Everything I Got Wrong in Year One

August 18, 2026

The technical errors are easy to fix. The beliefs underneath them are the real problem, starting with treating composting as...

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The Two Bin Upgrade

August 17, 2026

One heap is never finished because the top is always new. A second bin turns a continuous pile into batches,...

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What I Keep Next to the Compost Bin

August 13, 2026

Four things do almost all the work, three are worth it sometimes, and several popular purchases are not worth it...

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Vermont’s Food Scrap Ban, Five Years On

August 13, 2026

Act 148 reached households in 2020. What actually changed, why the collection infrastructure mattered more than the mandate, and where...

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Compost Activators Are a Waste of Money

August 13, 2026

The microbes in the sachet are already in your pile. What activators actually contain, why they seem to work, and...

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Start Hoarding Leaves Before Your Neighbours Bag Them

August 12, 2026

Autumn hands you a free year's supply of the one material your pile is always short of. Where to get...

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Your August Compost Pile Is Probably Too Dry

August 10, 2026

August stalls more piles than any other month, and almost never for the reason people assume. How to tell, and...

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