We always recycle, reuse, repurpose everything that we can here on Widder Island. We also create lovely piles of compost from our garden and kitchen waste. Everything organic, except meat, goes into the compost bins, and is covered in a layer of leaves, grass clippings, that sort of thing, then left to its own devices. We don’t turn it or add anything special. We rotate through three bins and when one is full we empty it on a compost pile to age some more, then it goes onto the gardens … to grow things that contribute their little bit to the on-going cycle.
Recently I started recycling our veggie scraps …
Anything that isn’t actually moldy or rotten
… and freeze them until we got a full bag …
Large-size freezer bag
… and then boil ‘em up for a few hours …
Bubble, bubble, veggie trouble
… I usually reduce 4 liters of liquid down to one liter of concentrated stock, then once it’s cool …
Ice-cube sized, for your cooking convenience
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And now, about Coco, the Community Cat …
Don’t worry she’s still alive
Her person is a little old lady who has found she can’t keep up with the maintenance of her house and has moved into an apartment in town, taking Coco with her.
We miss her terribly
We do know, however, that when the time is right another cat will present herself to us, and we’ll be staff-persons again.
Coco, the Community Cat … lived across the way with her primary staff-person, but acquired a collection of subsidiary residences along our end of our little road, whom she regularly visited for BBQ’s and cuddles and naps.
Widdershins Worlds 
I hate food waste… so unneccessary ( especially with a furry disposal unit and a compost bin to help)… but the idea of using what today will get thrown away seems to be getting lost.
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Certainly from the mainstream, that’s for sure … but there’s always enough outliers who ‘keep the faith’. 🙂
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True…but not enough yet 🙂
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Sorry you have lost Coco, even if she wasn’t quite yours.
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It was more of a wrench than we expected it to be. That blue-eyed blonde captured our hearts completely. 😀
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That’s cats’ main job. Of course she did.
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Yes, I have three compost bins on the go, one to fill, one to rot and one to use- no need to send for a ‘worm farm starter kit’ – hundreds of tiny chomping worms just appear in the middle of the cycle – it is not for the faint hearted to open the lid!
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I swear ours all line up when I start a new bin! 😀
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I love our compost bins which we rebuilt from old pallets we repurposed from various neighbours who had work done on their houses. Dad used to call his compost bins ‘guff Heaps which we’ve continued. I suppose given all the kinds of guff that goes on it it makes sense.
You might already do this but we’ve included paper shredding from When We shared addresses and other stuff we don’t want in our recycle bin. Only recently and needs mixing in to stop it creating a mat – like lawn cuttings – but works v well
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Hmm … that’s a thought. Thanks. 😀
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Reblogged this on anita dawes and jaye marie.
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Cats could teach the politicians a few things, if only by example. My compost heap never seems to work, I’m not stirring it enough, or something…
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The only thing I really ‘do’ with mine is make sure I cover each small bucket-sized load of veggie stuff is cover it with a layer of dirt or leaves or sawdust, whatever’s handy. The worms and time do the rest … oh yeah, in summer I wet things down a bit, every now and then. The moisture helps things break down quicker.
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That is my problem, right there. I don’t water it in the summer… always thought the rain would be enough…
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Good thinking about the stock.
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I thought so too! 😀
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Apart from Coco, I know someone just like you 🙂
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That’s intriguing! 😀
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🙂
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We compost too, but I love the idea of freezing those left over veggie trimming and freezing them in ice cube trays. Great idea! Thanks.
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My pleasure. 😀 … then you just chuck out the pulp from the stock … it ends up in the compost eventually, it just took a little detour! 😀
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Definitely–nice stock tips! Super convenient (once done).
As for Coco….what a beautiful cat. Inside and out, evidently. I would miss her too.
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She was the best. 😀
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Oooh, I hope Coco and her Lady likes their new home.
Veggie scraps to ready-to-have veggie broth cubes, perfect! I do something similar with boiled chicken water.
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They’re doing fine … Coco is making friends with the neighbours via the apartment balconies! 😀
… we make chicken stock too. 😀 … the bought stuff never tastes as good.
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Absolutely genius! Freezing and then Boiling down the veggie ends. I always feel terrible getting rid of them—try to compost, but certainly not my best. I am definitely using this idea in the coming weeks. Love how you repurpose portions of your life. It’s an inspiration for those of us who want to, but don’t know how (aka me! Lol). Thank you!!
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You’re welcome 😀 … I didn’t put in the post, but I guess I should have … is that you need to strain the veggie mush and then that goes in the compost … I might have to make a note at the beginning of my nest post. 😀
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Lol perfect! Thanks for the follow up. I started yesterday!
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