June 2012: What have you fed your compost today?

jrmckins

11 years ago

This past weekend I loaded my never pile with a LOT of fresh cut grass. It's about 155 degrees now :-)

My older pile must be very close to done because I mixed a bunch of grass in but it's just "warm".

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shermthewerm
11 years ago
20 5-6' flowering Swiss chard plants, 1/2 bag chick start'n gro feed, litter from chick brooder. I wonder how hot that mixture will get. Those Swiss chard plants were monsters!
darth_weeder
11 years ago
vegetable scraps, pistachio shells, cherry pits and about 20 flattened mosquito carcasses.
The mosquitos were added at the last minute.
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ernie85017, zn 9, phx
11 years ago
I love these threads.
Romaine lettuce (lost in the frig), corn cobs, strawberry hulls.
lonmower
11 years ago
UCG's, shredded paper and two buckets of weeds
jrmckins
Original Author
11 years ago
dryer lint. banana peel. some kind of fruit (wasn't paying attention)
nancyjane_gardener
11 years ago
Paper strips, UCGs,vege scraps, bolted lettuce, dryer lint, BAGS of uggy lettuce that people forgot to take down the driveway to the wedding, wedding cake crumbs and drizzles of wine and champagne.
batyabeth
11 years ago
UCG, redskins from 2 kilos of home roasted peanuts, watermelon rinds, fridge science experiments. The corn cooking water went on the plants.

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Jada.kidney.dialysis
11 years ago
Glad to see someone started a new thread. Thanks!

shredded junk mail and paper towels
too old cole slaw from the fridge
banana peels
toenail clippings
jrmckins
Original Author
11 years ago
"Glad to see someone started a new thread. Thanks!"
I'll try to do it monthly.

Unless a mod can make a sticky and we just start a "What have you fed your compost today?" thread and keep it at the top.

Can we make sticky's here? Do we have mods?
jrmckins
Original Author
11 years ago
Water melon rinds ... and water. HOT here (gonna be over 100 for a few days in a row).
idaho_gardener
11 years ago
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rockymountainkat
11 years ago
I have a houseplant that dropped many leaves so those got added in along with some dried up garlic scapes, yam peelings, and eggshells! I hope the worms and earwigs have a great dinner :)
rouge21_gw (CDN Z5b/6a)
11 years ago
Expired Kraft "Coleslaw" dressing and a whole box of chocolate truffles!

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