After just three months perfectly average urban kitchen waste has transformed into beautiful, rich compost ready to debut in a country garden in the Adirondacks. I've learned a lot to shorten the production cycle and, thus, anticipate sending another batch out into the world. And, what a world of opportunity there is. Interest in my compost has also been fielded from rooftop gardeners in Greenwich Village and a brownstone owner in Park Slope.
But, first, I need to solve the fruit fly problem that has developed in the current batch. I've tried fashioning a vinegar trap that didn't fool these savvy City-bred pests. So, I'll continue to research and test other solutions.
Practical Recycling Woman (PRW)
1 comment:
Hey PRW!
1) Awesome post! 2) I'm really excited that you're passing the composting and concern for our environment along - that's great!
3) You may have already come upon this in your anti-fruit fly research, but just in case you haven't, here are some tricks to the issue: washing your fruit before composting it, heating your fruit before composting it (both of these intended to kill any eggs that may exist on the peels), and burying them deeper and more frequently under bedding than before.
Keep up the good work! Look forward to reading more!
-n8
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