost, But Thought You Couldn't," opened our eyes to a whole new worl...

10 Things You Can Recycle You Didn't Know You Could

If you're like us you hate throwing anything in the regular garbage. It seems like such a, pardon the pun, waste. But there's some stuff you just don't know what to do with. Check out our list pl...

How To: Make a Shipping Pallet Compost Bin

Growing up, our family’s composting system consisted of a compost heap enclosed with a fence. Nothing fancy, but it did the job. It wasn’t until recently that we started seeing manufactured comp...

Best Composters & Tools 2009

I've used composters inside and outside my house for many years, starting with a wooden one that I built myself and kept under the sink with red wriggler worms (vermicomposting). It was an experime...

City of Cambridge Now Accepting Food Compost!

A little while ago we posted about a couple who generated only one bag of trash for an entire year! One of their tactics included composting their food scraps. We live in a three family home liter...

Compost Alternative: Buy or Brew Compost Tea

Apartment living, like it or not, puts some limits on growing our own food. Many of us are making our way with a container garden (we harvested our very first salad last night!), but there's often one...

Good Questions: More on Maggots and Compost

On Wednesday, Emily's question on maggots in her kitchen scraps set off quite the compost conversation. It also raised a couple more questions that need answers. We're posting them below the jump to k...

Good Question: Maggots in My Compost ... Help!

(Note: Include a pic of your problem and your question gets posted first. Email questions and pics with QUESTIONS in subject line to: green(at)apartmenttherapy(dot)com) This question comes from Emi...

Re(al)view: Naturemill's Composter Part Three

I thought I had a composting disaster this week, but then I found out all the normal things are happening, even if they don't look normal. So the other day I opened the bottom tray to see if any o...

Blogging San Francisco Chronicle: Trash Police

First, San Francisco banned the plastic bag. Now, mayor Gavin Newsom is proposing the nation's first mandatory recycling and composting law....

Good City Compost

We've just moved to Berkeley, California, where the city runs a fantastic food waste recycling (that is, composting) program. Stephanie blogged about the little green bin that showed up on her doorst...

Composting

Did anyone see Oprah yesterday and her Earth Day Special? We happened to catch a moment where Julia Roberts was fluffing the compost....

How To: Use Your Green Compost Bin

The Kitchn recently posted about the great green compost carts that are now part of San Francisco's waste removal program. We've been reading up on what is and is not acceptable, and realized we still...

Look!: Kitchen Counter Compost Chute

Not to brag, but San Francisco and Alameda counties have pretty awesome recycling programs. We get a big barrel for recycling (no sorting required!), a small barrel for trash (that we often don't fi...