Composting at Home

When I read Royte's book, one of the problems I had with it was how difficult she made composting seem. So, while I was home on break, I decided to photograph our composting system to demonstrate the simplicity of it. There are two parts; the bowl on our back steps, and the actual composter. We put all of our food scraps into the bowl and once a week, andmy dad empties the bowl into the composter (which is currently in our garage for repair). After that, the composter takes care of the rest! All the work required is bringing the scraps to the composter and emptying that once the matter breaks down inside. There is nothing too difficult about it that should prevent every family from having one!