Composting

The first thing I can do is set up composting for the two houses my landlord owns.  There are eight apartments between the two houses and we produce lots of waste that could easily be composted.  Also, there are many trees on the property.  Right now, bags and bags of leaves cover the ground as the cold weather has hit Jackson. 

I could build a compost mechanism on the some of the property about ten yards in back of the houses.  The landlord is a pretty open-minded guy and would probably let me do it.  I would use either a static three-container method or just one big mesh cylinder.  It would be easier for me to move the composting materials around if I used the three containers.

The first container out of three would be for the yard and food waste from the two houses.  Each apartment would responsible for dumping their waste into the container.  The landlord would still be responsible for the grass clippings and fallen leaves.  I could take it on myself to transfer the composting materials into the second bin after a month or so.  And again, after another month, I could transfer the batch to the third bin to finish its decomposing.
 
We have serious erosions problem on the property.  The houses are set against a steep hill that is held up by cement walls.  These walls tilt towards the street further each year.  After heavy rains, some of the soil on the hill tends to slip down towards the street.  A couple inches of the compost could be laid onto the hill to prevent erosion and support plant growth that would further hold together the hill.

Our landlord, Ian, could also use the compost to sustain gardens around the properties.  Many of the gardens and flowerbeds have not been kept in good condition.  The rich soil produced through composting could definitely help with adding nutrients or preventing weed growth and water erosion.

We can use compost in Tennessee State to reclaim many of the areas destroyed and made barren through building or mining.  Individuals could compost on their properties.  Large trucks could come once a month, just like the garbage trucks, and pick up the finished compost.  The state could use this compost on a variety of areas of Tennessee that have lost their ability to grow plant life.