Indoor Composting!

January 20th, 2012 BY jareds | No Comments

The world of composting is something that a lot of people are getting more involved with every year. Not everyone feels like they are in the right place to compost, but the fact is that just about anyone can compost in their own home. Even if you only rent an apartment, you can compost. The only thing you need to do is take a little more time working out how you’re going to do it and what you’re going to use it for.

One of the important things that people who live in apartments have to consider is the smaller space, making it impossible to escape the smell of early compost. Early compost smells, and there’s really not a whole lot you can do to totally escape that, but you can surely mitigate it. One of the best ways out there that you can mitigate the smell of early compost, while also doing a lot to make great compost, is to use a composter that is designed to be used inside of an apartment. This means that you can compost for a small garden or a container garden without having to sacrifice the air quality of your apartment.

The specific model of indoor composter I’m talking about is the Fresh Air Kitchen Composter by Full Circle. This thing is different from other types of composters I’ve seen that are designed for indoor use, but the differences are all better. It’s hard to describe the design of the thing without sounding contradictory. On the one hand, they look very nice compared to the regular old box with a bunch of old food in it. On the other hand, it does just look like the same kind of storage bins you’d find in Target or some other place like that. It’s not some kind of super-fancy thing, but it is really a great option for people that don’t think that they have the ability to compost in a smaller home.

One of the great things about the “DIY movement” is that it has made more people reanalyze the type of things they do with their lives. Help make your soils better by recycling your kitchen scraps yourself.