Alice Faber wrote:
> 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.
>

ditto

coffee grounds (with the paper filter)
tea leaves
egg shells
also go well into compost material

do NOT put potato peels in the compost, as they will grow!! LOL

kate