



Yesterday morning, at Tallahassee Mall, in Tallahassee, Florida, it was a warm, and sunny. Hundreds of local residents patiently waited in line most of the morning waiting to purchase a $30 dollar Composter from the City of Tallahassee. I was one of the eager garden types waiting for my unit.
This is one of many activities that the City of Tallahassee, and Leon County are doing to make the community more green. Tallahassee, Florida is greening up. We already have an abundance of green spaces, new and established parks, trees everywhere, and which are protected by local ordinance. We have a solar powered gym in a city recreation center, the solid waste management facility is state of the art and an example of ideal recycling, we have solar panels on some government, as well as business structures, and private residences. There is even a school and a daycare with solar panels installed. Our water is about the best in the entire state of Florida, and our water district has received awards, and praise. We also have a great recycling system. Tallahassee is becomming green.
I drive through upscale and midscale neighborhoods, and see solar panels on some roofs. A few years ago, I could not see solar panels anywhere. In a community surrounded by nature, and nature within, including deer, rabbits, fox, turtles, Tallahassee, Leon County, is a good place to be, and to live in.
Back to composting. My familiy and I, normally grow tomatoes and peppers in our backyard, beside little Lake Jackson, in the far northwest corner of Leon County, just outside of Tallahassee. We have been doing primitive composting, but now, with our new composter, we can follow the correct process to composting.
The four key steps to composing are, first, to chop the nitrogens materials, and the carbon materials. The carbons are the paper towels, used coffee grounds, coffee filters, leaves, to name a few examples, and the nitrogens are the vegetable matter. Second is to empty the waste into the composter. Third is to stir the nitrogen and carbon waste in the bin, and mix in well. Fouth, is to cover with leaves, pine needles or earth, and tighly secure the lid of the composter. Now, the composting unit is cooking.
Happy composting out there, in which ever yard or garden you may find yourself in.