Compost Items You Might Not Realize Can Be Added To The Pile
By celticeagle
@celticeagle (159058)
Boise, Idaho
February 11, 2018 6:42pm CST
A compost pile is a great way to add to the soil when you begin your spring garden. There are so many things you can put in the compost that you might realize you can use. Here is a list:
* Egg cartons. The paper ones
* Saw dust
* Corks. The real cork, not the synthetic ones. You can even add the last bit of wine.
* Dryer lint and animal fur. Unless it all polyester there should be some lint in the trap. Animal fur can be used as well as human hair.
* Newspaper, shredded paper, paper napkins and even business cards.
* Dead flowers or other plants.
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
12 Feb 18
Composting is so popular here and many are not doing it well. There is getting to be a rat infestation in several parts of town.
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@sallypup (57888)
• Centralia, Washington
12 Feb 18
@TheHorse Here in the country its just a pile and not in a bin. Soon as it warms more, I need to start digging the compost into the garden. Most of our food here is vegie-fruit and egg shell based so we have quite a compost heap.
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
12 Feb 18
@TheHorse Maybe they are not using bins like a neighbor I once had. His pile stank so badly that I complained to him about it and he gave it up.
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
12 Feb 18
We take all our (many) corks to a non-profit place that supplies things to teachers for about a dollar a bag. They have a world of stuff in the place.
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@celticeagle (159058)
• Boise, Idaho
12 Feb 18
@JamesHxstatic.......That's a good idea.
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@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
12 Feb 18
Heard about the others but the hair and fur is new to me.
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@celticeagle (159058)
• Boise, Idaho
16 Feb 18
Yes, good way to get rid of old mags and such.
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@just4him (306237)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
16 Feb 18
@celticeagle It is, though I live in an apartment, so don't have any way to compost.
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