compost pile

I do not suggest putting urin or feces in your compost pile. I know that you can put cow feces in but to much of that will make you compost too "hot" and so when you mix it with your soil you will not be able to use as much or it will "burn" the minerals out. As far as human waste, this could be very dangerous to the health of anyone who comes into contact with it. Please research further. As for my compost pile, I put in house scraps and yard clippings.

I have a compost heap and like yours it is a small one. I only put certain things in mine though as a lot of foods will leave your pile extra stinky and will atract bugs that you don't want around. In my compost heap I put in the following: 1.Garden and yard clippings 2. Paper products 3. Comfrey leaves, 4. Raw veggie peels, 5. coffee grounds, 6. teal leaves and bags, 7. cardboard, 8. junk mail 9.newspapers, 10. straw, 11.shavings, 12.hedge clippings, 13.Leaves, 14.hair, 15.sawdust and wood shavings, 16.Crushed egg shells. The things that I mentioned you would want to stay away from are meats, fish, cooked foods, cat littler, cat or dog poop and disposable diapers. Those things can stink up your yard faster than a scared skunk. I think that it is great that you are doing your part to help the earth out and I know that there are a lot of people that will learn from your article. Good work and happy mylotting.

I keep a compost pile going too. It's great that we can give back to nature, rather than filling up landfills, and get some good garden nutrients just for taking the time and trouble to do it. Yes, it's amazing what we can put into them. I never put in anything that came from an animal, unless it's old bones with no meats on them (for calcium); if I do put some old bones in, the stay on the bottom because they take so much longer to decompose. Old leather can also go in, as long as it hasn't been dyed. I don't put anything in that might have man-made chemicals in it. I also add newspaper, but only the black and white pages, and never the color (because of the chemicals used in colored inks.)

I would never put human waste in mine. I only put horse or cow stuff in after it's a year or more old. You can also save your newspaper pages that don't have colored ink on them and put that in a layer. I save them all year than tear them in 2" strips and place them around my plants to keep the weeds down.

You should not be using human waste because of the possiblity of pathogens being passed on. Pathogens and parasites can also be passed on with animal waste. If you use poop from any animal you should get the pile to properly heat and age it at least a year and do not use for food crops. I used to have a compost pile when I was in the country so I got some experience there. Our city picks up organic waste but they do not want animal or human waste in there other than egg shells. They have a huge compost pile going each year and sell it in the spring.

pee yuk lol, he he he we have a bin full of grass cuttings but not been touched for years lol, so no idea whats in it lol, prob have turned into some alien life form by now lol, he he he I was going to buy a worm farm composter thingy but it was 30 quid and am a tight so and so. So I didnt he he he