In article >,
"Julie Bove" > wrote:

> So apparently I've not been doing my food waste properly. I've been putting
> spoiled produce (sometimes) in my yard waste. Sometimes putting food down
> the garbage disposal (but not very often because plumbers told me not to),
> and mainly throwing the food away. We just threw out a LOT of it! It was
> either stuff I bought for my husband that he didn't eat (and we can't or
> won't) or special stuff that I mail ordered for Angela that went past its
> expiration date.
>
> Seems I am supposed to put this stuff in my yard waste can as well. When
> they made this change, I don't know. Seems I am supposed to have a kitchen
> composter to put it in which needs to be emptied daily. Says to put baking
> soda in the bottom for odors and vinegar in the lid for fruit flies.
>
> I know where to get one. The new Bartells (drugstore) around the corner
> sells them.
>
> Does anyone here have one? Are fruit flies a real problem? Seems like they
> would be.

I have my own compost bin outside and a pail that I keep under my sink
for vegetable waste. I bought the pail from Gardeners.com. It has a
charcoal filter in the lid for odors that I replace periodically. Even
though I don't get it outside every day, I've never had fruit flies
inside and almost never notice them outside.

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