In article >,
Je?us > wrote:

> On Thu, 02 Jul 2015 10:59:17 -0700, Malcom Mal Reynolds
> > wrote:
>
> >In article >,
> > Je?us > wrote:
> >
> >> On Wed, 01 Jul 2015 14:50:48 -0400, jmcquown >
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> >On 7/1/2015 2:06 PM, Gary wrote:
> >> >>>
> >> >> What a silly dilemma. Once they empty your bin, just rinse it out with
> >> >> the hose. Turn it upside down to drain for a few minutes then turn it
> >> >> up without lid to dry.
> >> >
> >> >If it smells bad mix a little dish soap in a bucket of hot water. Rinse
> >> >it out with the hose, let it dry. No big deal.
> >> >
> >> >> You said the wet yard scraps were the
> >> >> problem....tell your yard guy to make a pile of yard scraps beside the
> >> >> bin. Let they dry out first then put them in. You are making a
> >> >> mountain out of a mole hill.
> >> >>
> >> >She has mentioned a "gardener" in the past. They guy who takes care of
> >> >my yard hauls away grass clippings and leaves. And no, he doesn't
> >> >charge an arm and a leg. I don't store it in a bin and wait for the
> >> >trash pickup. Even if had to do that I wouldn't throw fruit and
> >> >vegetable peelings into it.
> >>
> >> Can't her husband simply dig a freakin' hole in the backyard somewhere
> >> for food scrap disposal? Throw it in the hole and cover with some dirt
> >> if this inexplicably intractable problem persists.
> >
> >there is no need for a hole. For 7 years I have simply thrown my
> >compostable waste around the base of my cherry tree...no tossing,
> >turning, no fermenting, no smell and it works effortlessly. JB
> >supposedly has a fruit tree in her yard that she could do this
>
> Yeah, that's probably the first thing I would do myself if I didn't
> have a compost happening. Here, all my scraps go to the chickens and
> ducks.

if I had chickens, that's what I would do