ext_303619 ([identity profile] la-vie-en-rosie.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] davis_square2012-06-15 09:29 am

can we contribute scraps to your compost?

Anyone living close to the intersection of Orchard & Beech Streets interested in accepting compost contributions from our kitchen? 

We aren't in a position to have our own compost bin, but we'd be glad to have our organic waste go to a neighbor's, as long as it's close enough for us to drop off conveniently.

We had this arrangement with a neighbor in our old place, and it worked out great-- more compost for them, less trash for us! 

If you're interested, contact me at <vardit (dot) samuels (at) gmail (dot) com>. 

(We're considering the Bootstrap Compost option, but we'd rather keep it free and super-local, if possible)

[personal profile] ron_newman 2012-06-15 04:36 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm in the same position as you. If you find someone willing to accept scraps, I'd also like to contribute. I'm at Orchard and Day. Up through last month, I was bringing my scraps to the Armory Farmer's Market, but that's finished for the season.

[identity profile] bettyw.livejournal.com 2012-06-15 05:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Not free, but super-local: Metro PedalPower has a program with Groundworks Somerville similar to Bootstrap Compost: SoilCycle (http://metropedalpower.com/soilcycle)

[identity profile] fefie.livejournal.com 2012-06-15 09:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Too bad compost is not being collected at the Davis Farmer's Market the way there was at the WInter Market at the Armory.

[identity profile] surrealestate.livejournal.com 2012-06-16 03:57 am (UTC)(link)
The Growing Center has piles. You can talk to them about adding to 'em.
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[personal profile] cthulhia 2012-06-17 12:55 am (UTC)(link)
The Union Sq market folks are trying to get a vendor to collect compost. Meanwhile... any Whole Foods (at least, that has the little restaurant area) has compost bins with their recycling. I tried it with the Alewife store, they didn't seem to mind me dropping off the month's worth of veggie scraps I'd been storing in my freezer waiting for Union/Winter to sort it out.

[personal profile] ron_newman 2012-06-17 11:20 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks! I did not know this.