I always left a big metal bowl of water outside for my dogs and cats, until a friend warned me not to. I never thought about it, but the warning made me understand what I bet a lot of people don’t think about. In relatively cold temperatures a metal pet food/water bowl can freeze a cat’s or dog’s tongue to it. The bowls aren’t safe on warm days either – the metal can burn and the water warms up quicker making it undesirable for a cat or dog to want to drink from it.
Making a pot of coffee every morning can get you well on your way to a perfect compost. Enjoy a crisp salad for lunch, and the prettiest plants are in your reach.
So what does cooking have to do with composting? Everything. All those nutrient – rich scraps you’re sscraping into the disposal or trash can are full of food for your soil. Change where you’re putting them – not into the garbage, but into a compost bucket.
And let’s lay your fears to rest: Done right, it won’t stink or attract bugs.
I recommend a compost bucket with a double filter in the lid, which keeps odors contained. For easy cleanup, line your pail with a biobag. Made from starch, it breaks down in the compost bin outside.
To keep it simple, whenever you take out the trash, empty the compost bucket into your outdoor bin. In less than two month, you’ll be rewarded with compost.
vegetables, grains, pasta, fruit rinds and peels, breads, cereals, coffee grounds and filters, tea bags, crushed eggshells, paper napkins or towels – and don’t forget to add lawn products such as leaves, grass and bush trimmings – and don’t throw away those paper shredings from your office shredder…. they can go in the compost also or you can spread across your garden right on top to help keep moisture in your garden where it belongs.
meat, fish, poultry, cheese, oily foods, butter, other animal products and never put in yard trimmings that are weeds or anything with roots
Few tastes get heart rates going like tongue – tingling hot chiles, but to what do they owe that heat? BUGS! Chiles take on their fiery taste to ward off a fungus that can develop when insects munch on their skin!
Companies love to sign you up for auto pay, and having your bills magically paid each month sounds great, right? Only if the company has a perfect record of correctly billing your account. A better idea: Set up a regular bill payment from your bank account’s website. That way, the monthly bills still get paid automatically, but you are in the driver’s seat.
Some ask what is the best protein to make a shake with after my workout? The answer is simple… it is Whey. After exercise, subjects in an experiment, were given 10 grams of either whey protein or another kind. Their muscles recovered faster after the whey. Why whey? It’s the quickest and easiest for your body to digest, so it gets to the muscles fastest.
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