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From the lens Compost List of Over 200 Compost Ingredients.

Also - tell us - What have you added to your compost pile lately?

Did we leave something out of the 200+ compost item list? We'd like to know :)

  • hania-swan May 5, 2012 @ 3:07 am | delete
    I was impressed and great lens too.

    Heated Towel Rails | Gazebo | Patio Heaters
  • caffimages Apr 27, 2012 @ 12:20 pm | delete
    Great lens! I've added you to my new lens on garden shredders, which of course make a great compsting material!
  • caffimages Apr 27, 2012 @ 12:18 pm | delete
    Great lens! I've added you to my new lens on garden shredders, which of course produce material suitable for composting.
  • dfroray Nov 24, 2011 @ 11:31 am | delete
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  • Tolovaj Jun 28, 2011 @ 11:04 pm | delete
    Great list, I can adapt it, just need some more place...
  • Jackie May 16, 2011 @ 5:47 pm | delete
    I wouldn't want to compost store receipts if I were you. The thermal ones contain BPA. Be careful!
  • http://compostingsolutions.blogspot.com/ Apr 20, 2011 @ 4:20 am | delete
    Great list you have here, very thorough. A pure pleasure to read.
  • ideadesigns Apr 13, 2011 @ 11:08 am | delete
    I have a compost when it's gardening time. My grandmother has one all year. It's the best use for giving nutrients back into the soil.
  • tssfacts Apr 8, 2011 @ 7:48 am | delete
    Great article. I grew up composting way before it was kosher to do so. I have fond memories of helping my Mom dig our compost hole and filling it up and turning it over. Then when spring came we had all the plant food we needed and it was even organic lol.
  • TheresaMarkham Apr 12, 2011 @ 11:25 am | delete
    That sounds like a great childhood experience!
  • janices7 Feb 6, 2011 @ 10:49 am | delete
    My small town started a composting program that has made it easy for everyone to compost stuff. I joined and my family now only sends 1 trash bag a week to the regular trash bin (reduction of over 50% in our annual trash). I love composting and I LOVE this lens. Great topic!
  • Kimbesa Jan 19, 2011 @ 6:19 pm | delete
    Thinking compost all year round! Very timely and **angel blessed**!
  • TheresaMarkham Jan 20, 2011 @ 9:34 pm | delete
    Kimbesa, Thank you so much for your SquidAngel Blessing!
  • JaguarJulie Dec 23, 2010 @ 6:39 am | delete
    Ah, what a great shit list -- OH OH ... can I seriously say that? Well poop then! Merry Christmas.
  • MarkUpshaw Oct 30, 2010 @ 9:26 pm | delete
    Great list. Very helpful.
  • greengogreen Aug 14, 2010 @ 2:11 am | delete
    Very cool lens! That is an awesome list you have put together, I can't wait to look it over in more time. Thanks so much :) Simple Compost

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  • kevinw1 Nov 24, 2009 @ 6:37 pm | delete
    ps - I added your lens to my new composting resources lens at http://www.squidoo.com/composting-resources
  • kevinw1 Nov 24, 2009 @ 6:37 pm | delete
    ps - I added your lens to my new composting resources lens at http://www.squidoo.com/composting-resources
  • kevinw1 Nov 24, 2009 @ 6:34 pm | delete
    Great fun going through the list! I recycle most of the paper items rather than composting them. I have a big three-bin composter in the back yard built from pallets, a ring-o-wire compost pile in the front yard, leaf and grass clipping piles in the side yard (from my neighbor), and a black plastic compost bin from a previous life that's been re-purposed as a garden-stake-holder because the bears rip it apart if I use it for compost.
  • naturegirl7 Dec 13, 2008 @ 7:51 am | delete
    Wonderful lens. If everyone would compost and grow some of their own food, it would do so much to help improve the environment. Welcome to the Naturally Native Squids group. Don't forget to add your lens link to the appropriate plexo and vote for it.
  • kathypi Oct 13, 2008 @ 5:57 pm | delete
    wow, great info, i am just going to start composting, kathy
  • kathypi Oct 13, 2008 @ 5:57 pm | delete
    wow, great info, i am just going to start composting, kathy
  • Tiddledeewinks Aug 21, 2008 @ 2:10 am | delete
    I save all our veggie peelings, unused leftovers, dead flowers, and our chicken manure for composting. Great lens ideas you have. Thanks!
  • TheresaMarkham Jul 14, 2008 @ 7:15 am | delete
    Hi Arrowood! I've considered ID-ing each ingredient "green/nitrogen" or "brown/carbon" but with all these wacky things, I wasn't completely confident in my categorizing skills. One reason - everything is not either-or - rather, it's a blend, and the category that the item is put into is dependent on whether it is more of one than the other. But here's one tip for you - cotton clothes (socks, underwear, tshirts) are a brown/carbon - and btw, so is beer!

    All the Best, Tree
  • Arrowood Jul 7, 2008 @ 10:00 am | delete
    Wow! What a list! It would be helpful for us beginners to know what items on the list are nitrogens and which are carbons. I'm always on the lookout for carbons in addition to my shredded paper.
  • EmmaCooper Mar 25, 2008 @ 2:08 am | delete
    Cool lens!

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