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My dad's comment about the compost pile stuck with me

Back when I first started trying to reduce food waste, I was pretty proud of my little compost bin in the backyard. My dad came over one Saturday, looked at it, and just said "you're putting meat scraps in there, aren't you? That's gonna smell like a crime scene in a week." He was right. I switched to only veggie scraps and coffee grounds, added some dry leaves from the neighbor's yard, and now it actually breaks down without attracting raccoons. Anyone else get called out by a relative on their eco-efforts?
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nancyd85
nancyd8515d ago
Oh man, a friend tried bacon grease in hers and the whole alley smelled like a diner fire.
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the_rose
the_rose15d ago
My dad gave me the same speech but about putting citrus peels in.
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