HeraldNet: Eco compost bags a miss for this Snohomish reader



RECENT POSTS:
• Winter is for gardening dreams November 22 • Tomato harvest boosted by garage, grow lights November 13 • Veggie tales: Share your produce triumphs of 2008 November 11 • Hard working chickens November 6 • Self-propagating bulbs: the best bang for the buck October 27

Archives:



LINKS:
Green Thumbs Unite • Evergreen Arboretum & Garden • Northwest Horticultural Society • Northwest Perennial Alliance • Plant Amnesty • Seattle Tilth • Seattle Tree Fruit Society • Snohomish County Master Gardeners • Washington Native Plant Society Know & Grow • Compost • Great Plant Picks • House plants • Master Gardener Magazine • Natural Lawn Care • Oregon State University Extension • Plant Search Tools • Soil • WSU Extension Online Grapevine • Dave's Garden • Garden Rant • Veggie Recipes

RELATED ARTICLES:
• Harvesting farms' future November 21 • Plant pick: Well-behaved bamboo November 20 • Kristi's Notebook: Sourdough seduces Whidbey Islanders November 19 • Amazing amaryllis: So easy to grow they don't have to be 'forced' November 18 • Plant pick: Witch hazel November 13 • Nuts and bolts: Green householder cleaner November 13 • Around the County November 10 • Around the County November 4 • Would a Swede pick waffles or pancakes? October 31 • Bulb bounty: Plants that naturally know how to return and multiply October 30


ADVERTISEMENT <script language=JavaScript src="http://ads.heraldnet.com/servlet/ajrotator/169233/0/vj?z=heraldnet&ct=122081&dim=169231&abr=$scriptiniframe"></script><noscript><a href="http://ads.heraldnet.com/servlet/ajrotator/169233/0/cc?z=heraldnet"><img src="http://ads.heraldnet.com/servlet/ajrotator/169233/0/vc?z=heraldnet&ct=122081&dim=169231&abr=$imginiframe" width="160" height="600" border="0"></a></noscript>

Mudrakers

August 27, 2008

Eco compost bags a miss for this Snohomish reader

Posted at 6:30 am by Debra Smith

It seems like the perfect solution for those of us who compost: a bag you can toss your veggie scraps in that quickly decomposes in the compost bin.

Reader and super recycler Karen Erickson of Snohomish says it doesn't work as well as promised.

She read an AP story in The Herald recently about the BioBags. Here's what the story says about this product: "These ultrathin 3-gallon bags are made from corn and will decompose in as little as 10 days. Keep one under the sink, fill it up as you cook over a few days, then toss the whole thing on the compost pile."

Here's what Karen found: "We have tried this product at home in our composting bin. Our compost is not hot enough to have the bags compost quickly. Water and moisture, does make the bags break down some, but the bag stays around for quite some time."

Thanks, Karen, for giving us the low-down!

Return to Mudrakers

TODAY'S TOP JOBS

View All Top Jobs

>> view all top homes

>> view all homes

<script language=JavaScript src="http://ads.heraldnet.com/servlet/ajrotator/105699/0/vj?z=heraldnet&dim=100749&abr=$scriptiniframe"></script><noscript><a href="http://ads.heraldnet.com/servlet/ajrotator/105699/0/cc?z=heraldnet"><img src="http://ads.heraldnet.com/servlet/ajrotator/105699/0/vc?z=heraldnet&dim=100749&abr=$imginiframe" width="728" height="90" border="0"></a></noscript>
\|Contact Us \|Advertiser Services \|Home Delivery \|Newsstand Locations \|Classifieds \|Feedback \|About the Company \|Work@the Herald \|Site Map	© 2008 The Daily Herald Co., Everett, WA.