Organic veggie soil probably does not have either sand or clay. People get confused between organic matter and sand and clay. Soil is a mineral base of sand, clay, silt with some organic matter. Organic matter is only broken down stuff that is once alive. Look at the ingredients on the bag of "soil" and see if those things are what you want in your compost. When I say soil is bad for the heat in your pile. I mean if you want to skimp on bagged browns and decided to just dig up a bunch of dirt from your garden, (by dirt, I mean native soil), and stick in the bin instead of shredded wood because it's free. (or browns leaves, paper, whatever) It is really going to take even more time to breakdown and when it does you won't have compost. It will be more like just burying the stuff in the ground.

Fish is my favorite compost ingredient. Used properly there is no problem with odors or my dog. I use it in two ways. If I have a hot (I would define hot as having a core temp of 130F or higher) pile, the fish go in the middle. My mesh bins are four feet in diameter, and at least two feet high. If there is no warm or hot pile at the time the fish are available; I dig a hole (12" deep or more) for the fish and any fruit and veggie scraps. Some dry compost or leaves go in first, then the fish and scraps, then more leaves or dry compost, then a topping of dirt. I have no problem with either my dog or raccoons digging, but put a flat stone on top to remind me of where the last pit is.

Karen, lots of people do eat pounds and pounds of candy, especially around Halloween, Valentines Day and Christmas. :-) But they can only put on as much weight as the body can convert to fat stores while the food is being digested. If the blood is overwhelmed with more sugar than the insulin can convert to glucose, the excess sugar spills over into the kidneys and is excreted. But only the excess sugar. The sugar that the body can convert to glucose becomes the bodys fuel, then the excess of that becomes weight gain . You wouldn't want the kidneys to remove all the sugar in your blood, just so you could eat candy and not gain weight. If your kidneys threw out all the sugar and your body couldnt convert any of it to glucose...you would die. :-( Glucose is the bodys fuel. Anyway, come on, it was a joke! :-) A beer/pee joke for frugal composters. :-)

Glyphosate decomposes rapidly in the environment, so you should be able to compost that with no problems at all. Always good to avoid using treated grass clippings as mulch around live plants! Once it goes through the compost pile it will be fine.