Easy, affordable green alternatives for summer? Also, Composting?

Question

I need some help starting my road to the green life. I've started greener choices like carpooling, vegetarianism, and (though limited by price!) organics, but I would love to go farther! I'm thinking things i can convince my parents to adopt (since i'm not the owner of my household...)

Also, we've been considering composting, but we don't know how to get started - we are gardening our own vegetables and have lots of food products we are willing to compost, but we're worried about the smell and neighbors - we live in quite a small neighborhood with houses close together...

HELP?

Answer 1

The compost threat of odor

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Comes 80% from the grass you cut and put into the pile

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Place your compost pile on the ground and cover it with a cheep plastic tarp

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Every so often uncover it and poke it with a garden tool of some kind to just keep it alive with the decomposing process

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The smell can be controlled with a little lime added and I do mean a LITTLE

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The old out house use to have to use it LIME to keep the odor down to a good smell level

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Answer 2

what a complete waste of time

Answer 3

If you want to compost speak to you local council they love ppl who recycle, they will sell you a composting bin a small bag of peat & a packet of Worms, it will come with an instruction leaflet, the peat will negate any odours! growing veggies,good idea, my G/F & I are vrtually self sufficient, but we both eat meat, I will not interfere with your choice but you dont have to be a veggy to be green! Car sharing, good, cycling better, but thats also your choice, at least your doing something, by the way if you really go green see a Dr!

Answer 4

Fence in a small area(2-3 feet by 2 feet) near no buildings, unless it's a small shed, and put down a layer of compost materials, making sure to include orange peels and apple skins, but no bananas.  Spread a thin layer of topsoil over it and sprinkle it down .  Add grass clippings and ground up tree trimmings if you want.  Every week you have to thinly cover it with a layer of dirt, not less than half an inch, not more than an inch and a half.  The dirt helps kill the smell and encourages the bacteria and worms, as does the moisture.  When it builds up about a foot, move the fence to an adjacent spot and start again.  Leave the first pile alone for at least 8 weeks, then you can start using it sparingly.  No plastics or styrofoam!!  You can add eggshells, coffee grounds and tea leaves.  If you can't get top soil, you can use brown paper bags as a cover layer as long as you wet them down good and put a brick or rock on them so they won't blow away.  Good luck and have fun.  Check if you need supplements to your diet.  Some things are lacking in a vegetarian diet.

Answer 5

-air conditioning

Answer 6

Composting

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