What to Do With Compost If You Have No Garden
You do not need a backyard to make composting worthwhile. Learn how apartment dwellers can use GEME Compost Base in containers and houseplants, share it with gardeners, store it correctly, or conne...
Can You Compost Pumpkins After Halloween? | Composting Basics 38
Halloween pumpkins do not have to end up in the trash. Learn how to compost whole and carved pumpkins, remove decorations, manage their high moisture content, and divide larger pumpkins into safe l...
How to Get Rid of Fruit Flies in Your Kitchen and Compost Bin
Fruit flies are controlled at the source, not just with traps. Learn where they breed, how to clean and trap them, and how continuous GEME composting can reduce the need to leave suitable food scra...
What Is Food Waste? Causes, Impact, and Solutions
Food waste includes edible food that is discarded as well as unavoidable kitchen scraps such as peels, trimmings and coffee grounds. Learn what causes food waste, why it matters, how prevention and...
Real Compost vs Dehydrated Food Waste: Which Is More Sustainable?
Dried food waste and real compost are not the same thing. Dehydration removes water and reduces volume; composting uses microorganisms to biologically transform organic matter and create a soil-ret...
Composting in Winter: Indoor Composting with GEME Composter | Composting Basics 37
Cold weather can slow an outdoor compost pile, but your kitchen keeps producing scraps. Discover how GEME Terra 2 and GEME Pro support continuous indoor composting through winter, which model fits ...
Compost Odor: Why Compost Smells and How to Fix It
Healthy aerobic compost should smell earthy, not rotten. If your compost smells bad, excess moisture, poor airflow or an imbalance of carbon-rich and nitrogen-rich materials is usually involved. Th...