Nothing says “I’m a hippy, and I’m proud!” like a composting. Fortunately, being a hippy is hot right now, and so, by proxy, are composters. The bulky, stinky models of yore have been replaced by sleeker, more efficient cousins, making composting a sensible, easy, and fun thing to do in any household.
The process is as easy as 1-2-3: A small, leak-proof countertop crock, stores scraps, peels, shells and whatever else you want to feed it. When it's full, have one of the kids carry it out to this supercool, rotating bin composter, small enough to fit in even the tiniest yards. Scraps get dumped in through a little hatch, which then latches shut, so the whole load can be spun by the hand crank. No muss, no fuss. When used in conjunction with Compost Activator, a load is “finished” in a mere 4-6 weeks, at which point the bin can be removed and dumped into the garden for low-impact, organic, D.I.Y. fertilizer.
Against my husband’s better wishes, my inner hippy can’t wait to order one of these babies and report back to you on it. Whether it is truly odorless remains to be seen, but it can’t stink any more than the fertilizer we’re using on our garden right now, so I’m going to give it a shot. Are you?
