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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Need book recs on composting plz!
My sister bought me this awesome, humongous composter for Christmas and I am clueless at what to do with it. I didn't even know you couldn't put all your table scraps in there until she told that meats, pasta and some other things could NOT go into the composter.
I am a little intimidated by the whole thing and want to do it "right"; please recommend some books or other resources where I can read up so I can get the most from my composter.
TIA,
Re: Need book recs on composting plz!
Ditto. Google "what can I compost?" and I'm sure you'll find a list. Meat, dairy, and grease should not be composted b/c they smell, can turn rancid, and attract animals. Pretty much all food scraps, leaves, grass clippings, clean shredded cardboard, and a bunch of other stuff is fine. Get a compost pail, throw your carrot peels and pepper tops and whatnot in there. Every few days take it to your composter bin, mix everything that's in the composter together (this is "turning your compost") and add some water. If you make sure your composter is in a sunny area, you'll have gorgeous black compost in a few months. It goes faster if you put in a 50/50 mix of "greens and browns." So make sure you have enough grass clippings, leaves and shredded cardboard or paper to even out your food scraps.