Lazy Composting

I have mentioned in previous posts that I am a chronic half-asser.  If there is an easier (lazier) way to do it, I will find it.  Case in point:  my composting method.  I do have a composting bin, but it is about 100 steps away from my kitchen.  Whoa.  That's far.  I religiously dumped (or rather had Sweet Potato dump) the compost in the bin for about 6 months until she and I both ran out of steam.  I never got around to using said compost.  It needed to be turned - that never happened.  It would need to be shoveled into a wheelbarrow and moved - that was never going to happen.  In the meantime the compost container on my kitchen counter was filling up.  What to do?  I discovered Lazy Composting.  Once I have filled the bin with potato peels, orange rinds, coffee grinds, banana peels, and eggshells - anything the chickens won't eat (but make sure you don't compost any meat product.  I don't even compost beans cooked in chicken stock, it will breed maggots in your garden).  I take the container and a hoe and dig a quick hole between the pepper plants or okra or wherever and completely bury the compost directly into the garden.  Mind you, I still use an organic fertilizer about once a quarter, but so far this method has worked very well for me for several years now.  It creates great dirt in my garden that worms love, it keep garbage out of the landfill, and best of all we have had some surprises come up.  Apparently I buried some watermelon rind in the eggplant bed that still had a few seeds in it.  Lo and behold, up came a volunteer watermelon!  Every day is Christmas in the garden!

The Volunteer Watermelon