Composting!

The Waste month of 7 really appeals to my not-so-secret inner hippie. I took this as an excuse to talk my husband into composting- we're lucky enough that even though we live in an apartment, it's a 2-flat house with a small backyard and side yard, definitely enough room for a bin to compost, and hopefully a garden this summer.

I did a lot of research  read some blogs and decided that a plastic bin with holes drilled in it would be the best solution: cheap and contained. This is when I'm really grateful to have a husband who doubles as a carpenter. Here's some shots from our compost bin-making adventure:

We bought a 30 gallon plastic tub, with the lid, from Target. For $8.

Drill some holes in it. We ended up drilling in 9 on the long sides, 6 on the short, and more on the top and bottom.

Make a base! This is optional, but will help not kill the grass underneath.

Affix base to tub.

Put it outside! We put ours next to the trash cans. It fits in.

This is our counter top compost pail. It's a half gallon stainless steel dishwasher safe container that I've nicknamed "Rusty." It's pretty small, but that just means we won't be able to let it sit with food scraps in it for more than a few days. 

I'm fully assuming anything in the compost bin is going to freeze until March or so, but it'll start working after that. I'm so excited that we've taken this habit on and is something that will continue beyond Waste month.