Composting

I finally took a composting class yesterday and learned the right way to compost! Here are the ingredients to be used:

Green Materials

• Coffee grounds and filters
  
• Fruit trimmings—rinds, peelings, and cores
  
• Grains
  
• Grass clippings
  
• Green leaves
  
• Hair and fur
  
• Houseplants
  
• Shredded newspaper
  
• Seaweed (rinsed to remove salt)
  
• Tea bags
  
• Vegetable peels and leaves
  

Brown Materials

• Cardboard rolls (shredded)
  
• Clean paper (shredded)
  
• Cotton rags
  
• Dry leaves
  
• Dryer and vacuum cleaner lint (avoid incorporating lint used with dryer sheets)
  
• Eggshells
  
• Fireplace ash (NO coal-based ashes—toxic to plants)
  
• Straw
  
• Leaves (dry)
  
• Newspaper (shredded)
  
• Nut shells (crushed)
  
• Pine needles (chopped or shredded)
  
• Sawdust (from untreated wood)
  
• Wood chips
  
• Wool rags
  
• Yard trimmings (dry)
  
• Vegetable stalks (seeds for hot piles only)