Pdf Printable List Of Compost Items

Fruit and fruit peels.
Pdf printable list of compost items. Although a highly skilled composter could compost meat safely too. Closed bins compost faster due to the higher temps closed bins can be used year round. Bury food scraps 8 10 inches. I decided that i was going to print out a list of what to compost and put it in the kitchen so my kids would know what to add to the bin.
All 100 items on the list are organic materials containing carbon and nitrogen and will decompose at varying rates depending on how well you keep your compost. By marion owen fearless weeder for plantea inc. A general rule of thumb with brown compost is that any plant tree or flower with a woody texture and bark like exterior is a safe choice. Since i am new to this i would love to hear your thoughts on this.
Hot or cool composting. Here you ll find reminders on what to do each week as well as lists of what s okay and what s a composting no no. 163 things you can compost and the list keeps growing. Bury within compost pile.
Print it out in grayscale for the color ink cartridge conscious. I ve compiled the important highlights from all the start apartment composting articles into a one page chart. Home composting is a great way to be greener and do something good for the environment while seeing major benefits right at home. Things like animal bones fat meat and fish scraps greasy items and other dairy products fall in this category.
Although sometimes you will see the odd bark twig or egg shell in it. Enter my composting guide a free printable how to. And co author of chicken soup for the gardener s soul. Meat fish egg or poultry scraps odor problems and pests dairy products odor problems and pests fats grease lard or oils odor problems and pests coal or charcoal ash contains substances harmful to plants diseased or insect ridden plants diseases or insects might spread.
Dig a hole or trench chop the food scraps and mix them into the soil and then cover them with at least 8 of additional soil. Great source of nitrogen. None of the items on the list are meat. Dry vegetable vines vegetable stalks twigs hedge trimmings fallen leaves dried lawn trimmings straw and tree bark.
Food scraps may be composted using the hot or cool method. It has turned into a dark soil and you can t recognize the original ingredients anymore.