At 12:29 PM 4/20/97 -0400, you wrote: Bo7b: (what an interesting variation of ---Robert?) I would agree with Lou that garbage in the sink is unsightly, smelly, and in the way. But (there's that "but"), but, if we take care of our own garbage, we take care of our children's tomorrow. Keep a easily uncovered bucket under the sink (Yes you do have room,put most of the other less seldom used stuff in a utility closet or car port shelf---a few extra steps now and then does the heart good. I use a covered one gallon refrigerator water container)) and plop the organics in it as you go. Dig a nice 1 1/2'x3' hole in the ground not too inconvenient to a door with a bale of straw near.Lay in drainage material, about 4".Layer about 4" organics in it,cover with a layer of straw or leaves, etc. It will take 3 months or so to get full, as it "uses itself up" quickly. Then dig another hole, and start again. You WILL have rich compost in the first hole in a year if you chop stuff up a bit with the shovel and toss a bit of manure, even packaged manure, on it). Then start another hole--soon as the first hole is luscious compost, rich and sweet smelling, and raised 8" over ground level for future settling and drainage. Put your lettuce or carrots etc in it and jump back out of the way. Use quickly maturing cultivars--many catalogs have them, Cook's and Seeds of Change, or your Home Depot,etc.Even the longest maturing vegetables can mature in the short season in Maine (see Elliot Coleman on "Gardening Naturally", TLC). Just do this once, and eat the result--that's all I ask of you, and the last complaint Lou will offer. Guar-an-teed. Pat