Friday, June 19, 2009

I Love the Smell of Decomposing Vegetables in the Morning

I drink a fair bit of fresh vegetable juice and I hate to waste the left over pulp. So what's a gal to do? Compost it of course! A large outdoor composter isn't an option for me for a variety of reasons but I am still able to produce beautiful, sweet smelling black gold with my Naturemill electric indoor compost maker.

Here's the breakdown:

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The juice - it does a body good.



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The pulp - can you feel the potential?



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The machine - this is where the magic happens.



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The end result - it does a garden good.
at 8:15 PM

5 comments:

  1. TeparyJune 22, 2009 at 1:31 PM

    I love this post! I may even been convinced to try a little of the veggie drink. Have you got to use stuff from your garden yet for the drink? Can we mix alcohol into it?

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  2. Desert DameJune 22, 2009 at 1:37 PM

    Of course we can mix alcohol into it - spinach juice and bourbon is a classic!

    I haven't used my black gold yet, I'm saving it for my next round of planting.

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  3. AnonymousJune 22, 2009 at 2:29 PM

    why am I not growing Juliet tomatoes?!

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  4. AnonymousJune 22, 2009 at 3:29 PM

    So I could use a composter like that even in an apartment, ae? Cuz it just PAINS me to send veggie bits to the landfill, to be entombed for a thousand years! Then again, what would I do with the compost, with no garden to add it to? I guess I could sneak it out to deserving plans around the complex late at night...

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  5. Desert DameJune 22, 2009 at 5:05 PM

    You could make compost and donate it to community gardens..... or possibly try selling it through craigslist.

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