Hi. I'm new.
We are an off grid community of between 10 and 25 people varying through the year.
We're in the rural North, pine forest, bear country.
We haven't composted our kitchen waste as it is a potential bear attractor. Instead we take it in with the recycling and it gets landfilled.
I think it's a waste, and as far as I know it's possible to compost without attracting bears.
Thing is I've never done it. And i have some questions if you kind people will help me. For example,
- What's the best system. Just a pile on the ground? Buy a bearproof composter? How do I make sure the composter is big enough to handle all of our waste?
- how do I get the compost started? Will it stink initially? (attract bears?)
- any other suggestions for this situation? (Most compost systems are for small households and we would be doing it for a lot of people so I suspect there are some things that we will have to do differently.
Info:
It's COLD here in winter, - 30 with snow for long stretches.
We don't have livestock, probly won't be getting any soon.
At peak, we generate roughly 5 or 6 5-gal buckets of kitchen waste a week. We almost never eat meat.
Any suggestions?
Thanks!
