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TIL my neighbor has been composting for 12 years without a single bin
I was out weeding my tiny garden strip last Saturday when my neighbor Bob walked over with a bucket of coffee grounds. Turns out he's been doing "trench composting" since 2012. He just digs a hole, dumps his kitchen scraps in, covers it back up, and rotates spots around his yard. No bins, no turning, no smell. He said he saves about $60 a year on fertilizer and his tomatoes are insane. I've been over here buying expensive compost bins and fighting with rats, and this dude has been laughing for over a decade. Has anyone else tried this method? I'm honestly thinking of ditching my bin setup.
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miller.thomas17d ago
Buries its own evidence so nobody sees the rotting waste.
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theajohnson17d ago
The methane capture system at the Altamont Landfill near Livermore actually prevents a lot of that waste from just rotting in the open air, @miller.thomas. It's not always pretty, but it's better than the old ways of just piling it all up.
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