What I just learned from a plumber.

We have chickens, a dog, cat and goat for our garbage disposals. If they won't eat it it goes to compost pile.

Seriously, one of the reasons we live like we do is because I got tired of fixing all those labor saving conveniences we used to have. If I could figure out how to get by without the vehicles they'd be gone too. :gaah:

 

we don't waste food like that in this house...

 

Yep.
Between us, the dogs, cats, horses, goats and chickens, food is never pitched. Eggshell goes directly into one of the gardens and gets tilled under in spring and fall.

 

Used ta work on the commercial ones, be why we ain't got one!:gaah:

Sorry bout the troubles there survive, stinks an dang plumbers er expensive!

 

If the critters won't eat it, it goes in the compost. Waste not, want not.

 

Our disposal empties right out into the front veggie garden with the sink water, it gets stopped up occasionally but not much and easy to unstop. The chickens think it's payday when they hear the disposal come on.

 

Absolutely! Our way of doing things, exactly!

 

:lolsmash: :lolsmash: That's funny!!! It's also a great idea!

Our washing machine water makes it's way into the lower end of the lower garden.

 

Send it down the food chain!

Please remember when feeding livestock there are some things you don't want to put in some animals. Bones cooked, can splinter and shard. This can kill dogs, cats, chickens, ducks, and pigs. Anything with yeast or baking powder can hurt dogs and horses. Chocolate is toxic to dogs and can cause colic in horses. Think about what is proper diet for each animal, what they pick on their own. Corn is not the end all to feed and has little nutrition though many calories; cornmeal for humans can swell and bust a gut or gizzard easily is you have a piggy hen or goose, even rice and raw pasta can do this. We don't waste anything, all veggie trimmings go to chickens and geese; all meat trimmings to dogs. Some people around here will call us when they see a deer freshly dead on the road. It becomes Rat Terrier food in a heartbeat, and they love it. Broken egg shell and coffee grounds can save your tomatos. The grounds make the soil acidic and the shells help prevent blossom end rot.
Always find a place to send it, rather than waste it.

 

i put these down the disposal all the time but not large helpings just bits off a plate. The way to keep your disposal heath is run a cup or two of ice cubs through the thing every month

 

Humm..... I've never had problems with clogged pipes but i don't dump cooking oil down the sink or run lots of stuff down the disposal.

 

Just watch out for the mother bear, their don't to have their young frozen and stuffed down a disposal.

 

I feel like I'm the pot calling the kettle black. Spelling is not one of my strengths, but it was the first thing that popped into my head when I read it.

I'm sure I'll leave the door open for pdx to get me back.

 

lol...

i have auto spell check on the apple and obviously i don't often catch the typos:gaah:

 

I honestly never knew that about the egg shells. I eat around a dozen egg whites a week and always just pitched the shells and yolks. They'll be on the pile from now on.