Making compost is like cooking: the secret is in the correct ingredients, plus knowing what to leave out. But don’t worry—unlike baking a cake, getting the proportions right is not critical, baking time is up to you, and garbage ingredients are a positive advantage.
from your house
The house, and particularly the kitchen, is a major source of compost ingredients. Any green (or orange or yellow or purple) vegetable waste may go on the compost pile. Do not be put off by the tough appearance of things like grapefruit skins—they will compost just as quickly as any other vegetable matter. There’s also no problem with leftover cooked vegetables.
Theoretically, waste meat or fish (cooked or uncooked) can also be composted, but your compost bin must be animal-proof. In practice, it’s quite hard to construct a compost bin that cannot be penetrated by a determined rat.
What goes in Coffee grounds; old cotton, silk, or wool
clothing (torn up); eggshells; floor sweepings; hair and nail
clippings; paper and cardboard; rabbit or hamster bedding;
tea bags; vacuum-cleaner dust; vegetable waste; wood ash.
What stays out Cat or dog litter, coal ash, dairy
products, disposable diapers, fish and meat waste,
oil or fats.
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