On Sunday, February 7, 2016 at 9:01:03 AM UTC-5, Jill McQuown wrote:
> On 2/7/2016 6:49 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> >
> > Her homeowners' association probably forbids composting anyway.
> >
> That's true.
>
> > I could compost, but I don't. The couple of times I tried it, I
> > ended up either with a wet, anaerobic pile or the best stand of
> > weeds in the neighborhood. It's like a pet; you have to keep
> > doing things for it and I just wasn't there for it.
> >
> > Cindy Hamilton
> >
> Even if it was allowed, there's no good place for a compost bin in my
> fairly small yard. And then what do you do with the composted stuff?
>
> I don't have a garden so if the answer is 'fertilizer', well, that's out
> of the question. I'd just wind up with a big pile of composted stuff
> and have to figure out a way to dispose of it.

I have a 2-acre yard, and I garden, and my soil would benefit
from compost. But I can't be bothered. My food waste goes in the
trash or down the garbage disposal. I buy a couple bags of compost
to enrich the soil right before I plant garlic in the fall. The
flowers are on their own in my lean clay.

> I've got no idea why Carol mentioned those coffee pod things; they
> certainly aren't what I'd consider "green".

She said the contents of the pods: 27 coffee pod contents

> Getting back to my original point, I don't eat enough bread to
> accumulate a bag of bread crusts. In fact, I've never trimmed the crust
> off of bread so I wouldn't have a bag of crusts anyway. When I want to
> make bread crumbs (or croutons, as my SO suggested) I dehydrate pieces
> of bread in a low oven.

I generally eat the entire loaf, crusts, heels and all.

Cindy Hamilton