Re: Commercial Compost

Composting is an interesting process, but some folks believe it is a universal dispose-all.  It's not.

1) You should never compost anything you wouldn't have put in your mouth or eaten when it was fresh. 2) Never put meat in the compost. 3) Composting is an aerobic process.

Violating these basic rules is how E. Coli gets into the compost.

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I've got one of those big compost tumblers.  It's either too big or too small. 

We don't produce enough kitchen scraps, I can't garden, and it's too small to handle even a tiny fraction of the yard waste (if I was collecting yard waste... it used to be ~500 cu ft of grass clippings).  We probably get >1000 cu ft of fall leaves and twigs.  Twigs & branches don't compost.

Does anybody share my situation?  Do you have any advice?  I'm also looking for a kitchen solution that doesn't smell up the house between trips to the composter.  The tumbler's got 2 clasps and it's a real challenge to open & close with one arm, so a better solution is being sought.  Something that I can do without offending the olfactory sensibilities of the house, or bothering the missus