Compost

One of the big questions many avid gardeners ask is can you compost bones? The short answer is yes – bones are a type of food waste that is compostable, and can be added to your compost pile. 

However, the process to compost bones is a bit different than let’s say wood, where whole carcasses and large animal bones must be cut into smaller pieces before adding them to your compost tumbler. 

Read on to find out the best way to compost chicken bones and other types of bones, the best bones to add to your compost system, and how long it will take to decompose. 

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Poop is not a subject people like to talk about. Whether it is from an animal or a human, it’s stinky, looks disgusting, and is a thoroughly repulsive subject of conversation. But there are so many good things about it that avoiding the discussion is like taking a dump on an easily accessible bounty of natural resources.

If you have a small garden with a compost pit, you are likely to be looking for materials that go into it. When it comes to dog waste, you don’t think of it as anything more than just a discardable element of your life. And typically, it ends up in a plastic bag that finds its way to a landfill.

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From the outside, composting isn’t something a lot of people want to think about.

A lot of them also don’t want to think about the amount of waste they are creating and what it is doing to the planet.

But if you have a small garden, you start thinking about organic ways to feed your garden, and from that comes the “gem” of an idea for natural fertilizer.

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Composting is often a natural process that happens in the backyard if you let a bunch of leaves pile up. It’s not an exact science but there is a way to perfect the process of recycling organic matter to make fertilizer. It is incredibly useful in reducing waste, cutting methane emissions, conserving water, and also improving soil health in organic farming.

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Is there anything that eggs aren’t good for? Your hair, your skin, your heart, weight loss—the list is seemingly endless!

But wait, can you compost eggshells?

Well, turns out that eggs can be pretty great for your garden, too—provided you compost them right.

Composting eggshells requires a proper process of composting to be followed. This may seem like quite an unnecessary expenditure of labor and effort; however, eggshells provide numerous benefits to your garden, from being a great source of calcium to keeping pesky visitors away, while also being cheap, eco-friendly, and organic, and easily available.

And no one’s really complaining about the eggs Benedict for breakfast, either. While we’re on the subject of breakfast, don’t forget that you can use the remnants from your early morning cup of Joe by adding your coffee grounds and any coffee filters to your compost heap.

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We create a lot of waste in our kitchens, and a common question is, can you compost orange peels and lemon peels?

Orange peels and lemon peels, are both citrus, and can be safely put onto the compost heap.

Instead of sending them to a landfill, you can do everyone a favor. Let’s talk about that.

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