Comments on: Seasonal Schedule for Composting

By: steve

steve — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 14:36:51 +0000

@Megan, Adding chicken droppings to your compost pile is fine. You can also add horse or cow manure; I would just avoid cat and dog dropping in your compost pile as well as other animals that eat meat. Yes, you can add this to your vegetable garden assuming you are letting the compost finish decomposing and it’s getting fairly hot in the process.

By: Megan

Megan — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 21:08:49 +0000

I have chickens, can I add their droppings? Should compost with feces in it be used in veggie gardens?

By: steve

steve — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 18:31:28 +0000

@gavin, Yes, you can however I recommend not just cutting them up into small pieces but actually shredding them. If just small pieces they will take a while to break down, possible years. Shredded the twigs will take just a few months to fully break down.

By: gavin

gavin — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 21:50:45 +0000

cani use twigs and branches i have cut up to small sizes in my compost

By: steve

steve — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 14:14:33 +0000

@diANE, Yes, you can compost flowers, and cutting them up with help them break down much quicker.

By: diANE

diANE — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 01:56:44 +0000

CAN YOU USE FLOWERS?

By: steve

steve — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 18:56:20 +0000

@janice, This is a tough question, there are several variables. I can tell you this. When my 50 gallon compost bin is full, it ususally reduces down to less than 1/5 or less than when I started.

By: janice

janice — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 05:13:54 +0000

how much green and brown recyclable materials does it take to produce 1lb bag of compost?