T wrote:
Hi All,

You guys have mentioned that yo stick your vegi scraps into
a bucket, then bury.

Any special bucket? Any special type of metal/plastic? Do
you seal it with a lid?

i feed almost everything like that to the worms
one way or another. for temporary storage of stuff
that is wet that might rot quickly i'll put it in
quart yogurt containers and put them in the fridge
until i can put them in the worm buckets.

stuff that i need to dry out (potato peels, carrots)
i slice and stack the trays so the air will flow over
them (in the winter with forced air heat it will dry
stuff out quickly), then i can store it until i use it
without having to do anything else.

when Ma makes fruit salad for 50 she puts it in
the bucket and then i take it and put it right into
the worm bins right away. they love melon peels.

to keep fruit flies and fungus gnats from going
in or out i keep them covered with fine mesh and the
rubber ring that goes in the lid fits around that
outside. you can also use old t-shirts (if they
don't have holes in them). because everything is
buried under a bit of dirt i don't usually smell
anything at all unless i'm actually digging in
them to put stuff in.


songbird