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Took me 5 years to realize I was composting wrong the whole time
I've been throwing citrus peels and onion scraps into my backyard bin for years, wondering why it always smelled like rotten garbage instead of earthy soil. Last week at the community garden workshop, someone pointed out that those acidic items kill the worms and slow down the whole process. Now I keep a separate bucket for citrus and onions, and my pile is actually breaking down in about 8 weeks instead of sitting there for 6 months. Has anyone else had a composting habit they had to unlearn?
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the_alice1mo ago
My pile smelled like a crime scene for two years straight. I was basically just running a very slow, very sad landfill for orange peels.
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thomas_torres1mo ago
It's funny how we all try to do the right thing and it backfires. My neighbor kept a bucket for kitchen scraps to feed his chickens, but he didn't turn it enough. The whole yard smelled like rotten eggs for a month. We get these ideas about being helpful or efficient, but nature has its own messy schedule. Sometimes you just end up making a new problem while trying to solve an old one.
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