Apartment Therapy Tagged: composting

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....

A Composting Trashcan: Envi by Julien Bergignant

We love composting because it reduces food waste and it's good for things that grow. So we're liking this idea for a public trashcan that processes the food that's tossed into it into compost, and t...

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...

Composting: An Easy Way to Include Dry Stuff

Whether you're starting an indoor bin, vermicomposting, or utilizing some outside space for a full-fledged compost pile, it's important to add dry things like newspaper. Want to save a step in the com...

How To: Garden Sustainably (The Basics)
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Just because it's mid-August doesn't mean we've gotta stop thinking about the garden. Actually, now's the time to start fall and winter crops (root vegetables, greens, etc.)....

Look! A Kitchen Scrap Bowl in Action

Sure, it's not much to look at, but it sure is a smart idea: the kitchen scrap bowl. Mom has hers on the counter at all times, so she can toss bits and pieces of vegetables, etc. in there as she coo...

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...

Good Question: Kitchen Scraps and No Garden?

Note: Include a pic of your problem and your question gets posted first. Email questions and pics with QUESTIONS in subject line to: green@apartmenttherapy.com Mike needs some advice on garden-less c...

Home Composting Made Easier in Central Virginia

If you live in Richmond or the surrounding towns and counties, the Central Virginia Waste Management Authority (CVWMA) wants to make home composting an even more attractive option for you. Resident...

Composting Pet Poo: Is It For You?

To compost pet poo, or not to compost pet poo? That is the question that either grosses you out, or makes total sense ... What do you think? You might feel differently when you see what we have after...

Dog Waste Composter

I don’t have a dog, but I constantly see people walking their dog, picking up after them, and then wondering what to do with it. Last week Jonathon blogged about the conundrum of what to do with pet...

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

It's been a week and a half since I started up the NatureMill composter and from the looks of it I've got some nutritious brown stuff that's almost ready for my green friends outside. The whole proce...

Good Question: Composting Without a Yard?

(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) Here's Leah's question: Gr...

Re(al)view: Naturemill's Composter

I haven't been this excited about a product since my parents bought me the original NES in the fifth grade. I've been wanting to compost for a few years now, but the idea of breaking down organic mate...

San Francisco's Curbside Composting Program

You know all the jokes about San Francisco being "crunchy" and full of hippies? Well, this tidbit won't help squelch those rumors; we have a curbside composting program as part of our movement to g...