Green Daily

On a recent trip to see a friend we went composter shopping. But how to pick the best composter? Who's to say which is the one for you?

Red composter? Blue composter? Compostable composter?

Luckily, the Internet is saving the world with information. You can go there right now and check out Composting.com.

The site is a compendium of store links. I felt as though I wandered through aisles of environmentally conscious retailers as I clicked through these pages. Each page sold me a new set of perennials and compost toilets.

If it's information and not product you seek, a few other sites may be more helpful. The Compost Guide is replete with tips and troubleshooting help for building and maintaining a compost pile, tumbler or whatnot. How to Compost can tell you how to make a compost tea. You'll also find a long list of links to other sites and companies to help you compost. Then there's the Composting for Kids site. If you're confused, you could take the Master Composter's teleclass on composting.

Or you could try the EPA's composting site. There you'll find links to regional composting programs as well as laws on composting.

Personally, I found the EPA link the most useful, but I'm not saying the government composts better than the private sector. The site was useful. Let's leave it at that.