What all can go in a compost pile? ie:diary meat. obviously organics?
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fruit and vegetable matter
egg shells
coffe grounds
tea (bags and tea leaf grounds)
newspaper (shredded)
manure from herbivores (horses, cows, etc. as long as they have been fed only vegetable based feed)
DON'T USE manure from humans, dogs, cats, and other meat eaters due to bateria and other diseases that can be transmitted from the feces.
DON"T USE dairy products, meat, bones, or animal fat
anything organic
nothing protein.
ie. you can put in all the tea and the bag, coffee and the filtre, but never ever the bones from your steak.
protein will attract rats and dramatically slow the composting process.
you can speed the process by adding grass cuttings and for every 6" of those add 6" of soil from your garden. it should be kept moist by never allowed to become soaked. air circulation is necessary. and turn the pile about every two weeks or so.
. bin doin this for thirty years.
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Fruits and vegetables (obviously), egg shells (personally, I rinse the raw eggs off, although i don't know if that is necessary), coffee grounds, tea bags, breads, rice, newspaper, paper bags, saw dust, and lawn and yard trimmings. No dairy, meat, cat litter, dog or cat poop. You can put poop from herbivores like rabbits and guinnea pigs in though.
Also nothing oily or greasy (dressed salad, corn cobs with butter residue, etc).
Nothing greasy and no dairy products. No meat or bones. Good things to add are mostly veggie/fruit peels and teabags and coffee ground, Glass clippings and fine leaves. You can also add confetti shredded papers, too.
No meat or dairy and I know some folks say to put all plant cuttings in but don't put weeds in it or you will only be planting all those weed seeds the next year. I even have tomatoes and cantaloupes growing here and there from mine Not many people keep their compose bins hot enough to kill the seeds. Everything else works well and your plants will love their new soil.
best things are weeds, egg shells, coffee grounds and filters, chicken or cow manure, a little soil, fruit or veggie scraps, and moisture.
No, meat, eggs, dairy, oily foods, woody plants, because they attract critters or they take to long to break down
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