Compost. Yes, Compost.

By Patrick Doran

(published by http://www.nature.org)

This past summer, my family consumed dozens of watermelons and enough apples to fill a tree. These foods not only help my family grow; next year, they will help my garden grow.

I compost — I confess it. It wasn’t always easy. I floundered for a couple of years. But now every bit of compostible material from my kitchen and yard makes its way through my pair of backyard compost bins — two black, recycled-plastic beauties, one of which I purchased through a local municipal waste facility for less than $40.

Here’s how I do it: