First of all, I received a bag of free SunChips in the mail! SunChips followed through with their promise to send me some free chips for my posts. I expected a coupon for a free bag, but instead I received a large box with a bag of chips inside it. Now, seriously, if the goal is to be environmentally friendly, why would you send a box in the mail when a small envelope with a coupon in it would work just as well? I shouldn't dog them too much because, hey, they sent me free chips. I just don't think it was the best way to do it. They did use some shredded paper as packing material, but it looked like the brightly colored shredded stuff that is bought specifically for that purpose, not shredded newspapers or scrap. At least it wasn't polystyrene packing peanuts.
I have finally moved the bag to the tumbler. I have also put in two "fresh" empty bags in at the same time. It will be interesting to see how long it takes for bags in an a more ideal composting environment to break down. We'll see how we do compared to the official fourteen week estimate. As I write this I had another idea, too. I think I'm going to take one of those two new bags and pin it down to the ground next to the composter and just leave it out in the open. This will give us an idea of how long the new compostable bag takes to breakdown when some idiot decides to toss it out the car window and it ends up on the side of the road somewhere. I'll track that, too, I think!
I guess if I have moved the bag to the tumbler that means my first batch of compost must be finished, right? Right! I'll talk more about that in a separate post. It did a great job, though, I'll tell you that!
