You raise a simple question, which I believe doesn't have a simple answer. What to do with the solid waste from juicing or fruit and vegetable is a very big issue in the fruit and vegetable processing industry. What is done is as varied as the processors. Wineries in CA have been using their pomace in a number of ways, including both direct application to soils as either a mulch or fertilizer and composting it. I would look at juicer pulp waste no differently than raw produce trim from your kitchen, or produce waste from your garden. What do you do with those? In the end, both approaches - composting or as a direct soil amendment - will likely lead to the same decomposition of the juicer waste. So the question is are you better served by allowing the decomposition to take place directly in the soil, or by doing it separately in a compost pile? Some things to consider are the C:N balance of the pulp waste, possible seed carryover into the pulp, and the potential for pest attraction (insects and birds come to mind). If any of those would be an issue for direct soil incorporation in your situation, then composting first will probably serve you better. If not, then incorporating it directly into the soil, a la sheet or trench composting, or using it in a lasagna bed, might be simpler, and may allow for marginally better use of the N in the pulp as active fertilizer. Which approach "better serves" you depends, in part, on what you want to achieve, and on your specific situation. There are a lot a variables, so I don't think anyone can give a you a general one-size-fits-all answer. This post was edited by TXEB on Thu, Jun 27, 13 at 9:15

I don't know about a juicer on soft berries - I use a fine screen strainer, just press the pulp through (it holds about 4C easily), work it with a soft spatula, then dump the seeds out and put new batch of berries in. I've only ever done this with cooked berries, haven't tried with raw. But makes a nice smooth product and I think easier to clean than a juicer.

It is probably you are 100% right on all of the points in your recent post. I'll just add either my 2 cents worth or toss a bit of popcorn or eventually vermicompostable non salted peanut shells from the the peanut gallery. Powdered egg shells are what we do not want to breath when someone uses a coffee grinder or spice grinder on the egg shells. Maybe grinders grind the shells into little flake size pieces. Maybe those grind the shells into breatheable dust. I do not know. Maybe blending egg shells in liquid or quickly crushing in newspaper with a rolling pin is best. I agree egg shells are good in a worm bin from dust size to whole and any size in between. Exceptions made for those who do not like how egg shells look in vermicompost. I can agree the worms, similar to snakes, might need something with specific abilities to help with cocoon removal. I do not know what those specific things are or if egg shells have that. I do not know if egg shells provide grit for worms to digest. I do not know if worms need grit to digest. Yes worms have a gizzard type digestion system. Chickens need grit. I am not sure worms need grit. One poster here seemed to have done a test and some type of grit addition seemed to have done something positive. Archives somewhere. I'm just not yet on board with worms needing grit or with egg shells being grit. I have egg shells and adding them to the bin, whole, crushed and blenderized is done at various times. Again, I hate to not yet view the facts as you do, CarlosDanger. And I am probably wrong and could be convinced by facts the other way. I just have not bumped into those yet. I sort of disagree that worms have poorly-designed food processing systems. I do not think worms would be better off having ears, eyes, or teeth. All the better to hear, see and eat me with, my dear. I think worms fit into a system and in that system they are perfectly designed for their part in the system, poor digestion or not. Somebody, somewhere thought not having teeth was OK and called worms the "intestines of the earth". Maybe it is OK to not masticate ones food if one is an worm. Again I hate to disagree with you.

It's wonderful, isn't it, I have frozen lime juice and lemon juice. And my grandkids are OJ snobs now. Only want the fresh squeezed juice. My neighbor and I are trying to figure out what to do with the pulp that's left - any recipes for fruit pulp?