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Published July 10, 2012, 12:00 AM

PHOTO GALLERY: Waste not, want not: Compost creates better soil, keeps waste out of landfill


Caleigh Gabriel, 8, dumps the composting material into the earth machine as her mother, Wendy, holds the lid, July 5, 2012. Jesse Trelstad / The Forum

  • Caleigh Gabriel, 8, dumps the composting material into the earth machine as her mother, Wendy, holds the lid, July 5, 2012. Jesse Trelstad / The Forum
  • Wendy Gabriel poses for a portrait next to her composting bins in their backyard in Fargo on Thursday afternoon. Gabriel's parents composted when she was growing up and as soon as she moved into a house she purchased a bin and started composting. For Gabriel composing is "as much about reducing wast as making compost", July 5, 2012. Jesse Trelstad / The Forum
  • Wendy and her daughters, Caleigh, 8, left, and Cadence, 5, right, check the progress of the newest compost bin that they found during clean up week and can be bought from the city of Fargo for forty dollars, July 5, 2012. Jesse Trelstad / The Forum
  • Cadence, 5, turns over the tumbler bin with help from her mother Wendy as her sister, Caleigh, 8, watches, July 5, 2012. Jesse Trelstad / The Forum
  • The Gabriel's two composting bins, the earth machine, left, and the tumbler, right located in their backyard a short walk from their door makes it accessible even in the winter, July 5, 2012, in Fargo ND. Jesse Trelstad / The Forum
  • A look inside the Earth Machine, after adding the contents from the orange bowl, July 5, 2012, in Fargo, ND. Jesse Trelstad / The Forum
  • The Gabriel's fill this orange bowl with items for compost, this bowl is filled with coffee grounds, lettuce, orange peel and cardboard from a toilet paper roll. Wendy Gabriel says that composting is "as much about reducing waste as making compost " July 5, 2012, in Fargo ND Jesse Trelstad / The Forum