Check what you can compost
Visit Garden Organic website to learn what you can compost.
Remember, that you are aiming for 50% 'greens' and 50% 'browns' in your composting bin.
Greens are soft, sappy materials with high water and nitrogen content. For example, grass, leaves and flowers. Browns are dry fibrous materials such as twigs, paper, card and straw.
You can compost these items with caution
These materials could cause problems with the composting process. You can add them to your compost bin but take care you don't add too many.
- Animal manure
- Autumn leaves
- Bindweed
- Dandelions
- Docks
- Evergreen prunings
- Grass cuttings
- Newspaper
- Perennial weeds. These can be pre-treated before putting them in your bin.
- Pet bedding
- Sawdust
- Soil
- Tea leaves and teabags
- Thistles
- Weeds with seeds
- Wood shavings
- Woody prunings
- Used kitchen paper
