Comments on: What’s In Your Compost Bowl?

By: Propagating Perennials with Stem Cuttings | Chiot's Run

Propagating Perennials with Stem Cuttings | Chiot's Run — Fri, 07 May 2010 12:40:51 +0000

[...] can, so I use material I can find in my local area (like all those rocks), mix my own potting mix, make compost, collect leaves, and pretty much anything that will help save me money when it comes to gardening. [...]

By: Sunday Photos….Compost and Soil « Not Dabbling In Normal

Sunday Photos….Compost and Soil « Not Dabbling In Normal — Sun, 02 May 2010 14:50:44 +0000

[...] I won’t redo all of our composting items, you can check them out on my blog in my post “What’s in your compost bowl?“ I love screening the compost. It makes me happy knowing that I made this for my garden. [...]

By: S Hubbs

S Hubbs — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 19:06:07 +0000

Why rinse the egg shells?? That just puts more water to the sewer system and washes away nutrients that could add to the value of your compost!

By: Susy

Susy — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 02:14:29 +0000

I actually save my egg shells, dry and crush them and add them directly to the garden.

By: Miguel

Miguel — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 01:45:59 +0000

In the photo you have showing the bread crumbs, in the background you have some empty egg shells. Guess what—you can put those in the compost too. Just rinse them out and crumble them up. Adds some important minerals to the mix.

By: ed

ed — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 14:31:32 +0000

I basically compost anything that rots away and that does not have harmful chemicals in it.
That includes cooked food (many people say you should not). Chicken scraps (people say you should not put animal stuff in it), potato skins (again there is the myth you should not). Plus all the regular things such as carton, paper, eggshells.
I do not turn my compost heap, too much work an useless.
I leave it as long as possible, but sometimes when I need a higher bed, I already fill up the lower part with anything that will compost but hasn’t yet.

I need my composting to be easy so I do not make a science of it: anything goes, even twigs and old wood, as long as it is not stained or pressure treated.
Never had a problem with smelly compost, animals or flies. I just keep it covered with a layer of hedera vines that I have in abundance.

Everything that comes out of the garden goed back in the garden unless it is eaten.

The result: great looking compost and hardly any waste for collection.by the city

By: Diane

Diane — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 22:34:22 +0000

I think there’s loads of things I don’t compost now I’ve read this! The vacuum gets emptied into the bin – or rather it did! I suspect it’s going onto the compost heap from now on!

I’ve got a collection of toilet roll tubes that I’m going to use for seeds – when they’ve been used for that and if they’ve nto rotted in the ground then I’ll compost them!
I’ve started looking at everything in a different light now I’m growing things again! I eve look forward to the lawn needing mowing as it all adds to the compost heap!

Diane’s last blog post.. New products at Wynsors

By: Ginger

Ginger — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 03:47:16 +0000

this is a great post. we hardly have any trash because almost everything is recycled or composted. I need to find coffee that comes in a recycable or compostable bag!! We have three indoor pets so we have lots of pet hair to put in the compost. Ginger’s last blog post.. La vie en rose

By: Pampered Mom

Pampered Mom — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 19:45:19 +0000

We pretty much put very similar things in our compost bin. I would say the most unique thing I put in our compost bin this week was some cotton sherpa cloths that had gotten too threadbare to be used. I cut them up into thin strips and add them to the pile! Pampered Mom’s last blog post.. The Play Tent - Revised

By: Susy

Susy — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:59:57 +0000

Yes, if you end up with too much brown stuff and not enough moisture the pile will not decompose very quickly. I try to add a pretty good mix of each, especially in the beginning. Add a bit of finished compost is a great way to get the pile going as well.

I’m actually considering a worm bin for the basement for my kitchen scraps. Then I could make compost all winter long, our piles cool quite a bit in the winter here, if I turned them more they’d stay warmer.