Last Updated on June 28, 2021—This list updates as our general compost develops.
We currently have three compost areas: smaller woody bits, leaves, and a general above ground compost that is fenced in, winter covered with a single layer of cardboard.
~ What we’ve put in our general compost this year ~
Notes: Although I would love to be very precise about when and how much of whatever gets added, for now this will be a general list. I’m considering adding a rough memory based 2020 Compost Page because we are not yet at the stage where we have dividers in the bin, so there’s overlap from last year.
- used tea leaves (mostly black tea, some mixed tea)
- crushed eggshells
- kitchen veggie/fruit scraps (nothing cooked–I will start listing them out per plant in the future)
- natural fiber bits (cotton or wool pills, threads)
- old natural fiber garden twine
- goldenrod stalks
- milkweed stalks
- day lily stalks
- hosta stalks
- burdock leaves
- woody vine bits
- spent non-woody vine bits
- tall grass bits (unknown grass types)
- cat hair and claw bits from trimming
- human hair
- whatever leaves blow into or fall from the tree/shrub canopy above the bin
- cardboard with all the labels and tape removed
- walnuts that had turned
Please feel free to add a comment below with questions or thoughts about this list.