SENSE WITH CENTS

Why I Choose To Eat My Compost

Taking stock whilst making stock

A crock pot full of stock! — Writer’s own photograph

If there is anything that upsets me more than wasting money, it’s food waste, which is obviously a waste of money too. And whilst I know that it is sometimes a challenge to avoid, it’s awful to see such an essential resource thrown away.

I remember the first time my husband and I had flu at the same time. We had stocked up the fridge and the fruit bowl that weekend with healthy produce for the week ahead. By the time Monday evening rolled around, neither of us could manage more than a weak cup of tea and a plain biscuit.

We watched helplessly as all that food tragically rotted.

Avoiding waste

Of course, we have been better prepared since. Those miserable memories of purging the house of mountains of used tissues, odorous bedding and rancid food mean that we no longer fill the fridge full to bursting of fresh produce once a week.

Nor do we buy expensive boxes of soft tissues, because after two days of continuously blowing your nose, it feels like sandpaper whatever you use. There are just some items that you can manage without. Surprisingly it doesn’t impact on your life much at all.