As the weather warms, we’re starting to get questions about small larvae crawling around inside your Little Green Buckets. Based on last summer, we estimate that 5-10% of buckets will have this “problem” during the warm summer months. What are they? More often than not, they are Black Soldier Fly (BSF) larvae, though they sometimes…
Yesterday we posted an in-depth explainer to help our readers understand the differences between soil, mulch, compost, and dirt. It’s International Compost Awareness Week, so we should really be turning our full attention to composting now. But mulching is so important to our arid high desert climate that I decided to linger on it for…
Last week I surveyed our followers on Instagram to see what I should focus on during International Compost Awareness Week. One of the results that jumped out at me was this one: If 43 percent of our audience needs help with basic terminology, that seems like an obvious starting point for building compost awareness. Don’t…
Surprise! Due to popular demand, our annual Pumpkin Recycling event started early! ? ? ? Every November we offer free recycling of pumpkins, jack-o-lanterns, and winter squash to our beloved Albuquerque community. This year we opened it a few days later to help accommodate all the folks whose pumpkins got yucky earlier than usual due…
Albuquerque: You asked, and we’ve answered… our yard is now open on Saturdays! Starting tomorrow, you can come to Full Sun Compost on Saturdays from 9am to 2pm to buy some compost or mulch, or to drop off your yard waste. We’re thrilled to finally be staffed up enough to offer these convenient weekend hours! (We’re also open…
It’s that time again – voting for ABQ the Mag’s Best of the City awards has begun! After years of Top 5 finishes, we were so proud to win “Best Green Living Service” last year. We’d love to keep our streak going, but we need your help! Please vote for our LITTLE GREEN BUCKET service…
Little Green Bucket members, here’s the announcement everyone’s been waiting for… Our Spring 2026 Compost Giveback starts today! Each spring, our Little Green Bucket pickup members are eligible for a FREE bag of finished compost, pulled from the same piles you helped create. We had to cancel our 2025 givebacks, due to operational challenges, and we’re so excited…
Albuquerque, we have exciting news… our compost facility is OPEN! Eighteen months ago, we faced an ultimatum: either find a way to build a compost facility from scratch or close down for good. Now, after lots of hard work, as well as invaluable support from our community, we’re proud to announce that our compost facility…
Happy New Year, Albuquerque! The world outside may be hibernating, but here at Little Green Bucket we’ve been very busy. Over the past few months we’ve been working nonstop on our new location – gutting walls, digging up sewer lines, and pulling so, so many weeds. While getting a new compost facility up and running is…
Over the past few weeks, word has gotten out that Little Green Bucket is at risk of going out of business as early as November 15th, 2024. I’m writing this post to share the backstory, the challenges and opportunities ahead, and my hopes for the future of Little Green Bucket. [This post has been edited…
Update Jan 31, 2026: At long last, we’ve begun composting on our own property. We’ll conduct bioplastic testing soon and hope to allow compostable plastics again by the end of the year! We were recently informed by the commercial compost facility that processes all the food waste we collect, that they are no longer accepting…
Every year, squeezed between the chaotic overconsumption of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, comes a more conscious shopping day: Small Business Saturday. Never has this day been more important than in 2020, when the pandemic has wreaked havoc on so many small businesses. We’ve been very fortunate to be able to continue operating at full…
Every year, nearly two billion pounds of pumpkins are grown in the United States, and roughly two thirds of them go straight to the landfill after Halloween. The resulting landfill gas emissions are comparable to putting an extra 25,000 cars on the road for a year! Please don’t let your pumpkins be a part of…
