Compost

Yup, you're seeing right; that's my compost - egg shells, lettuce scraps, cilantro stems, lemon peels . . . Why am I showing you my refuse?
I just can't stand to throw away such wonderful scraps. We composted when I was growing up, and I continued once I was running my own kitchen. We have moved so often, that I have rarely had much of a chance to reap my own compost harvest (since I do cold compost). When we had chickens in Virginia, many of our scraps went to them, and they rewarded us with wild chicken antics to laugh at and wonderful eggs to eat. Last year, I had a rather yucky mess trying to figure out more on a hot compost in a closed container. Um, not going there again any time soon.
Moving into an apartment with NO green space upped the challenge, but I just can't put my fruit and veggie scraps and eggs shells into the trash - what a waste. So, I asked two of our favorite farmers at the market if they would like them. Who could refuse mostly local and/or organic scraps? I already knew they used compost - that's one of the reasons we like them so much. I save the scraps in gallon-sized water jugs, take them with us when we go to market, and drop them off at the farmers' van on our way inside.
So, what are you doing with your compostables? Even if you don't want to compost yourself or, like me, can't, I'm sure there is someone who'd love to add your scraps to their heap. I had two friends offer to take it off my hands after I told them about my solution. Hmm. . . maybe I'll have to start a rotation of where I drop off my compost. Nah. This is just too easy for me; I think I'll stick with it.