What do you use?

[i_am2bz]

Okay, I've seen it all now...at TSC, right at the counter, they were selling "kitchen scrap bins" (or something to that effect, I can't remember exactly now)...heavy enamel-coated pots with tight-fitting lids to put your scraps in before going into the compost...all for the lowlowlow price of $22.95!! :coolsun

I recall my mom using a half-gallon milk carton; I use an old plastic Maxwell House container myself (but I'm admittedly unsophisticated. ) But it got me wondering what others use....?

 

[thistlebloom]

I have a really fancy one with a mountain scene printed on the side and the words "Mountain High Yogurt". Yep, the kids will get it when I pass on.

 

[digitS']

Ah 2bz, you are just askin' so as to make fun of us . . .

Okay, if you are unsophisticated with a Maxwell House coffee can how about a 5 gallon bucket in a box on the deck?

My compostables are buried in the garden and I usually have some "earthworks" going somewhere. As I cleaned the smaller veggie garden there was one section of a bed that hadn't been amended last Fall. So, I dug it out and tossed weeds in it. That bucket has been filling for a month. I'd better get it over there and put about 8" of soil on top of its contents.

Steve

 

[Warthog]

I am really very sophisticated

Mine sits next to the sink on the counter top, I fill it during the day, empty it each morning into the compost pile, wash and refill, and it cost me quite a few dollars!!!!

It's a 1 gallon empty ice cream tub.

 

[i_am2bz]

Ah 2bz, you are just askin' so as to make fun of us . . .

Okay, if you are unsophisticated with a Maxwell House coffee can how about a 5 gallon bucket in a box on the deck?

Actually, I was making fun of who-ever thought you needed a fancy-shmancy $22 pot for your wilted lettuce & used coffee grounds!

But Steve...does that mean you have to go out onto your deck whenever you have scraps to dispose of...? I mean, my compost bin is at the bottom of the stairs in my yard, but I have the coffee can in the kitchen where I dump things first. When it's full (or smells!) I carry it out to the bin in the yard. Or am I the only one...? :/

ETA: Oh good, Warthog does it too!

 

[digitS']

Well, the deck is just out the backdoor.

Peelings, and there are quite a few because that's how we eat , go in a bowl or whatever and are carried out at the end of a meal, anyway.

The bucket will go in the back of the pickup for the trip to a garden a few miles away. I should park the pickup beside the deck and just toss th . . . nah, DW would never go for that .

Steve

 

[CricketB]

I use a nice ceramic container that sort of looks like a cross between a fire hydrant and mini trash can with a carbon filter on the inside of the lid that I got from World Market, $14.50. I know I could just use any container but if it has to sit out on my counter, I want it to at least go with the rest of the decor! Judge me all you want! lol

 

[vfem]

Isn't that what those old folger cans are for?! Well don't I look stupid now!

 

[journey11]

I used to keep an old plastic tupperware bowl on the counter for mine, until my MIL found me a black ceramic compost crock at the Goodwill for $3. The crock looks very nice and has a charcoal filter in the lid to keep down the smells, but unfortunately I don't think to dump it everyday like I did the smaller bowl. It is also a little more annoying to clean, but I like it well enough to keep it.

 

[AmyRey]

I have one of these under the sink:

I think I paid $2.00 for it.