http://www.greenglancy.com/into-the-trash-it-goes-average-familiys-food-waste/ Everyday tips for the green enthusiasts. Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:44:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.greenglancy.com/into-the-trash-it-goes-average-familiys-food-waste/comment-page-1/#comment-502 admin Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:16:22 +0000 http://www.greenglancy.com/?p=938#comment-502 I think that is a great way to keep food from the landfills, plus a great help for your garden. I think that is a great way to keep food from the landfills, plus a great help for your garden.

]]> http://www.greenglancy.com/into-the-trash-it-goes-average-familiys-food-waste/comment-page-1/#comment-501 Tammy Bowers Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:10:49 +0000 http://www.greenglancy.com/?p=938#comment-501 My mom has a big coffee can under her kitchen sink. She scrapes her plates into that can. Actually, anything that would go into the garbage disposal goes into that can, including egg shells, coffee grounds, banana peals——you name it. Then every few days she walks out onto her porch and scatters the gross contents in her little veggie garden. It's a cheap way to add nutrients into the soil. In the spring and summer, I do a little bit of that too, but my mother dear does it ALL YEAR LONG! My mom has a big coffee can under her kitchen sink. She scrapes her plates into that can. Actually, anything that would go into the garbage disposal goes into that can, including egg shells, coffee grounds, banana peals——you name it. Then every few days she walks out onto her porch and scatters the gross contents in her little veggie garden. It’s a cheap way to add nutrients into the soil. In the spring and summer, I do a little bit of that too, but my mother dear does it ALL YEAR LONG!

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