Common Composting Materials

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A List of Materials That Are Good For Your Compost Pile

Organic gardening requires that you have access to good compost which can also acts as fertilizer.  You can buy it from a local farmer or nursery but I prefer to create my own by using things that I would normally throw away.  Not only does this save money but I also know exactly what’s going into my compost and eventually my food and body.  In a long term survival situation it is easy to make good compost/fertilizer for your crows with scraps that are probably just laying around.  Below is a list of materials that are good and few that are bad for your compost pile...

Materials that are good for composting

Bird cage droppings
BILLS
Cardboard
Coffee grounds
Corn cobs
Corn stalks
Dead Bugs
Food scraps
Grass clippings
Hair - Human and Pet
Hedge clippings
Leaves
Newspaper
Pasta
Plant parts
Pine needles
Old potting soil
Sawdust
Seaweed
Shredded paper
Straw
Tea
Tissues
Twigs
Veggie scraps
Weeds without the seed heads
Wood chips

Materials that are bad for your compost pile

Bread/grains
Cooking Oil
Dairy Items
Dead Animals
Diseased plants
Fish scraps
House Hold Pet Manure
Grease
Meat
Invasive or poisonous weeds
Weeds with the seed heads


What else do you use for your compost?

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