You are welcome to bring your foodscraps to the garden to be turned into rich soil. If you want compost to take home with you, you have to join the garden and become an active member of the composting project. Check the home page for garden open hours and please clean up after yourself.

We could make a whole website about compost here, but better ones exist. Stop by the garden and read the sign if you aren't sure what makes for good compost. Vegetable scraps and grains are good. Doggy doo and dead birds are not so good. That is all you really need to know. Actually, you might want to know a little more. Most compost guides will tell you that you need an even mix of greens and browns. Browns are things like straw, old leaves and sawdust that are rich in carbon, while greens are green leaves and food scraps. We have plenty of browns, and a barrel of sawdust to be added sparingly to the bin with your food scraps.

Compost is great. Garbage is a huge waste. Most people are worried about collecting compost because it stinks, but few people realize that actually it is the anaerobic (without oxygen) breakdown that smells so nasty. If you don't seal your compost in an airtight container, it won't stink when you open it. Get a bucket that is easy to carry when it is full, something with a loose fitting lid.
In the Spring of 2004, Greene Acres started a project to compost the scraps left over from the Clinton Hill CSA distribution site. Check back here to find out how it is going.