A Modular, Expandable Compost Bin That Can Grow Plants and Store Tools, Too

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Published Aug. 5, 2010 at 3:29 a.m.
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Domestic compost bins come in many shapes and sizes, for indoor and outdoor use, tumbling or not, to help you turn organic waste into delicious hummus for garden and pot plants. However, if until now you haven't come across your desired shape or size, check out the Combox. This Spanish compost bin is the first of its kind that is completel ...

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Readers, Send Us Photos of Your Indoor Composting Bin or System!

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Published Sept. 23, 2009 at 2:00 p.m.
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Indoor compost system in a New York City apartment. Credit canarsiebk / CC Is the throne of your home a composting toilet? Did you invest in NatureMill's hot composter and divert pounds of meat, dairy, and fish from the landfill? Do you name the worms in your vermicomposting system as your only pets? Do you freeze your food scraps and ...

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Is This Permaculture? Building Hugelkultur Raised Beds

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Published Aug. 2, 2009 at 10:14 a.m.
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No Compost and Cornerstone Housing Co-op A mini-digger picking up piles of dead trees, brash and leaves and dumping them in a huge hole in the ground is hardly most people's idea of permaculture - a practice more commonly associated with low tech solutions like chicken tractors, chicken greenhouses and ...

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It's Criminal Not to Compost: Mayor Newsom on Compulsory Composting

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Published June 24, 2009 at 7:48 a.m.
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Mayor Newsom Speaks Out on Nation's First Mandatory Composting Law I love compost - I really do. I'm hard pushed to think of one single practice that does more for the planet. From sequestering carbon to preventing methane emissions to reducing landfill waste to promoting soil fertility - it's insane that composting is not more widespread. As Brian noted the other day in his post on San Francisco's new recycling laws, the city, which is already famous for its city-wide collection of organic

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Organic Compost Delivered To USDA Headquarters

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Published April 9, 2009 at 12:57 p.m.
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Image: Joan Shaffer, USDA The USDA ain't what it used to be. Ever since Earl Butz was charged with creating a highly efficient ag sector under Nixon and Ford the USDA has been about production of cheap calories through industrial agriculture. Enter the Obamas, along with the new Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack, and the U.S. government's rel ...

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