Comments on: 5 Unusual compost friendly items http://inthegarden.today.com/2008/07/15/5-unusual-compost-friendly-items/ Recipes made from home grown foods Sat, 26 Dec 2009 23:04:37 +0000 http://www.today.com/version-2.3.1 By: Garlic Mike in Texas http://inthegarden.today.com/2008/07/15/5-unusual-compost-friendly-items/#comment-225 Garlic Mike in Texas Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:30:11 +0000 http://inthegarden.today.com/2008/07/15/5-unusual-compost-friendly-items/#comment-225 1. Paper towels, tissues and newspaper too. But probably not the color prints and glossy stuff in the newspaper, unless you know the ink is soy-based and not lead-based. Paper can be shredded and used as a mulch, brown paper bags, shredded are really good for this. Grease is okay to compost as is anything that was once living. However, you must have a sufficiently large compost pile/bin that is enclosed to keep the mice, rats and other varmints out. Use the aluminum siding from an old swimming pool or a roll of fiberglass as the siding for your compost bin. Make sure to make small holes for air in the siding. 2. Human hair is good, and any kind of hair that you know is disease and pest free. 3. If your lint is from cotton cloth, it is okay to compost. If your cloth that has been washed is from synthetic material, don't compost... it will not disintegrate. 4. Bird feathers too! And did you ever wonder what to do with the bird crap and paper when you clean the bottom of your birdcage? Throw it into the compost, it is high in nitrogen. 5. NOT all Fabric... Only cotton or natural fibers! Synthetics will not decompose and you'll have to pick them out later anyway, so don't put them in. A great website that mentions these things is www.dirtdoctor.com 1. Paper towels, tissues and newspaper too. But probably not the color prints and glossy stuff in the newspaper, unless you know the ink is soy-based and not lead-based. Paper can be shredded and used as a mulch, brown paper bags, shredded are really good for this.

Grease is okay to compost as is anything that was once living. However, you must have a sufficiently large compost pile/bin that is enclosed to keep the mice, rats and other varmints out. Use the aluminum siding from an old swimming pool or a roll of fiberglass as the siding for your compost bin. Make sure to make small holes for air in the siding.

2. Human hair is good, and any kind of hair that you know is disease and pest free.

3. If your lint is from cotton cloth, it is okay to compost. If your cloth that has been washed is from synthetic material, don’t compost… it will not disintegrate.

4. Bird feathers too! And did you ever wonder what to do with the bird crap and paper when you clean the bottom of your birdcage? Throw it into the compost, it is high in nitrogen.

5. NOT all Fabric… Only cotton or natural fibers! Synthetics will not decompose and you’ll have to pick them out later anyway, so don’t put them in.

A great website that mentions these things is www.dirtdoctor.com

]]> By: twriter http://inthegarden.today.com/2008/07/15/5-unusual-compost-friendly-items/#comment-111 twriter Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:48:31 +0000 http://inthegarden.today.com/2008/07/15/5-unusual-compost-friendly-items/#comment-111 You're welcome! I know anything I can avoid throwing in the trash makes me happy! -Teresa You’re welcome! I know anything I can avoid throwing in the trash makes me happy!

-Teresa

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