I try and not get soap boxy about anything. There is no fun in listening to someone tell you what to do. But seriously, you should have worms.
Worms eat your garbage and as they nibble away on your rotting watermelon rinds and lettuce cores- the rotting stuff gives off this disgusting liquid that co-mingles with the worm poop and is, as far as I’m concerned, the best fertilizer evah.

From worm bin

This stuff works miracles. Tomato plants grow as tall as the Sears Tower (I will never call it the Willis Tower, so get over it) and provide fruit the size of