Dee wrote:

Due to various reasons I am unable to keep a compost pile. Each week I
throw out a small plastic bag of vegetable peelings and scraps. I had
the idea of pureeing them, either in a blender or a food processor or
both, maybe diluting it with water, then using the result as fertilizer
in my garden.

what do you grow?

if you are growing the same kinds of vegetables
there can be some disease/pests transmission if
you are using unsterilized materials.


Just wondering if anyone has tried this?

no, i have not. it takes quite a bit to
puree a stem from a woody plant. i think
the energy involved and the damage to the
machine/blades makes this an expensive and
intensive way to recycle scraps (not counting
the cleanup too).

check out worm composting. for the amount
of scraps you are talking about you could
probably get by with one or two small bins and
the amount of processing isn't too bad (no more
than you'd be doing if you were feeding and
cleaning a puree machine and digging a trench
to cover the slurry).


songbird