Waste not: Turn kitchen scraps into rich, healthy compost
Jamie Nixon Garcia stands beside her raised garden beds and composting tumbler in her back yard in Moses Lake on Wednesday afternoon.
Casey McCarthy/Columbia Basin Herald
Randy Zielke stands beside his worm bins inside his garage in Moses Lake on Wednesday afternoon.
A fun sign Jamie Nixon Garcia keeps around the house to help her kids know what to put in, and what not to put into her composting tumbler in her backyard in Moses Lake.
Jamie Nixon Garcia shows some of the variety of materials that she adds into her composting tumbler in her backyard in Moses Lake.
Jamie Nixon Garcia of Moses Lake adds some kitchen scraps and produce waste into her composting tumbler in her backyard on Wednesday morning.
An abundance of "red wiggler" worms sit inside one of Randy Zielke's active worm bins inside his garage in Moses Lake.
Paper and cardboard shavings are some of the materials Randy Zeilke said he adds to his worm bins as bedding.
Randy Zielke holds a pile of "black gold" fertilized dirt that is the end result of his vermicomposting process.
The left side of Jamie Nixon Garcia's compost tumbler is filled with fresh produce scraps and other kitchen waste while the right side has more broken down composted materials.
Jamie Nixon Garcia stands beside her raised garden beds and composting tumbler in her back yard in Moses Lake on Wednesday afternoon.
Resourceful gardeners can make an organic soil amendment, even if they don’t have much space at home to work with. Two local gardeners have developed their expertise in composting methods and shared their knowledge with the Herald.
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