Reusing ~ Don't throw food scraps into the trash bin! (part 1)

 

Did you know you can reuse most of your food scraps to produce things you usually buy ready-made? It sounds too good, doesn't it? I’ll show you some tricks I’ve learned in the last few years.

Do you have plants? Either flowers, succulents or veggies, you can get some of their favorite food for free using food scraps. Does any food serve this purpose? The answer is NO. Only vegetable scraps. Animal and byproducts from animal original are not used and must be discarded separately.

As a general rule, everything from vegetable origin can go into the compost pile. This is a place you can arrange in your backyard by making a hole and putting all scraps there or you may use bricks or wooden boxes to contain the scraps. Even if you live in a flat you may use a wooden or plastic box (they’re selling plastic containers which are far more elaborated). In case you use a plastic recipient, it must have some holes at the bottom to let the liquid get out. If not, the compost will smell terribly and will go bad. You can collect the liquid and use it as a fertilizer. After about three-four months, the food scraps have turned into compost, a soil-like matter. How does this happen? By the action of microorganisms. These little beings decompose the food scraps and turn them into the nutritious soil you buy in garden centers. You’ll save money and resources, recycle the waste you produce, enrich your soil and have beautiful and healthy plants.