What do you compost?

[gardengirl72]

Either post them on the pictures thread (there is a button below that says "attach" and follow that procedure) or put them in the Compost Forum for peopel to check out.

[RedStateGreen]

I compost as much as I can. Bones I compost after making stock with them, for the most part. Never had problems with flies/smell/animals. I should do toilet paper rolls, etc., but I always forget.

My bins are much like Ron's, only I use hardware cloth.

[rdsaltpower]

We compost leaves, weeds, fruit and veggie wastes, egg shells, newspapers, and paper products. We compost into two wire baskets app 3ft x 4ft, and a small steel mesh basket about 3ft x 3ft.

[gardengirl72]

I don't compost plastic and colored paper or cardboard. I am trying to put together a list of all the stuff not to compost, but I can't think of anything else.

[plantoneonme]

I don't compost plastic and colored paper or cardboard. I am trying to put together a list of all the stuff not to compost, but I can't think of anything else.

styrofoam is all I can think of off hand

[Sinfonian]

If it's compostable, I compost it. Well, I don't do animal products due to the smell and critters, but that's not much in the way of waste.

Here's a list of 163 things you can compost:
http://www.plantea.com/compost-materials.htm

Go for it, it's easy, it cuts down on your waste and it's garden gold! Why wouldn't you compost?

[gardengirl72]

Great list, thank Rich!

[maricybele]

Used coffee grounds makes the compost silky. Everytime I pass by the coffee place and remember I pick their used espresso grounds and I use it everywhere. In my compost as an amendment, in my rosebeds, a little around the plants as free mulch. I mow my old plants over to mulch them then put it in the bin. It breaks down faster that way.

I put in newspaper, toilet and paper towel cardboard.

The coffee grounds also keep the ants away and the cats and squirrels out the places I put it. I don't know why, but it works for me.

I tried red worms, but my compost had so many worms, I decided not to do the worm bin anymore because it was duplicating work, so I dumped my worm bin in the compost after 9 months of a worm bin.

I don't compost weed flowers or diseased plants.

[maricybele]

Yeah, a worm incubator. Found 3 horse chesnuts full of worms when I cracked it open. I will be looking for horse chesnuts this year to compost a whole bunch of them!

[gardengirl72]

I just began a small indoor worm bin!