An First Step to Something Bigger: Composting

Month after month, I have reviewed what’s been happening at Skillful Means, but I have also written about some of the written and unwritten challenges (a.k.a things I want to do).  The unwritten ones are those that I thought were kind of “iffy”.  Those items that I really didn’t have a good starting point for, or didn’t know how I would continue.  Most of my challenges have and “ending” point, a number perhaps, that shows that I have at least done what I had set out to do, and hopefully picked up some good habits a long the way.  Only a couple were long term challenges that I did not associate and ending point, these seem much more difficult.  For example, quitting smoking.  Composting is something, kind of like quitting smoking, that once I begin I would like to continue without a planned end point (maybe the planned end point in this case would be death).

I am officially quit by the way, I have not purchased a pack of cigarettes for myself since long before I left my last job.  It has been at least 4 months or so… Yeah!

Composting – First Steps First

Composting is actually a first step to something else I would really like to work on, developing a garden.  The garden may take some time to develop because of some challenges, and it is not highest on my priority list, but there should be no reason not to start the one without the other, should there?  I didn’t think so.  But I did need one very important thing, the perfect container in which to capture the organic kitchen material I would compost, and two, and probably more importantly, remind me to compost.

And I found it, this cool little number from Snapware.  I really love it.

I know, it may seem weird for me to get all excited about a plastic container, but this one is kind of cool.

An old plastic ice bucket is what we used before, open at the top, but it was bulky and got in the way. It ended up cracked and broke with time, and needed a replacement.  This thing snaps up, so if it is raining, or I don’t want to make a trip out to my pile-o-compost, I can just leave it on the sink, and it is all good.  The full top snaps on, and it has another opening, shown above, where I can just add organic material and close it back up.  I picked this one up at Fred Meyer for about nine bucks, and I know it will definitely be worth it.  It fits much more comfy on my counter top than the old ice bucket ever did.

Yeah, I’m excited about plastic container.  I’m even more excited about thinking about a garden.