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Materials used to make compost
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| There are 4 main types of materials used to make compost |
1. grass cuttings and green weeds
2. kitchen waste - pods, stems, inedible bits of veg and fruit |
3. woody materials, ideally shredded so
that they break down more easily
4. shredded paper, newspaper torn with the grain, torn up cardboard |
These can be divided into the Greens and Browns
| grass, weeds and most kitchen waste are
GREENS, they decay very quickly, leaving little behind, except
somettimes a slushy stinky mess |
| woody stuff and paper are BROWNS, which
decay very slowly, and can rob nitrogen from the soil if they
are not full broken down |
| Cooked food, metal, wood, dandelion and
ground elder roots, cat and dog droppings, should NOT be included
in the compost heap |
Some things like hedge clippings are both green AND brown - part green,
part woody |
