Composting!

Shayleigh's been doing a great job tending to her garden. Now that we've been eating a lot of vegetables from the garden, we've been starting to compost the scraps and the ones that didn't survive. Shayleigh was interested in what composting was, so we looked it up on Grammy's Ipad.

We can do this!

She read about Composting for Kids. It's a neat little slideshow that explained what composting is, how she can help, what to put in the bin, and what not to put in the bin. She is already huge on recycling (it's one of her "chores" to put the day's recycling in the bins outside), so this was easy for her to understand the importance and want to be involved.

So off to get our composting bin. We got this one at Target. It has a step lid opening and removable basket. I think we got it for around $15!

Ready to see what's inside?

Gross!

Really pretty excited.

You coming?

It's by the edge of the property.

Our FREE bin. They were giving these away at the Fair last year.

Grass clippings were already in there.

The bin is just the right height.

Dump!

Do not throw in plastic bags! There are biodegradable bags for composting pails- Biobags, but we haven't found them in the stores here. So for now, we use old Target bags and then rinse them out and recycle them in the bins outside the grocery store.

She did her part!

I'm liking that as Shay is getting older, she is wanting to take on more responsibility. And she is learning how to take care of the Earth.