A while back, I wrote about how DW and I save vegetable trimmings and use them to make stock during the winter. Now that soup season is over and garden season is in full swing, we have another use for those scraps: "instant compost."
If you're a serious gardener, you probably have a compost bin in your backyard. Toss your vegetable scraps in there along with garden waste...stir it all up...and in a few weeks you have great organic compost.
Composting isn't rocket science, but it is time-consuming. And I'd rather spend my weekends cooking or RVing than stirring up compost. So I appreciate this trick I learned from our friends at Birds & Blooms magazine.
Just save veggie peelings and trimmings in a resealable bag until you have enough to loosely fill your blender pitcher. Add a couple cups of water and blend to liquify. Then step outdoors and pour this rich, organic liquid right into your garden or around plants and shrubs. Instant compost!
Try it soon. Enjoy this Colorful Coleslaw (left) and then turn the trimmings into instant compost. You can feed your family and your garden!
Colorful Coleslaw recipe
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