Compost

A neighbor was discarding a compost bin earlier in the summer. I thanked my lucky stars and put it to use. Here she is:

We keep a 5 gallon food grade bucket in the garage to fill throughout the day and then make sure to add it to the compost before it gets ripe.

Just add any organic plant matter. Since this is a photo blog, here's a picture of some clementine peels.

And the daily coffee grounds. Go ahead and add the whole thing, filter and all.

I haven't been worrying and fretting over the compost, as my goal is too have some for use next spring. You need about equal parts kitchen matter "green" to yard waste "brown," I've read. And you need to keep things hot and aerated. 

Updates to follow as the seasons change and nature takes its course.