Comments for Can I Compost This?

Comment on Kitchen Roll by CompostThis

CompostThis — Mon, 14 Nov 2022 13:02:06 +0000

Yes, councils use a more carefully managed composting process so they can break down things that either would take ages in a domestic compost heap or would attract vermin.

This site is aimed at people composting at home – follow your own council’s guidance about what they’ll accept as every area is different.

Comment on Snails and slugs by Franc

Franc — Tue, 20 Sep 2022 18:46:33 +0000

Slug and snail tap the top and the bottom should theoretically work

Comment on Oranges by Belinda

Belinda — Thu, 16 Jun 2022 11:51:44 +0000

Hi
I saw a recipe a while somewhere that said that oranges can be you’d as a pesticide & fertiliser. It went something like this:
Peel & separate 2kg of oranges
Place in large pot
Place on boil for 10 mins
then simmer, while continuing to mash, adding water when liquid reduces.
Once all segment are mashed to a pulp, let cool.
Strain
Pour into a plastic container for storing.

USAGE: 1 2 10 parts
orange 2 water

I have looked & looked & looked & can’t find that recipe.
My question to you is; am I remembering it correctly, is it both peel & flesh & do you boil it?

Belinda

Comment on Ivy by Deborah Duffin

Deborah Duffin — Thu, 17 Mar 2022 15:10:29 +0000

I have already added ivy to my compost heap – is it safe to use the resulting compost to grow my salad & veg in?

Comment on Horse poo & bedding by Eddie

Eddie — Tue, 08 Feb 2022 11:27:11 +0000

Is there a problem if the horse has been wormed? Will the treatment kill all the worms in my compost bin?

Comment on Leaves by Geoff

Geoff — Thu, 13 Jan 2022 13:31:26 +0000

If I put the evergreen cuttings and leaves through a shredder first will I then be able to add them to my normal compost?
Or will they still slow down the composting too much?

Thanks for your help

Geoff.

Comment on Christmas trees by Bunny

Bunny — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 10:49:16 +0000

Very helpful. As a keen composter I don’t want to share with the Council.
The trunk and thicker branches can go behind the shed, already overhung with beech trees, where we have nesting robins AND we think wrens, coming and going around the same area.

Comment on Cake by David E Hammon

David E Hammon — Wed, 15 Dec 2021 16:01:34 +0000

To answer the question, yes, you can.

Comment on Magazines by Steven Offord

Steven Offord — Wed, 24 Nov 2021 15:37:36 +0000

Glossy magazines are glossy due to the china clay treatment of the paper surface, not plastic. Ink jet printed stuff does however include synthetic polymers in the ink as binders, that would be mostly home and office printed material rather than mass produced colour print, which is still offset litho’.

Comment on Brussels sprouts by Sheila Wallace

Sheila Wallace — Tue, 09 Nov 2021 11:33:17 +0000

Have to say that I was surprised and disappointed that such comments are quoted about sprouts (could be any other veg) on a site that I expected to be “veg friendly”and encouraging of all things natural and healthy.
We all have different tastes, and a mature approach allows for this.