The bowl goes to my wife. The scraps go to the chickens. Chickens are why I don’t compost.
Feeding scraps to chickens is composting. Not much different from feeding scraps to worms, fly larvae, or fungi
We tried worms. It was a hot mess. We tried mealworms. It agitated my wife’s asthma and we have the setup away to another homesteader.
Since I don’t have chickens, I just put everything in a pile in the corner of my yard with a wooden box around it to keep out the big critters and dogs. Nature will break it down, and much faster if the pile has ground contact
I grew up on a small farm doing this, but have since given up the practice in favor of tumbling composter bins for two distinct reasons:
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Rodents eventually live in 100% of them where rodents exist and it’s immensely unhealthy to humans.
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Insects in general are attracted to them and I personally dislike giving certain invasive species any additional food sources.
Tumbling compost bins may not be as easy to maintain, but they definitely get rid of both undesirable insects and animals.
I made a tumbling compost bin when I first bought my property and after the initial load it got zero usage because of the chickens.
I don’t worry about rodents. But that’s because I have an army of cats. And an army of chickens. And an army of geese. And one of my dogs even has a confirmed kill.
One day we found a mouse in the house. I congratulated them on making it past the gauntlet. And then a cat promptly murdered them.
Please tell the cat I thank them for doing their jobs! All cats I’ve had are little lazy butts. If the cat has since passed, I’ll make a memorial for a good mouser.
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When I moved in I made a compost pen big enough to fit two cubic yards of material. I hardly touch it. Everything is either always green or always brown so getting a proper mix is difficult, especially with chickens getting all the kitchen scraps and the geese eating all the grass.
That’s more expensive than your full meals!
Some of them. But cheaper than a bag of Doritos.
Chickens are why I don’t compost
This is the way.
Also, I wonder if the eggs will taste different after eating all that pineapple
If they are getting a varied diet the eggs all taste the same. But if you penned one up and gave it a limited diet you can dramatically change the taste of an egg.
And it’s not like I still don’t end up with garden dirt. The coops get cleaned and the litter gets to sit for 6+ months to become a fertilizer compost mulch blend.
It was a joke about semen.
Feed the chickens nothing but semen and see if that changes anything.
It’s also something people do.
Guys can you chill please? Someone reported this post because it’s not cooking, OK slicing a pineapple is not cooking but it’s ok, it’s just one post! if the OP repeatedly posts similar stuff then yes it’s worth moderating but not yet, have a good day!
I like to make tepache out of the rinds as well!
Not to insult, but where is the cooking?
Sometimes cooking is just another word for snack and all you need is a sharp knife.
My suggestion: toss some chili flakes on these pineapple chunks and thank me later
Went to a Brazilian steakhouse, and they use a dash of cinnamon on their grilled pineapple. Super tasty.
I think I’d go with Tajin.
Compost the manure. Two for one.
