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[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Compost helps, storage is the issue. I'm ok with it open but not okay with the timber rattlers, cotton mouths and copperheads different scavengers would attract.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Compost helps but you need at least a year to get good compost and you need way more than an individual household can supply.

[–] angrystego@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Once you start growing plants, you'll have much more compostable material than just the kitchen waste. You can also compost grass and tree leaves.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yes, I've been discussing it with a neighbor. Storage is the current challenge. We need an old freezer with the coils gutted (snakes love coils, anyone with a boa or python for any length of time and a sofa can tell you!) or something. We're looking.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

snakes love coils, anyone with a boa or python for any length of time and a sofa can tell you!

That's actually adorable (when it's not wild/poisonous) and reminds me of how Odo's quarters had interesting objects he liked to take the form of

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 4 points 11 months ago

I miss my snake.

[–] baines@lemmy.cafe 4 points 11 months ago

raised beds, kinda silly like a fridge in a heated house in a snow storm kinda way but they do work