Composting Buckets

If you are looking for ways to be more environmentally friendly in your home, why not try composting!  Composting is a way of recycling organic household waste that has the ability to naturally decompose over a period of time.  For instance, if you compost fruit & veggie rinds/skins they will decompose on their own in a matter of weeks/months, leaving you with a nutrient rich fertilizer for your garden!  Composting is natures way of recycling, and anyone can compost at home with the help of our kitchen compost buckets!

Our kitchen compost buckets are great for beginners and long time composters alike.  At the end of each meal, simply put all compostable scraps in your compost bucket.  When the bucket is full, you can either dump the contents into a larger compost pile in your back yard, or put the compost right into your garden!  The buckets feature two charcoal filters to keep your compost smells to a minimum, and the ceramic insides are easy to clean & dishwasher safe!

 

If you'd like, you can even add some red worms to your compost buckets to help speed up the composting process!

These beautiful compost buckets make great gifts for those who are environmentally friendly, as well as for avid gardeners who would love to have their own compost for their garden!

Fun Facts About Composting!

Composting is a great way to reduce waste in the kitchen and recycle organic waste for re-use in your garden.  Anything that was once living will eventually decompose, meaning that all of those scraps of food from your kitchen that once went into the trash can actually go into a compost pile and be used again!

Here at Our Green House we love composting, and we want to share a few fun facts that might help convince you to start your own compost pile!

1.  While the most common items people compost are fruits and vegetables, you can compost lots of other items as well! These include:  tea bags, bread crust, egg shells, junk mail (shredded), jell-o, pet fur, saw-dust, and much more!

2.  You can compost all year round, even if you live in an area that gets very cold in the winter.  Learn more about composting in the winter here.

3.  Composting can decrease plant disease and possibly eliminate the need for chemical fertilizers in your garden.  Compost can also help clean contaminated soil.

4.  On avergae, each US household genterates 650 pounds of compostable material each year, and about 60% of what we throw away is organic material that could be composted.

5.  Adding red worms to your compost pile can help speed up the process.  

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Starting a compost pile in your own backyard is a lot easier than you might imagine.  For tips and directions on how to start your own compost pile, click here!